The National Weekly Atlasian

[Vepres]

Senate Race Heats Up

When VP BaconKing assumed his new position, his senate seat was vacated and needed to be filled.  The election for that seat is now heating up.  The JCP, the party which currently holds the seat, was the first to field a candidate in Fmr. SoFA Fritz.  Fritz, a long-time well-respect Atlasian, was quickly supported by Sen. Marokai Blue and the new president.  Not long after, Fmr. Sen. and RPP Chairman DownWithTheLeft announced that he as well would be a candidate for the seat.  Always a lightning of controversy, the former senator's campaign was met with fanfare and also jeers.  He proclaimed that he desired to take Atlasia back to the state it was in before he left, a comment that drew the ire of Sen. Afleitch who stated that the last thing we needed was DWTL's vision for Atlasia.

After these two candidates, the speculation turned to whether the DA would nominate the own candidate or coalesce between one of the two.  Predictably, neither of these happened.  Sens. Hashemite and Afleitch were quick to jump behind Fritz.  Next to speak on the matter was Sen. Franzl, who declared that he was, and still is to this point, truly undecided.  However, Sen. PurpleState, a long-time advocate of balanced government stepped up to the plate for DWTL.  He was joined by an earlier endorsement of the former senator by DA member, Gov. AndrewCT.  It is yet to seen what will happen, but most expect an eciting election.

GAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

COMPETITION!!!!

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Sens. Hashemite and Afleitch were quick to jump behind Fritz.  

Yeah, I never did that. Gets your facts right, atleast.

[SPC]

NWA July/August Election Tracker
by South Park Conservative
Incumbent* Potential Candidate Declared Candidate Projected Winner Projected Loser
Democratic Alliance Regional Protection Party Jesus Christ Party

NWA's Race Rankings:
PARTY HOLD PARTY TAKEOVER TOSSUP

Special July Senate Election
Fmr. Senator DWTL
Fritz
Sewer Socialist

General August Senate Election (2 JCP HOLDS, 1 RPP TAKOVER, 2 TOSSUPS)
OPEN (Senator Purple State)
Senator Afleitch*
Senator Franzl*
Senator Marokai Blue*
Senator Fritz*
Lt. Governor SPC
RowanBrandon
Write-in: Fmr. Governor AHDuke

Pacific Gubernatorial Election (JCP HOLD)
OPEN (Governor Culture King)
Fmr. Vice-President Meeker

Pacific Lt. Gubernatorial Election (JCP HOLD)
OPEN (Lt. Governor Alcon)
Alexander Hamilton
Fmr. President Ebowed

Southeast Gubernatorial Election (RPP HOLD)
Governor Daniel Adams*

Southeast Lt. Gubernatorial Election (RPP HOLD)
OPEN (Lt. Governor SPC)
Fmr. Senator PiT

Midwest Gubernatorial Election (RPP TAKEOVER)
Lt. Governor Vepres
Mechaman
Sewer Socialist

Midwest Lt. Gubernatorial Election (LNF TAKEOVER)
OPEN (Lt. Governor Vepres)
Lewis Trondheim
Ilikeverin

[DownWithTheLeft]

Sens. Hashemite and Afleitch were quick to jump behind Fritz.  

Yeah, I never did that. Gets your facts right, atleast.

Then who are you voting for Mr. Senator, myself?  I think not

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Sens. Hashemite and Afleitch were quick to jump behind Fritz.  

Yeah, I never did that. Gets your facts right, atleast.

Then who are you voting for Mr. Senator, myself?  I think not

I didn't make an endorsement and I won't be needing anybody else to decide on an endorsement.

[DownWithTheLeft]

I didn't make an endorsement and I won't be needing anybody else to decide on an endorsement.

My apoligies, I thought you had stated you would not be voting for me.

[DownWithTheLeft]

RETRACTION

The paper would like to apoligize to Sen. Hashemite for stating he had endorsed Fmr. SoFA Fritz when no such record could be found.  We retract that statement

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Trugarez!

[SPC]

BREAKING NEWS: As of 2:38 EDT, Former Senator DWTL leads Fritz 23-20 in the National Special Senate Election. The National Weekly Atlasian is not yet ready to call this race.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Breaking news: SPC is counting invalid ballots in his count.

[Associate Justice PiT]

BREAKING NEWS: As of 11:44 EDT, Former Senator DWTL leads Fritz 21-12 in the National Special Senate Election. The National Weekly Atlasian is not yet ready to call this race.

Breaking news: SPC is counting invalid ballots in his count.

I didn't court cinyc or JJ's votes.

     Cinyc's vote is valid, I think.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Then please enlighten me where you are getting 21 from, I have 22 for DWTL and 12 for Fritz. Why is Cinyc's vote invalid? I though it was just JJ's.

[SPC]

BREAKING NEWS: As of 1:54 EDT, Fritz leads former Senator DWTL 32-29 in the National Special Senate Election. The National Weekly Atlasian is not yet ready to call this race.

[SPC]

BREAKING NEWS: As of 3:44 EDT, Fritz leads former Senator DWTL 41-35 in the National Special Senate Election. The National Weekly Atlasian is not yet ready to call this race.

