Atlas Campaign 2032

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Another Crawford Dubya
by Jamie Leonard Houston Chronicle

CRAWFORD- As if the left in America was not sick and tired for Crawford Cowboys after President George W. Bush’s eight years, Governor Ronald G, Dubya (R-TX) announced yesterday from his ranch that he would accept the Vice-Presidential nomination in the general election next year.

Dubya, a young, yet dynamic, figure in Texas as well as national politics, has been a popular figure ever since his election to the Houston City Council in 2018. Elected Governor of Texas in 2026, Dubya has been an effective Governor. He focused on cleaning up the border his first term, as well as instituting the toughest laws against sexual predators of any of the 50-states.

A Conservative icon, Dubya was reelected with 63% of the vote in 2030, and many expect him to be on the top of most Vice-Presidential shortlists. Among the candidates for the nomination:

Senator Colin Wixted (R-PA): “Governor Dubya would be a fine nominee for my Vice-President. He is not only a strong Southern Conservative, but has worked well with all races in the diverse state of Texas as wall as all parties.”

Governor Chris Soult (R-PA): “He’s one of the most effective Governors in the whole country. Anyone would be honored to have him as their running-mate.”

Senator Vasco Bono (R-NH): “He is always an honest and hard working individual. I have always applauded how he dealt with the border.”

And the praise has continued on from such people as Governor Paul Brunsel of Iowa, former Representative and Republican National Committee Chairman Phil Innamorato, and Senator Daniel Smith of Wyoming.   

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POLITICS ’32: Your Political Guide for 2032
Editor-in-Chief: Wallace Kueeler

BILLINGS- In a surprise announcement yesterday, Senator Daniel Dependt (I-MT) announced that he was not backing Peter Bell (I-IN) for President, but instead Senator Colin Wixted (R-PA). Citing that Wixted was one of the leaders in the Senate (Senate Minority Whip) and his, “Great knowledge of economic affairs,” Dependt threw complete support behind “Win With Wixted”. Chairman of WWW, Brett Festoon, stated that he was overjoyed to see the Independent Senator support his candidate. “Senator Dependt has proven to be a man who works well with the current administration as well as both the major parties,” Festoon observed, “His presence in the campaign really shows that our campaign is one that will not focus on partisanship, but brining us together.”

Dependt, born in Pennsylvania, was first elected to political office in 2019 as the first Independent Mayor of Billings, Montana. In President Leip’s landslide reelection in 2028 he was elected to the U.S. Senate.

Drop-Outs and Won’t Runs - Last night several Republicans dropped out of the running or out of the race:

Representative Justin Smith (R-NH): Citing little interest in his candidacy as well as a dwindling war chest, Smith dropped out of the race for the GOP nomination in 2032, and endorsed Governor Chris Soult (R-PA).

Senator Dan Reynolds (R-IL): “I can not continue in this race,” Reynolds stated, “I am sick of being tagged as ‘too liberal’ for the party. I may return to Presidential politics once again, but as for now I must attempt to stop the nomination from going to far-right Fundamentalists or any other candidate with an extreme ideology.” Reynolds endorsed Governor Chris Soult as well, giving the Pennsylvania Governor two big endorsements.

Former Senator NixonNow (R-NJ): The 2028 Republican Vice-Presidential nominee and former Senator declared last night he would not run for President in 2032. He has been under fire recently for publishing “The Highest Mountain” a book of his political philosophies, some considered anti-Semitic. He endorsed no one for the nomination.

Former Governor Michael Naso (R-OH): The 2028 Republican Presidential nominee declared yesterday he would support Governor Paul Brunsel (R-IA) for the GOP nomination, and he himself would not run for it.

General J.R. Avensbo (R-SD): Declaring that he was sick of the “political football game” General Avensbo dropped out of the race last night, endorsing Senator John Ford (R-CA). 

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Another Washington Senator in the Race
by Oliver Shrub The Seattle Times

SEATTLE- Last night Senator Lucas Longley announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for President in 2032. The liberal junior Senator from Washington was expected to endorse Senator Eric Nyman (D-MI) for President, but instead chose to run a campaign that he said,” Probably won’t go far, but I simply want to run.”

The colorful, well-liked, and pretty liberal Senator has ridden a roller-coaster in private life as well as political. Working for the Microsoft Corporation until elected to a seat on the Seattle City Council under the slogan “Well, why the hell not?” He rose fairly high in Microsoft, but that never changed his liberal points of view. In 2026 he ran against Senator Steven Nichols and thought that he could pull off an upset by appealing to those upset over the Minority Leader’s several controversial statements about why poor people were poor, such as “they lack initiative to succeed”. “Well he’s a self described ‘capitalist pig’,” Longley declared in one speech, “You come to expect these things from him.” In the end Longley lost to Nicholas by a vote of 52.3-47.7%. This did not stop the quirky former-computer programmer though, as in 2030 he was elected to the U.S. Senate by a comfortable margin,

“A sober Ted Kennedy,” GOP Chairman Innamorato described Longley as. He indeed is as liberal as the late Massachusetts Senator, but he is no where as scandal tarred. Most pundits expect Longley to be a candidate who will poll well amongst “politically tired” sorts. “Those who are sick of the political system will most likely vote for him,.” T. H. Vorlon, CEO of International Polling, Inc., stated, “For crying out lioud he voted to legalize industrial hemp.”   

