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« Reply #275 on: February 22, 2010, 10:31:18 PM »

Two coming up tomorrow, neither of which are likely to be interesting.

- Florida HD-58 is a Dem seat where the incumbent was appointed to the DoD; he was unopposed in 2008 and got 69% in 2006, so it should be safe Dem. Also, the Dem primary for the special got nearly four times as many votes as the Republican one.
- Georgia HD-19 is a Rep seat, three Reps are running, no Dems. Yawn.

In Virginia HD-41 (occurring next week), pre-election campaign finance reports were filed today. Dem nominee Eileen Filler-Corn has raised three times the money that Rep nominee Kerry Bolognese has ($258k to $84k). Fundraising, of course, is somewhat disingenous a name, as most of the money in House of Delegates races comes from the party committees. Still, the fact that Democrats are going all in suggests they're more serious about holding the seat.

Granted, when the Republicans have a 61-38 majority in the House, they can afford to write off a seat.
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« Reply #276 on: February 23, 2010, 10:30:34 PM »

And Florida HD-58 is, unsurprisingly, a Dem hold. 65-35.
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« Reply #277 on: February 23, 2010, 10:38:38 PM »

And Florida HD-58 is, unsurprisingly, a Dem hold. 65-35.

And being such a strong dem district you would think they would actually be from the district...
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« Reply #278 on: February 27, 2010, 11:18:53 AM »

VA HD-41 update: Since the 22nd, Eileen Filler-Corn has reported another $63k in last-minute donations over $1000 (including donations from her former boss, Sen. Mark Warner, and everyone's favorite ex-DNC chief Terry McAuliffe). Kerry Bolognese? $9k. I think this is a Dem hold at this point, which is not too surprising, since Bolognese was a pretty weak candidate who tried to ride the McDonnell wave last year.
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« Reply #279 on: February 28, 2010, 04:53:50 AM »

VA HD-41 update: Since the 22nd, Eileen Filler-Corn has reported another $63k in last-minute donations over $1000 (including donations from her former boss, Sen. Mark Warner, and everyone's favorite ex-DNC chief Terry McAuliffe). Kerry Bolognese? $9k. I think this is a Dem hold at this point, which is not too surprising, since Bolognese was a pretty weak candidate who tried to ride the McDonnell wave last year.

Part of me thinks that Democrats will lose this seat since they have done so horribly in other special elections(look at New York and Delaware), but if Bolognese couldnt win with McDonnell winning 55% in the district in 2009, I dont think he can win now. 
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« Reply #280 on: March 02, 2010, 08:28:22 AM »

VA HD-41 today, as well as CT HD-120, which is a Republican seat in Stratford, but it really can't matter that much if the Democrats win it considering they hold 114 out of 151 seats.
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« Reply #281 on: March 02, 2010, 08:49:30 PM »

HD-41 is a Dem hold, although just barely. Eileen Filler-Corn won by 42 votes, or a 0.4% margin.

Edit: Also, the Republican held the seat in CT.
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« Reply #282 on: March 02, 2010, 08:52:16 PM »

HD-41 is a Dem hold, although just barely. Eileen Filler-Corn won by 42 votes, or a 0.4% margin.

Edit: Also, the Republican held the seat in CT.

Recount possible?
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« Reply #283 on: March 02, 2010, 09:54:24 PM »

HD-41 is a Dem hold, although just barely. Eileen Filler-Corn won by 42 votes, or a 0.4% margin.

Edit: Also, the Republican held the seat in CT.

Recount possible?

Electronic voting machines, recounts don't change anything. There have been two House races within 14-15 votes in the past year; both margins only changed by a couple of votes after recounts.
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« Reply #284 on: March 02, 2010, 09:56:20 PM »

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« Reply #285 on: March 10, 2010, 07:49:04 PM »

There was a runoff for the Mississippi Senate seat that had the first round back in February, which the Democrat won easily:

Albert Butler – 3,781
Jimmy Strong – 2,496

No party labels on the ballot, but Butler was the Dem, Strong was the Rep.

