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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Now THAT hurts...

On Sunday, Louisiana re-elected the likely corrupt Jefferson (the man with cash in his freezer) just because that's what they do down there. It shows there's no anti-incumbent boom, just an anti-Republican boom.

But the kicker is tonight. In the Texas 23rd district, incumbent Republican Bonilla was booted out in a special election. See here for the latest results. This was the only district that the Supreme Court said had to be re-drawn after the Tom Delay redistricting effort. In the open primary election held on 11/7, Bonilla got 48% of the vote. The Dems split the vote six ways. The two frontrunners (Bonilla and Rodriguez) ran in the runoff. It now appears that his Democratic challenger will get 53% of the vote and win, bringing the Democratic total to 233 in the House (a pickup of exactly 30). It may be one more if Florida 13 gets revoted. Stay tuned.

This means that, in the month since the election, Republicans have become totally demoralized.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Check out this map  of all house races plus the Democratic pickups (in lighter blue). Total wipeout for Repubs in NE. Also, it seems that all the border regions vote Dem - the anti-immigration Republicans only do well... where there is no immigration. 

// posted by LTG

Anonymous said...

And now there is the Senate up in the air again. Anyword on how serious Johnson's (D-SD) stroke was? 

// posted by RBR

Anonymous said...

Just to toss it out there, Kucinich has announced he is running. Not sure what to think of that other than to say that I am getting that bland taste in my nouth again. 

// posted by USWest

Anonymous said...

Looks like there may not have been a stroke for Johnson after all.  

// posted by LTG

Anonymous said...

A comment on the "ghoul factor":

States where a dying or resigning senator could cause a
change of party:
Connecticut (both)
California (both)
South Dakota (Johnson)
Nevada (Reid)
North Dakota (Dorgan)
Missouri (McCaskill)
Minnesota (Klobuchar)
Florida (Nelson)
Nebraska (Nelson)
Indiana (Bayh)


On the Republican side, it's a long list now:
Maine (both)
Arizona (both)
Oklahoma (both)
Tennessee (both)
Wyoming (both)
New Hampshire (both)
Virginia (Warner)
New Mexico (Domenici)
Louisiana (Vitter)
Ohio (Voinovich)
Pennsylvania (Specter)
Iowa (Grassley)
Kansas (both)
Colorado (Allard)
Oregon (Gordon) 

// posted by LTG

Anonymous said...

I'm getting ready to post about the 2008 presidential candidates so far. But I'll have to finish my grading first. 

// posted by RBR