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Would people please jst get off my back on the stuff I write. I'm doing this all alone. Just be happy I continued this, because it was dead for a while.

So I have got every right to write down whatever the heck I want about anyone who wants to be in this story.

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Big news from Wyoming…First Time for Everything I guess.
by Harold Myram Cheyenne Star

CHEYENNE- Wyoming is known for one thing in every Presidential election: always voting for the Republican. In 2028 we even voted for Governor Naso (by a small margin) over President Leip. Even a campaign as bumbling as Naso-NixonNow 2028 won our state’s 3 electoral votes. Now our state is known for a second Presidential election note as Senator Daniel Xavier Smith announced yesterday his intention to seek the Republican Presidential nomination in 2032, adding to the already crowded field.

Smith, born and raised in Maryland, moved to Wyoming to enjoy our low taxes and growing business opportunities, and has ever since loved the Equality State. After running a hotel and restaurant chain for 15 years, he was elected as Wyoming’s sole U.S. Representative in 2020. As a Representative he rose to the position of Minority Whip and was known for honesty and efficiency. After being reelected with over 70% of the vote in 2022, 2024, and 2026, in 2028 he was the only non-incumbent Republican to be elected to the Senate that year. He has since established himself as Senator who is, as he is famous for saying, “Not just another suit in the closet, another brick in the wall.”

 “This government is becoming too large,” declared the Senator last night, “We are continuing to overspend at every fiscal year, our foreign endeavors cost us a billion dollars a day, and we still have yet to pass a balanced budget, yet every President since Evan Bayh has promised one.” Deciding on “Reform for Results” as his campaign slogan, Smith declared that he will not pander to campaign contributors or partisan office seekers when appointing a cabinet. “President Leip gave us a non-partisan cabinet,” he stated, “it has worked. I will continue this tradition as President.”

Senator Robert Fresh (R-ID), a "frustrated isolationist", has endorsed Senator Smith for President.

Will his cries for reforming the budget propel this darkest of dark horses to the GOP Nomination at their Philadelphia Convention in August 2032? Will Mr. Smith go to Washington? History will tell! 

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Running Mates Announced!
By Wallace Kueeler, Editor-in-Chief Campaign ‘32

WASHINGTON, DC- Yesterday Attorney General Peter Bell, a front-runner for the Presidency and the unofficial “heir” to President Leip’s Independent alliance, announced his choice for Vice-President: Congressman Joe Delaney (I-OH). “I am looking to create a strong base in the Great Lakes area,” Bell told “Campaign ‘32”, “Delaney is just more of a serious and experienced politician than Governor Verin.” Verin, always keeping a sunny disposition, announced on Late Night with Lawrence Watson last night that he would still support Bell for President. “He is the woot!” declared the honorable governor. Representative Zach Leh (Socialist-PA) and his Head-of-Staff and campaign manager since Leh was first elected to Congress, Max Power, have risen even higher in the Bell 2032 Campaign. Reese, elected only once to local office, declared that he would chair Bell’s Campaign in the Northeast, a multi-million dollar enterprise.

Lieutenant Governor G. Leonard Hobbes, the Forgotten Majority candidate for President, also selected a running-mate. To everyone’s surprise Representative John Dibble (L-GA) was the choice of his campaign. “Dibble is a true crusader for personal rights,” Hobbes stated at his Atlanta press conference, the Representative stood by the podium, “He is a strong supporter of free enterprise and the right of men to make up their own minds without the help or interference from the government. That is what my campaign is all about!” The Libertarian National Committee is expected to support Hobbes-Dibble in the general election.

The Tax Freedom Party has been over looked for many months by big name entrees into the race, but Phillip Huff made quite a stir last night when he selected Senator Vasco Bono (R-NH) for Vice-President. The Constitutional scholar and business owner sited Bono’s support of the flat tax and a Federalist interpretation of the Constitution. Bono had also made headlines by calling for the outlawing of the IRS and the Department of Education.

These tickets are expected to be major factors in what might be the closest and most colorful Presidential race since 1912.   

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You haven't talked about the Democrats in a while.

Sen. Nyman is the heavy favorite. I think you usually poll second though.

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Radio-Show Governor Turns Down Run
by Knox O'Daniel Nashville Register

NASHVILLE- Our governor, who has long eyed the GOP nomination, made his  intentions known for the year 2032 in a noon press conference yesterday.