[DownWithTheLeft]

Good showing and the remaining votes look good for me, but still this is an uphill battle.  I encourage all my supporters to continue getting to the polls.

I would especially like to thank RealisticIdealist for breaking party lines to vote for me

[SPC]

BREAKING NEWS: As of 1:44 EDT, Fritz leads former Senator DWTL 42-35 in the National Special Senate Election. The National Weekly Atlasian is not yet ready to call this race.

[SPC]

BREAKING NEWS: As of 12:30 EDT, The National Weekly Atlasian is projecting that Fritz will win the Nationwide Special Senate Election.

[DownWithTheLeft]

August 2008 Senate Election Candidates

Declared Candidates:
Fmr. Sen. SouthParkConservative
Sen. Marokai Blue
SewerSocialist

Incumbents:
Sen. Frtiz
Sen. Franzl
Sen. PurpleState
Sen. Afleitch

Declined to Run:
Fmr. Sen. DWTL
Fmr. Gov. AHDuke

[SPC]

NWA July/August Election Tracker
by South Park Conservative
Incumbent* Potential Candidate Declared Candidate Projected Winner Projected Loser
Democratic Alliance Regional Protection Party Jesus Christ Party


Special July Senate Election
Fmr. Senator DWTL
Fritz
Sewer Socialist

General August Senate Election
Senator Purple State*
Senator Afleitch*
Senator Franzl*
Senator Marokai Blue*
Senator Fritz*
Lt. Governor SPC

Pacific Gubernatorial Election
Governor Culture King*
Fmr. Vice-President Meeker

Pacific Lt. Gubernatorial Election
Lt. Governor Alcon*

Southeast Gubernatorial Election
Governor Daniel Adams*

Southeast Lt. Gubernatorial Election
OPEN (Lt. Governor SPC)

[bgwah]

CultureKing said he isn't running for re-election in the Pacific Legislature thread.

[SPC]

NWA July/August Election Tracker
by South Park Conservative
Incumbent* Potential Candidate Declared Candidate Projected Winner Projected Loser
Democratic Alliance Regional Protection Party Jesus Christ Party


Special July Senate Election
Fmr. Senator DWTL
Fritz
Sewer Socialist

General August Senate Election
Senator Purple State*
Senator Afleitch*
Senator Franzl*
Senator Marokai Blue*
Senator Fritz*
Lt. Governor SPC
RowanBrandon
Sewer Socialist

Pacific Gubernatorial Election
OPEN (Governor Culture King)
Fmr. Vice-President Meeker

Pacific Lt. Gubernatorial Election
Lt. Governor Alcon*

Southeast Gubernatorial Election
Governor Daniel Adams*

Southeast Lt. Gubernatorial Election
OPEN (Lt. Governor SPC)

[Vepres]

SPC, with recent constitutional amendments here, there is now a Midwest gubernatorial election in August. The Midwest Lt. Governor election is also held in August.

[SPC]

Thank you for the info. Will the Midwest gubernatorial election be an true election or will it be an "election" in the sense that it has been for the last three years?

[DownWithTheLeft]

With Special Election Over, Focus Shifts to August

After a hard fought and incredibly well participated special election, the dust is settled and the major parties have focused their attention on August.  The first question on the mind of many following the elections was whether Fmr. Sen. DWTL would seek a full-term in August after a narrow defeat.  He quashed the rumors and has since rallied behind the RPP's two candidates, Fmr. Sen. SPC and RowanBrandon.  SPC, a former senator, is no stranger to national senate elections.  He won a seat in December 2008 and came within a vote, his own vote which he invalidated, of winning a seat in April.  RowanBrandon, a newcomer to the national scene has pulled off impressive performances in one of the weakest RPP regions, the Northeast.  Smid remains the only RPP candidate to ever win an election in the region.  DWTL has praised RowanBrandon as one of the rising stars of the party.  The last party member DWTL bestowed this on his former running mate and current Sen. NCYankee.  The most prominent RPP members besides DWTL and SPC, AHDuke and PiT have also declined to run in the election.  It is expected that with a base of 20+, the RPP will win at least in the next election, possibly two.

If the RPP is to win a seat, it will have to come from somewhere, and that somewhere may be one of the DA seats.  In a shocker to most, the small but stable DA was able to capture an astounding three senate seats.  However, most feel that this number will not be kept up, especially considering the party turned out a mere nine voters in the recent special election.  The party tends to draw more outside support than others, but the recent explosion of the two major parties may very well hurt the DA.  It is yet to be known the plans of Afleitch, but Franzl and PurpleState have all but stated that will run for re-election.

Two more seats are currently held by the JCP, that of Marokai Blue and recently elected Franzl.  With a party of 30+ voters strong, the party should easily be able to hold onto both of these seats.  What is yet to seen is whether or not they will run a third candidate.  And in joke candidate news, LNF member SewerSocialist will be making a run.  It is yet to be seen whether anymore candidates will emerge, but barring any of the few big name independents making a run, it appears to be a 7 horse battle for 5 seats.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Franzl was not "recently elected", and he is not a JCP member.