Also, Republicans held a House seat in New Hampshire. Yawn.
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« Reply #286 on: March 16, 2010, 05:56:34 PM »
« Edited: March 16, 2010, 08:40:01 PM by JohnnyLongtorso »

Tonight is the special for Hiram Monseratte's seat. He's running as an independent to try and get it back.
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« Reply #287 on: March 16, 2010, 08:54:09 PM »

Tonight is the special for Hiram Monseratte's seat. He's running as an independent to try and get it back.

Seriously? I haven't been paying enough attention. Doesn't he know the Senate would just expel him again?
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« Reply #288 on: March 16, 2010, 09:05:48 PM »

Oh, I forgot to mention, the new state senator from NJ's 14th District is Tom Goodwin (R), who easily won a special election convention over former Assemblywoman Barbara Wright (R).

He'll face Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D) in November.
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« Reply #289 on: March 16, 2010, 09:25:14 PM »

Tonight is the special for Hiram Monseratte's seat. He's running as an independent to try and get it back.

Seriously? I haven't been paying enough attention. Doesn't he know the Senate would just expel him again?

Yeah, he's currently getting his ass handed to him by Jose Peralta. 1/3 of the precincts are in and Peralta is up 60-34.

There is no limit to his desperate attempts to cling onto his political career, though -- he's apparently considering a run for Peralta's Assembly seat.
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« Reply #290 on: March 16, 2010, 09:27:42 PM »

So the Republican has 6%? LOL.

Who the hell are these 34% of idiots though?
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« Reply #291 on: March 16, 2010, 09:33:53 PM »

Victory.
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« Reply #292 on: March 16, 2010, 09:52:01 PM »

Wow I just found out Monseratte used to be a cop. That's quite scary. And you wonder why many people hate cops.
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« Reply #293 on: March 16, 2010, 11:10:27 PM »
« Edited: March 16, 2010, 11:18:24 PM by Verily »

So the Republican has 6%? LOL.

Who the hell are these 34% of idiots though?

It's Jackson Heights. 8% (the final result) is a good showing for the Republicans. And presumably the 27% for Monserrate are Puerto Ricans (while the Peralta voters are Dominicans and other Hispanics, with all the Asians, not totally insubstantial in the seat, also supporting him).

Plus, Monserrate apparently tried to make the race about gay marriage (which Peralta supports). Not the greatest strategy in the heartland of the Hispanic gay community in NYC, but it probably won him some social conservative vote from various Hispanic groups.
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« Reply #294 on: March 17, 2010, 07:06:25 AM »

Final result:

Jose Peralta (D) - 9,803 (65.4%)
Hiram Monserrate (I) - 4,098 (27.3%)
Robert Beltrani (R) - 1,087 (7.3%)
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« Reply #295 on: March 17, 2010, 08:14:18 AM »

Oh, I forgot to mention, the new state senator from NJ's 14th District is Tom Goodwin (R), who easily won a special election convention over former Assemblywoman Barbara Wright (R).

He'll face Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D) in November.

This is the first I heard that Bill Baroni had cashed in and left the legislature. That's disappointing.
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« Reply #296 on: March 17, 2010, 08:16:33 AM »

I almost canvassed for Peralta yesterday.

I'm very glad Hiram is out.
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« Reply #297 on: March 17, 2010, 08:19:46 AM »

This is the first I heard that Bill Baroni had cashed in and left the legislature. That's disappointing.

He's the new Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Disappointing? Yes. Related to his voting for gay marriage? Maybe.
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« Reply #298 on: March 17, 2010, 09:53:23 AM »

He's the new Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Disappointing? Yes. Related to his voting for gay marriage? Maybe.

You think Christie pulled him out of the legislature because he was unwhippable?
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« Reply #299 on: March 17, 2010, 10:21:51 AM »

Christie is a horrible fascist.
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