Governor Don Johnson (R-TN) comes from a pivotal Southern state. Johnson came out of no where in 2022 to be elected Governor of Tennessee. He was the host of a popular Memphis radio show “The Mouth of the South with Don Johnson” and was known as a moderate center-rightist, though he was very partisan to the grand Old Party. In 2022 he won the GOP Nomination in an underdog campaign, and defeated Lieutenant Governor Tim Cash, the Democrat, for the Governor’s Mansion. He has since become one of the greatest tax reformers in the state’s history. By the time he was running for reelection in 2026 he had cut the states debt in half, and that was quite the mandate. He was reelected in 2026, once again over now Representative Tim Cash, by a margin of 63-37%.

One of his favorite things to note is that he ended the idea that all Southerners were, “racists, bigots, and Confederates”. Much to the chagrin of Senator Jeffrey Rights, a candidate for President, Governor Johnson has openly declared that he is proud that his state “was the last to enter and first to leave the slaveocracy of the Corrupted States of America.”

As of yesterday he was considered a favorite for the GOP Nomination if he was to enter the race. “I will not be a candidate for President in 2032,” was all the governor had to say. He endorsed Governor Chris Soult (R-PA) for President, declaring that Soult was, “The best candidate and best man in the race.”

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West Branch Calls another President
by Philadelphia Brookes Des Moines Register

WEST BRANCH- The little town of West Branch, Iowa (population 10,260 as of the 2030 census) is known for one thing: The Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum and Library. But as of last night another Presidential Campaign has emerged from West Branch; the campaign of popular Governor Paul Brunsel “The Ronald Reagan of the Midwest”.

For 10-years he taught U.S. History and Government at West Branch High School and for two years at the University of Iowa. In 2017 he was elected Mayor of West Branch and was elected Secretary of Agriculture in 2021. In 2026 he was elected Governor over Iowa City Mayor J.R. Brown. As Governor he began massive changes in Iowa’s education system. Focusing on the teaching of civics and history in classes as well as starting “Your Civic Duty” a program started to educate why teenagers have to vote, not because it’s “cool”, but your responsibility. Though the ACLU called this program a “scare tactic”, Iowa was rose in the number of 18-21 year olds voting in the 2028 Presidential Election. In that same race Governor Brunsel turned down the offer to be Governor Mike Naso’s running-mate. In 2030 he was easily reelected as Governor.

Known as a strong pro-life advocate, Brunsel declared in an address before the National Right to Life League’s national convention in 2031, “What did our founding fathers fight for? The right to life and liberty! This applies to every American, including the unborn!” 

The popular Governor has chosen an interesting race to run in, seeing how his idol Herbert Hoover was crushed 100 years ago this election year.

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I'll get the Iowa Caucus in by tonight.

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The Iowa Caucus Results, Republicans
By Henry Wahlert Quad City Times 1-20-2032

DAVENPORT- One of the largest cities in Iowa was all a bustle last night as Republicans, Democrats, and Libertarians went to the polls to cast their ballots for the candidates they felt should take a piece of Iowa’s 45-delegate pie.

On the Republican side, popular Iowan Governor Paul Brunsel won the caucus (as was expected), but took only over 40% of the vote. When compared to Governor Jim Nussle’s 72% of the vote win in 2012, Brunsel’s victory is anything but a mandate for New Hampshire:

Paul Brunsel (IA): 41.2%, 27 Delegates
Chris Soult (PA): 22.1%, 12 Delegates
Steven Nicholas (WA): 11.3%, 6 Delegates
John Ford (CA): 6.9%
Jeff Rights (FL): 6.7%
Colin Wixted (PA): 4.2%
Josh Craddock (NC): 3.3%
Daniel Smith (WY): 3.2%
Pedro Dawson (CA): .8%
Andrew Berger (NY): .3%

It is important to note that Governors Berger and Dawson did not actively campaign in Iowa. Berger is focusing much on the New Hampshire Primary (two weeks away) and Dawson is putting a lot of resources in the states of Virginia, South Carolina, and Arizona (Super Tuesday states). Governor Soult’s second place finish bodes well for the man who was polling at 3% there just five months ago. New Hampshire Polls show that he will fight mainly with Ford and Berger for the delegates in New Hampshire. Senator Jeff Rights and the Reverend Josh Craddock failed to perform as well as many expected them to. Perhaps Craddock’s misstatement in last weeks debate with Ford, Soulty, and Brunsel did him in (as in 2028 he won 22% of the vote in the Iowa Caucus). Craddock declared, “Gays will take this nation down, just like they did Rome.”

Ford and Right’s poor performance has stunned their campaigns. Congressman Paul R. King (R-CA) and campaign manger of “Ford ‘32” declared, “Yes, this is a disappointment, but we must remember Senator Ford was a late entry into the race. You just wait until New Hampshire, and then we’ll show ya’.” In his concession address Senator Rights jokingly stated, “I wish I was in the Land of Cotton, I can win there.” Senator Steven Nicholas (R-WA), the Minority Leader, treated his 11.3% of the vote win as a victory, “We took on a popular governor on his home turf, and we still took a large chunk of the vote. I say it’s off to victory in the Granite State!” Of all the “victory” parties, Governor Soult’s was the liveliest. “It’s time that we restore America back to the people!” boomed the Keystone Governor, “It’s time we take the Constitution serious again. It’s time we show more respect for the law and the working man. It’s time for the forgotten majority to be heard!”

