2012 Non-Presidential Primaries Thread (6/12 - AR runoff, ME, ND, NV, SC, VA)

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Lugar's getting increasingly desperate, throwing all sorts of mud at Mourdock in hopes that some will stick. Internal polling can't be pretty. At this rate I expect Mourdock to win by a narrow (3-4 at best) margin.


Any NC House primaries to watch for?

Lugar's desperate? You should see the campaign Mourdock is running here.

Lugar is currently running a terrific ad, that'll likely put him over the top:
http://youtu.be/mbmfpA6M8YQ

Basically, it's Daniels promoting Lugar. This'll greatly influence the voters who are either undecided or have no clue who to vote for, as Daniel's endorsement carries some heavy weight around here.

[tmthforu94]

Now, to think ahead: am I the only one really hoping this second round of anti-incumbency stealth-strikes Hatch next?

Unlike Murdock for Lugar, Liljenquist for Hatch is a trade I would welcome. Unfortunately, the chances are pretty slim.

Why don't you like Lugar losing?  Guy's a creep and wants to be in office for 42 years.

Please tell me, how is Richard Lugar a "creep"? You apparently don't know too much about him, or don't know what a "creep" actually is.

[tmthforu94]

It's nice to see that there will likely be 2 females in the Indiana delegation starting next year, possibly three if Yoder can beat Young.

[tmthforu94]

Hopefully McIntosh still pulls it out but Walorski is kewl

I supported Brooks, but either I'd be okay with.

In other news, Buchson's opponent in the 8th, Crooks, did horrible in the primary. Granted, he didn't run much of a campaign, but he lost several counties and did mediocre in others to two candidates, one who lives in New York and the other who didn't have one campaign appearance. Buchson's not my favorite, I didn't support him, but he'll likely retain his seat. I don't really think there will be a close House race in Indiana. A couple moderately interesting, but none within 5 points.

[tmthforu94]

Once again, Taitz remains a figure of "relevance" only to MSNBC/Maddow (think something is going on there?) and the blogosphere.

The liberal media always finds the craziest GOP candidates, even if they have no support, and showcases them in an effort to make Republicans as a whole look bad. Its unfortunate.

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I'm in Utah for the summer, so ill be able to be on the ground as another veteran Republican fends off a Tea Party challenger. I plan on doing some volunteer work for Hatch, though his opponent doesn't seem too horrible, and this is a state that'll vote GOP regardless, unlike Indiana.

[tmthforu94]

And Hatch will thrash Liljenquist the same day, so a return to regularly scheduled, sane programming.

Correct.

In case anyone had doubt, BYU came out with a poll today with Hatch up big, well over 50%. They did a bunch of hypothetical scenarios on how undecideds would break, and his average margin of victory was 29 points. Don't expect Liljenquist to even hit 40%.

[tmthforu94]

Today, Utahns head to the polls to decide who leads their government next year. It's General Election Day!

[tmthforu94]

Auston Johnson is narrowly losing reelection for Auditor with half the precincts in. My family voted for him. He's been in office for 17 years.

[tmthforu94]

I'm utterly shocked - Johnson will lose his bid to remain Utah's Auditor to a guy who isn't even a CPA, but a career politician. Wow...

The race for Salt Lake County mayor, GOP primary, is also crazy. Mark Crockett, whom I supported, leads by 200 our of 68,000 votes cast. All precincts reporting.

Edit: Hey Pioneer! You beat me too it, you hadn't posted yet when I began replying.

[tmthforu94]

Figured as much.

Pioneer, who do you think has a better chance in the GE against McAdams?

I think it'll be a close race - we'll have to see.

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Oh, and if anyone cares; turns out Mark Crockett was finally determined to have won the Salt Lake County GOP Mayoral primary. Now he and Ben McAdams will be duking it out to control a county that has half the population of Utah within it. This race is the only Utah race that consistently gives an equal chance to Democrats. It'll be fun.

I care!

Also, I've been seeing a lot of Cooke signs around. He may break 40%!

[tmthforu94]

The part of me who wants the most electable said Brunner. Every other ounce of me wanted Steelman. So, of course, Akin wins.

[tmthforu94]

I completely forgot this was tonight. Nothing makes my night better than coming on here and finding out Thompson wins in Wisconsin! Another GOP pickup! Thank you WI Republicans!

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I saw that LPAC will be donating to Tammy, obviously. In there statement announcing it, they stated that the Republicans were attacking her, and one of the reasons they gave as to why was because she was a lesbian.

Has anyone in the WI GOP been playing that card?