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Keystone Phil
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« on: August 25, 2008, 12:34:10 PM »

I think Young is going down so that'll please me. The sad thing is that while Young is going, Stevens is going to win the primary. So you know what I'm going to hope for?

I want Stevens to lose the island connected by the "Bridge to Nowhere." Is there any possibility that this will happen?  Tongue  Can we actually find out results for that specific area?
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« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2008, 12:53:47 PM »

Gravina Island had fifty inhabitants at the time of the 2000 census, so I doubt it.
Will get back to you, though.
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« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2008, 01:06:30 PM »

The island lies within South Tongass precinct.

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This precinct had a total of 1485 registered voters in 2004, so you're out of luck. (Other nearby precincts had as few as 151 registered voters.) Bush beat Kerry, 67.4-28.6, which is about par for the course in and around Ketchikan.
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« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2008, 11:44:02 PM »

Sad That's too bad.
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« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2008, 03:23:01 PM »

Go Stevens!!! Oh, and Young!
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« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2008, 09:36:13 PM »

Yeah, that would be amusing. Tongue
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« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2008, 09:53:36 PM »

I thought the island, though it only has about 50 residents, is home to the regional airport or something? I was under the impression that the bridge's primary purpose wasn't to give the island's 50 residents easy access to the city on the other side (Ketchikan was it?), but to give Ketchikan residents an easy way to get to their airport (which has to be reached by ferry). Yeah, ridiculous that they wanted the feds to give them this bridge for free, but not quite as ridiculous as the the OMGLIBERAL media seemed to portray (they usually ignored the airport part).

Though, that also means that Ketchikan in general may like their incumbents just fine, so maybe it won't matter that Gravina Island doesn't have its own precinct. Smiley
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« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2008, 10:46:13 PM »

What's been happening in the AK-AL race? I just read that Young crashed a Parnell presser.
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« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2008, 12:10:53 PM »

I thought the island, though it only has about 50 residents, is home to the regional airport or something? I was under the impression that the bridge's primary purpose wasn't to give the island's 50 residents easy access to the city on the other side (Ketchikan was it?), but to give Ketchikan residents an easy way to get to their airport (which has to be reached by ferry).
Correct. The ferry takes seven minutes for the crossing, runs every thirty minutes during the day, and is free of charge.

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« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2008, 01:15:44 PM »

Young won big.

189-69-29.
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« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2008, 02:25:29 PM »


Stevens?
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« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2008, 02:31:03 PM »

209 - 47 Cuddy - 17 Vickers - 9 others. Even wider than statewide, I think?
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