Governor Brunsel’s star spangled victory address from the Governor’s Mansion was well received. “We have to stand up for the rights of all Americans to live the American dream as I have, and Mr. Herbert Hoover did!” the ecstatic Governor orated, “We have to allow the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to every American, including the unborn!” His Conservative rhetoric was punctuated by a rousing rendition of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

The Iowa Caucus Results, Democrats

The Iowa Caucus for the Democrats once again involved a popular native figure: Senator Hugh Bartlett. Though Bartlett was born in Australia, he has proven to be extremely popular in the heart of the heartland. But just like Governor Brunsel, he was denied 50% of the vote, and polled just a little more than 25% of the vote against several tough challengers:

Hugh Bartlett (IA): 25.2%, 16 Delegates
Eric Nyman (MI): 22.2%, 14 Delegates
Gustaf Lundregen (MN): 16.3%, 8 Delegates
Cosmo Kramer (AR): 12.3%, 7 Delegates
Al Realpolitik (WV): 8.3%
Christopher Michael (MI): 3%
Kevin Nation (NY): 2.2%
Lucas Longley (WA): 2.1%
Jim Fritz (MN): 2%
Daniel Dunn (NY): 1.4%
Clay Fan (GA): 1.1%
Boss Tweed (NY): 1.6%
Nick Calvert (NC): .8%
Lewis Trondheim (HI): .3%
John L. Migrendel (MA): .2%

Bartlett’s Victory did not prove as hollow as Brunsel’s because he is also polling steady at 19% in most New Hampshire Polls. He declared in his victory address, “It’s time that we go to the Middle of America to solve the problems caused by the extremes of America.” Senator Nyman’s and Vice-President Lundregen’s addresses were rousing ones. Majority Leader Nyman (D-MI) stated, “The fight has just begun, and make no mistake, it is one we will triumph in. The people are behind us.” Lundregen (D-MN) brought his boss up in his speech, “President Leip’s legacy will continue through my Presidency. The “Leip Prosperity” of the 2020’s will stay the fashion under my administration.” Lundregen, usually a timid speaker, was given good reviews of his earnest and humble, yet precise and strong, remarks.

To the tune of his campaign song “Like a Bridge over Troubled Water” Senator Cosmo Kramer (D-AR) delivered nearly a sermon from the Dubuque Radisson. “There is a war going on in America today, and it is between the forces of moral righteousness and moral bankruptcy!” he decried, “Who will you side with?” Kramer all but ended the ambitions of Governor Clay Fan (D-GA), who is dropping out of the race after an abysmal showing, when he declared in a televised debate that Fan, “Was exactly what the democrats don’t need, another man to reinforce the negative stereotypes of the Democratic Party, the party of radical leftist social policies.” By declaring that Fan’s bisexuality was “a negative stereotype” to the party, it all but ended the faltering campaign of Fan’s and damaged that of Bartlett’s and Jim Fritz’s. His remarks were rebuked by organizations all over the nation and by ACLIU Chairman and Democratic Candidate Nick Calvert (D-NC), but the publicity only helped his cause.

Lieutenant Governor Lewis Trondheim (D-HI) and Defense Secretary Daniel Dunn (I-NY) dropped out of the race yesterday, and endorsed the Peter Bell-Joe Delaney Ticket for President in 2032. Jim Fritz and Christopher Michael have both called it quits as well. “I’m tired and I’m out of step with younger politicians,” Democratic Chairman Jim Fritz declared in his concession address after securing only 2% of the vote, “If I can’t perform well in my own region, how can I help the party win the White House?” Christopher Michael stated primarily that he felt the party had grown too left winged, and felt the best he could do was bow out and support his friend and colleague Senator Nyman for President. Fritz also is supporting Nyman.

Iowa Caucus Results, Libertarian

The Libertarian Party, in one of its 12 primaries this year, selected Leonard Hobbes ad their standard bearer in a strong show9ing.

G. Leonard Hobbes (CA): 71.3%
Write-In: John Dibble (GA): 15.3%
Phillip Huff (VA): 9.8%
Write-In: T.H. Vorlon (NV): 3.6%

Campaigning in Illinois, Hobbes thanked the Iowa Libertarians for selecting him as their nominee. “I feel humbled that you would entrust me with such a large amount of support,” Hobbes stated, “I hope we can continue to inspire the forgotten majority of Americans into being heard for once.”

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This is odd if we're basing this off of the Fantasy elections. I was Governor before Ford was really involved in Atlas politics and in this I'm still a lame Lt. Governor.

No, your Governor. PD is a former Governor. You were elected Governor in 2030.

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Iowa Governor Must Stop Patriotic Games.
by Professor Edward Hemmings, Elitist Voters Society


Professor Hemmings (University of New Hampshire)

Governor Paul Brunsel is not a real candidate for President, he is a candidate for the “Star-Spangled Speeches” Award. He is touring New Hampshire and he makes at least two bug speeches a day, but these “big” speeches are no more than a collection of flowery wording sewed together by “good old American ideals” as Brunsel would put it.

Just yesterday in a speech in Andover, New Hampshire, Brunsel spoke for 56-minutes, and used the phrase “let’s make Washington and Lincoln proud of the Capitol’s politicians again.” What is this supposed to mean? He declared, “My only platform is the American Dream.” Well isn’t that special! What is this “American Dream”, Mr. Governor? In Iowa you have a 4.6% unemployment rate; more than 60% of your state’s farmers seem to rely on farm subsidies; and your “Vote or Else” program or whatever it’s called seems to scare teens more than help them vote. The “American dream” doesn’t preside in the backwater state of Iowa.

After spurring the trappings of the “Grand Old Platitudes”, Brunsel ended his speech once again with singing “God Bless America” to the tunes of the Andover High School band. Yes, he really appears like “Mr. Average American.” Whether it is his campaigning door-to-door with his campaign workers or campaigning at churches on Sundays, the Governor really is a small-town doddering hick. He speaks about two issues; abortion (which there is a 100% chance he will never[ have to get) and the “American Dream” (which I have already addressed). Maybe Brunsel needs to stop playing Lee Greenwood’s “I’m Proud to be an American” so loud so that he can hear the issues.

We at the Elitist Voters Society declare that we in no way support Governor Paul Woodrow Brunsel’s run for President of the United States; we don’t even support him having as intellectual middle name as Woodrow.  He needs to stop waving those small American flags and singing “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” and get back to the issues.

Professor Hemmings is a professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire

www.durhammessenger.com

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New Hampshire Primary results: GOP
by Helen Winborn Concord Times

CONCORD- Political pundits and the average voter were all quite busy last night casting their ballots and their opinions for their preferred Republican candidate for President. The GOP has been plagued by a minority status in both houses of Congress and their 2028 ticket was abysmal, capturing only 28% of the vote (perhaps this is why former Governor Naso and former Senator NixonNow have stayed out of the race thus far). Governor Chris Soult of Pennsylvania was the surprise winner of the primary, out performing both New York Governor Andrew Berger and California Senator John Ford.

C. Soult (PA): 23.3%, 15 Delegates
A. Berger (NY): 20.6%, 11 Delegates
J. Ford (CA): 20.1%. 9 Delegates
S. Nichols (WA): 13.2%, 3 Delegates
C. Wixted (PA): 9.7%
P. Brunsel (IA): 3.6%
D. Smith (WY): 2.4%
J. Rights (FL): 2.8%
J. Craddock (NC): 2.2%
P. Dawson (CA): 1.1%

Soult declared in his victory address, “We can assure future generations that the future does not belong to slavery, it belongs to freedom; it does not belong to extremism, it belongs to moderation!” Governor Berger, visibly disappointed by the second place finish, gave an address in which he declared his intention to see the race through. “One primary doesn’t define a campaign, or a career,” he told his throng of supporters. Senator Ford (standing next to former candidate and current General J.R. Avensbo at the podium) declared that, “Freedom is not the property of any political campaign.” Senators Nichols, Smith, and Rights both rallied their supporters for the primaries in the more conservative West and South on Super Tuesday. As was usual, Governor Brunsel ended yet another star spangled manuscript with a rousing rendition of “The battle Hymn of the Republic.” “I don’t care what some elitist say,” he declared in his address that night from Nashua Central High School, “Patriotism is our platform!”

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If the great people of New Hampshire want an outsider; someone who will fight for the people and not the big special interests, they would be wise to vote for me.

Don't worry, you'll do well in New Hampshire.

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New Hampshire Primary results: Democrats
by Bernie Walton Concord Journal

CONCORD- The crowded field of Democrats seeking the Presidency became smaller last night as the New Hampshire Primary resurrected the faltering campaigns of the Vice-President and a New York Senator:

G. Lundregen (MN): 20.2%; 11 delegates
H. Bartlett (IA): 18.3%; 9 delegates
K. Nation (NY): 18.0%, 9 delegates
E. Nyman (MI): 17.4%; 9 delegates
B. Tweed (NY): 8.1%
P. Kramer (AR): 6.8%
A. Realpolitik (WV): 5.8%
L. Longley (WA): 2.5%
N. Calvert (NC): 2.3%
J. L. Migrendel (MA): .6%   

The Vice-President was successfully able to use President Leip’s 77% approval ratings to take a narrow victory in New Hampshire, upsetting Senator Nyman with a fourth place finish. Lundregen, though very soft spoken and not drawn to the dramatics, gave a very well accepted victory address from the Concord Hilton ball room. “I want a nation that’s not moving left or right, but forward,” he declared on accepting his victory and 11 delegates.

Senators Bartlett and Nation were also ecstatic at their “victory” parties. “Thank you New Hampshire,” Bartlett boomed last night, “This is just another step onto on our road to the White House.” Bartlett had made economics his key platform in New Hampshire, stressing targeted tax cuts for the middle class. And it has seemed to pay off. Moderate New York Senator Kevin Nation, after being decimated in the Iowa Caucus, was overjoyed at his third place victory. “We will be a Nation once more,” was his campaign slogan and it was his theme in last night’s celebration.

Poor Senator Eric Nyman (D-MI) was forced to finish in fourth place. Being tagged as too much of a Washington beltway boy may have been his undoing. After being tied to the notorious “Dawson Union Scandal” (a 2029 scandal involving Senator Nyman and the Dawson Union of Auto Workers secretly funneling him funds in his reelection bid in 2028) in a 527 Ad by “Americans against the Beltway” Nyman collapsed in the polls. He has since recovered after the 527 was found to be blatantly twisting facts; it was still too late for his campaign in New Hampshire. Nyman leads in the upcoming Virginia, Arizona, and North Dakota Primaries.

New York Mayor Boss Tweed dropped out of the race last night after finishing fifth in the primary. “I blew this one big,” he stated in his concession address, “Blew every penny I had in this state and couldn’t get a single dilly-gate.” He was also heard to have said, “No wonder they call it the Granite State, it’s really hard to crack.” He has since endorsed Senator Nyman in the race for President.

Populism didn’t play well in New Hampshire as Senator Cosmo Kramer (D-AR) and Chairman Al Realpolitik (D-WV) finished below the 10% mark. Kramer, once again to the tune of his campaign song “Like a Bridge over Troubled Water”, declared he had no intentions of dropping out of this race. In a campaign address to the Nashua New Hampshire Young Democrats he declared, “If the great people of New Hampshire want an outsider; someone who will fight for the people and not the big special interests, they would be wise to vote for me.” It seems that this is not what they wanted, but he did perform better than expected. Realpolitik dropped out of the race last night and endorsed Senator Nyman. “We need to unite behind a strong nominee, and Nyman is that man,” he declared.

Liberals didn’t do much better as Senator Lucas Longley (D-WA), ACLIU Chairman Nick Calvert (D-NC), and Justice John Lowell Migrendel (D-MA) all finished horribly. “MY campaign is the coolest campaign ever,” Longley declared, “I will either win the Democratic nomination or be a really annoying Kucinich-like mosquito for actual front runners.” Calvert dropped out and endorsed Nyman for President and Migrendel now endorses Peter Bell for President. “Bell is the Constitutional mind we need for 2032,” Migrendel stated in a brief press conference. The judge known for supporting post-birth abortion finished with less than 1% of the vote last night.

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I've been so busy, but I do have most of Super Tuesday written for the Republicans.

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Mini-Tuesday’s Results
by Wallace Kueeler, Campaign ‘32

The 2032 Campaign hit full tilt as the states of Arizona, Delaware, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, and Virginia voted in Tuesday’s Primaries.

Republican Results

Arizona: 47 Delegates

D. Smith: 31.1%, 21 Delegates
S. Nicholas: 22.8%, 18 Delegates
J. Ford: 16.5%, 8 Delegates
P. Brunsel: 8.9%
C. Soult: 8.7%
J. Rights: 6.5%
C. Wixted: 2.4%
P. Dawson: 3.1%
A. Berger: 0.0%

Despite a late surge by Senator Steven Nicholas (WA) Senator Daniel Xavier Smith (WY) was able to win the Arizona Primary by a comfortable margin of 9-points. Governor Pedro Dawson’s last place finish ends his campaign for the Presidency effectively seeing how he had given a large amount of funds to this state.

Delaware: 12 Delegates

D. Smith: 21.2%, 3 Delegates
C. Soult: 21.0%, 3 Delegates
C. Wixted: 20.9%, 3 Delegates
S. Nicholas: 20.5%. 3 Delegates
J. Ford: 6.9%
J. Rights: 6.5%
P. Brunsel: 2.1%
A. Berger: .6%
J. Craddock: 0.3%
P. Dawson: 0.0%

Governor Andrew Berger (NY) ended his campaign with his overwhelming defeat in Delaware. He was unable to capitalize on his moderate positions to win Delaware, and has since be running in the red financially. Senator Smith’s narrow win has established him as more of a front-runner, but this could easily change in the following weeks.

 Missouri: 44 Delegates
P. Brunsel: 28.9%, 23 Delegates
J. Ford: 18.7%, 8 Delegates
J. Rights: 18.6%, 6 Delegates
S. Nicholas: 17.5%, 4 Delegates
C. Soult: 11.3%, 3 Delegates
J. Craddock: 2.7%
C. Wixted: 2.3%
P. Dawson: 0.0%
A. Berger: 0.0%

Governor Paul Brunsel’s victory in Missouri is not a surprising one. Traveling aboard “The West Branch Line” Campaign Train, he made speeches in nearly every town in Missouri. His big win can be accounted to his huge appeal to small town and rural voters. John Ford’s second place finish was impressive as was Jeff Rights’ narrow third place finish. Rights won his first delegates in this primary, but is polling extremely well in the Deep South. Senator Smith was not on the ballot in Missouri due to late filing.

New Mexico: 36 Delegates
C. Soult: 31.2%, 17 Delegates [/u]
J. Ford: 28.7%, 13 Delegates
S. Nicholas: 11.2%, 3 Delegates
D. Smith: 10.3%, 3 Delegates
P. Dawson: 6.1%
P. Brunsel: 5.9%
J. Rights: 3.8%
C. Wixted: 1.7%
J. Craddock: 0.9%
A. Berger: 0.2%

New Mexico yielded surprising results as no one expected Senator Steven Nichols to place as well as he did. Soult’s more populist message resonated well with New Mexico voters, and this showed as he edged out Ford for victory.  Governors Dawson’s and Senator Rights’ militant anti-illegal immigration calls failed to play as well with the voters, and Senator Smith was able to take some delegates.

North Dakota: 12 Delegates
C. Wixted: 24.3%, 5 Delegates
P. Brunsel: 23.9%, 5 Delegates
C. Soult: 18.3%, 1 Delegate
J. Ford: 18.2%, 1 Delegate
D. Smith: 11.6%
J. Rights: 1.6%
A. Berger: 1.0%
P. Dawson: 0.8%
J. Craddock: 0.3%

Senator Wixted’s surprising win in North Dakota amazes me. He was polling at just 3% there a few months ago, but now has it won. Brunsel, the front-runner for most of the year, messed up by visiting Virginia on the eve of the primary, thus alienating some of his base: small town voters. Soult and Ford continue their bitter rivalry taking one delegate a piece. The race may come down to those two.

South Carolina: 38 Delegates
J. Rights: 31.3%, 32 Delegates
J. Craddock: 19.2%, 3 Delegates
P. Brunsel: 18.9%, 3 Delegates
P. Dawson: 10.5%
C. Soult: 8.9%
J. Ford: 5.3%
D. Smith: 3.5%
C. Wixted: 1.8%
A. Berger: 0.6%

The most conservative primary of the night expectedly gave Senator Rights a strong win. Reverend Craddock took second, but barely defeated Governor Brunsel. Rights declared in his victory speech, “It’s high time we restore the government back to the people, hang a few traitors, expose a few liars, and follow the lord and the law and the golden rule.”

Virginia: 56 Delegates
C. Soult: 22.7%, 18 Delegates
J. Rights: 22.6%, 18 Delegates
J. Craddock: 19.2%, 11 Delegates
J. Ford: 17.3%, 6 Delegates
P. Brunsel: 10.2%, 3 Delegates
C. Wixted: 3.5%
D. Smith: 1.8%
P. Dawson: 0.9%
A. Berger: 0.8%

The crucial endorsement of this race came from 2029 Republican Gubernatorial nominee, former Attorney general Matthew H. Stont. His endorsement of Soult two days before the primary gave him a narrow victory over favorite son Jeff Rights. Craddock may have also been responsible for his defeat. He sponged off a good amount of votes from him after all.

[PBrunsel]

Democratic Mini-Tuesday is coming today and probabaly won't be finsihed until Thanksgiving.

But here is a quiz:

Judging by the history i've given you:

1. Who (in this timeline) was elected President in 2008?
2. What was the Republican Ticket in 2028?
3. Who was the Democratic Nominee for President in 2028?

Just to make sure your listening of course.

[PBrunsel]

I will never win anything...

You'll probabaly win North Carolina and perhaps Arkansas. It's all up to me you know! HA HA!!

[PBrunsel]

Mini-Tuesday’s Results: Democrats
By Wallace Kueeler, Campaign ‘32

The Democratic Results played well for Senators Nyman and Kramer last night.

Arizona: 47 Delegates
E. Nyman: 36.2%, 32 Delegates :
G. Lundregen: 22.6%, 12 Delegates
H. Bartlett: 15.5%, 3 Delegates
K. Nation: 12.3%
P. Kramer: 9.7%
L. Longley: 3.7%

Senator Nyman’s huge win in Arizona can be attributed more to a well organized campaign machine then popularity in the region. Lundregen tried to bounce off of his New Hampshire win to take this state, but fell short of victory by a large margin. Kramer had targeted Hispanics, but they did not go to the polls in as large numbers as was thought to be. Senator Longley polled at what can be expected from a campaign ran under the theme, “Why the heck not?”

Delaware: 12 Delegates
E. Nyman: 43.6%, 12 Delegates[/b]
H. Bartlett: 20.3%
G. Lundregen: 17.1%
K. Nation: 15.2%
P. Kramer: 2.7%
L. Longley: 1.1%

Once again, Senator Nyman ran away with the race, and it was expected. With huge backing from labor and a well managed campaign in this “first state”, Nyman trounced his opponents. Surprisingly enough, it was expected that Bartlett or Lundregen would win this one, but then again it was Zogby that told us that.

Missouri: 44 Delegates
E. Nyman: 30.3%, 16 Delegates
G. Lundregen: 29.9%, 16 Delegates
P. Kramer: 26.8%, 12 Delegates
H. Bartlett: 7.2%
K. Nation: 3.5%
L. Longley: 2.3%

Nyman won this one in a bitter fight with the Vice-President and Senator Kramer from the state just south of this one. A primary that was filled with attack ads and impassioned speeches, Senator Kramer made quite a show in Kansas City declaring at a rally, and borrowing from William J., Bryan, “You will not crucify labor with Free Trade!” The endorsement of Chairman Realpolitik gave Nyman a huge advantage in the Union and labor vote in this very Union state. Had Kramer won the endorsement of Realpolitik, he may have won instead of finishing a dismal third.

New Mexico: 36 Delegates
G. Lundregen: 24.2%, 17 Delegates
P. Kramer: 21.3%, 13 Delegates
E. Nyman: 20.6%, 6 Delegates
H. Bartlett: 19.3%
K. Nation: 10.3%
L. Longley: 4.3%

To take a break from Nyman Victories: Staying with a populist streak after the election of William M. Smith to the governor’s mansion in 2030, Cosmo Kramer was able to make a considerable run in this our nation’s poorest state. Though Governor Smith has endorsed Chris Soult (R-PA) for President, he declared that his favorite in the Democratic field was Gustaf Lundregen, thus the popular Governor put him over the top to win the Primary. Kramer’s targeting of Hispanics did help him however as he polled remarkably high in the Southern part of the state.

North Dakota: 12 Delegates
E. Nyman: 32.8%, 7 Delegates
G. Lundregen: 31.6%, 5 Delegates
H. Bartlett: 16.3%
K. Nation: 10.8%
L. Longley: 4.3%
P. Kramer: 4.2%

Nyman won North Dakota after a strong comeback from the Veep. The [Fargo Journal and Bismarck Courier were instrumental in Lundregen’s success. The two papers endorsed him three days before the primary, and simply heaped on praise of him. Unfortunately for the papers, both their towns did vote for Nyman on primary night. In an upset however, Longley just finished above of Kramer, so he did not come in last once again.

South Carolina: 38 Delegates
P. Kramer: 48.9%, 38 Delegates [/b]
E. Nyman: 25.3%
G. Lundregen: 14.4%
K. Nation: 6.2%
H. Bartlett: 3.9%
L. Longley: 1.3%

Kramer swept South Carolina as was expected. His “Christian Democrat” Crusaders knocked on over 6,000 Doors and covered the entire state to make sure he won big. He did, nearly achieving 50% of the vote. Should Kramer take the Confederate Flag out of his campaign logo however? It may not play well in New York.

Also, Governor Ernest Bunburry (I-SC) has already endorsed Peter Bell (I-IN) for President.

Virginia: 56 Delegates
E. Nyman: 31.1%, 28 Delegates
P. Kramer: 30.3%, 28 Delegates
G. Lundregen: 19.0%
H. Bartlett: 12.6%
K. Nation: 5.3%
L. Longley: 1.7%

Support from Governor Ben Mason (D-VA) won Nyman this primary. He was able to derail Kramer “Southerner’s vote for a Southron” Campaign by tying himself to the most popular Virginia Governor since Mark Warner. Mason would most likely be Nyman’s running-mate if he is to win the nomination.

In an unimportant note, Hobbes once again won the Libertarian Primary.

[PBrunsel]

Looks like Nym90 is starting to run away with it.

As I intended.

The real threat is that Vice-President Lundregen might endorse Bell over his party's nominee.

[PBrunsel]

"Unimportant" you say PB?  Well, the Forgotten Majority will not be neglected!

It's Wallace Kueeler, he's a real snob.

[PBrunsel]

Primary Dates-2032

Iowa- January 10th, 2032
New Hampshire, January 21st, 2032

Mini Tuesday- February 3rd, 2032
Arizona
Delaware
Missouri
New Mexico
North Dakota
South Carolina
Virginia

Mini-Tuesday II- February 17th, 2032
Oklahoma
Indiana
Ohio
Colorado (Quite a fight between Smith and Ford!)
West Virginia (Will be quite a fight between Nyman and Kramer!)
Maryland

Super Tuesday - March 2nd, 2032
Illinois
Michigan
Washington
Wisconsin

Southern Tuesday- March 16th, 2032
Alabama
Arkansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas

Assorted Other Primaries- March 23rd, 2032
Alaska
California
Hawaii
Kansas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Nevada
Oregon
South Dakota

 Big Eastern Primary- April 6th, 2032
Connecticut
Washington, D.C.
Maine
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island

Florida- April 13th, 2032

Pennsylvania- April 13th, 2032

Last of Them Primaries- May 4th, 2032
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming

[PBrunsel]

Why aren't NY and CA on Super Tuesday?  They're always on Super Tuesday.

Because I didn't want to give away too many delegates at one time.