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Sean Bielat won't concede election to Barney Frank
Although congressional candidate Sean Bielat spoke to supporters and
despite major media outlets declaring incumbent Barney Frank the
victor in the race for the fourth Congressional District, Bielat has
yet to call his opponent to congratulate him. Instead, the first-time
candidate said he is waiting to concede until more votes are in
because he believes the results will be closer as more …
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Frank beats upstart challenger Bielat to win 16th House term
Despite a national wave against incumbent lawmakers, U.S. Rep. Barney
Frank managed to stave off the toughest challenge to his office on
Tuesday, winning re-election to a 16th term in the House of
Representatives with an 11-point margin.
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Frank, other incumbents fend off rivals
Massachusetts voters appeared to be returning Democratic incumbents to
Congress last night, with US Representative Barney Frank trouncing his
challenger and five other sitting congressmen fending off Republican
opponents.
Read more on Boston Globe
I don't think Greg will be too happy about this.....BTW... Tommy
News.... You are very much wrong about Dick The Blooming Asshole
Blumenthal.....As for Barney.... I have to say.... he's a buit too
slick for his skin, too.... All that banking/mortgage financial
trouble he got us all into.... the man has to either be more stupid
and out of touch than he appears... or he's getting something (quid
pro quo) out of it.... too much money invloved there....
nominal9
On Nov 3, 2:32 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Record number of LGBT candidates elected to office
>
> The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund today announced that more openly LGBT
> candidates won election to public office in the U.S. in 2010 than in
> any year in America's history.
>
> At least 106 of the group's record-breaking 164 endorsed candidates
> were winners as of Wednesday morning, including Providence, R.I.,
> Mayor David Cicilline (pictured), who will become the fourth openly
> gay Member of Congress when the House convenes in January.
>
> Victory Fund President and CEO Chuck Wolfe issued the following
> statement about the group's success:
>
> "There is no sugar-coating the loss of so many of our straight allies
> in Congress, but we can be proud that our community continues to
> expand its voice at all levels of government in America. Out public
> officials are having a sizable impact on the local, state and national
> debates about LGBT equality. Increasing their numbers is a vital part
> of a long-term strategy to change America's politics and make our
> country freer and fairer for everyone. We will continue to focus on
> training committed, qualified candidates, and we will work hard to get
> them elected to public office."
>
> Important 2010 election results include:
>
> –David Cicilline's election to Congress. The Providence, R.I. mayor
> will be the fourth openly gay member of the U.S. House of
> Representatives, joining Reps. Tammy Baldwin, Barney Frank and Jared
> Polis, who each won reelection.
>
> –Jim Gray's election as mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, the state's
> second-largest city.
>
> –Nickie Antonio's election to the Ohio House. Antonio will be the
> first openly LGBT person to serve in the state legislature.
>
> –Marcus Brandon's election to the North Carolina House. Brandon will
> be the state's only openly gay state legislator and one of just five
> out African Americans to serve as state lawmakers.
>
> –Victoria Kolakowski's election as a Superior Court judge in Alameda
> County. Kolakowski becomes the first openly transgender judge in
> America.
>
> –Kevin Lembo's election as Connecticut State Comptroller. Lembo joins
> just a handful of openly LGBT candidates to have been elected to
> statewide positions.
>
> –Laurie Jinkins' election to the Washington State House. Jinkins is
> Washington's first openly lesbian state legislator, and could help her
> gay colleagues pass a marriage equality bill in the next legislative
> session.
>
> –Maryland's and California's expanded LGBT state legislative caucuses.
> Each will include seven openly gay and lesbian lawmakers. In
> Maryland, the caucus is poised to help pass marriage equality
> legislation, which the reelected Gov. Martin O'Malley has vowed to
> sign.
>
> –Dan Hill's loss in his Nevada House race. The Victory Fund's
> endorsed Republican candidates for state legislative seats were not
> successful, meaning no openly LGBT Republicans will be serving as
> state lawmakers next year.
>
> The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund is the only national organization
> dedicated to increasing the number of openly LGBT elected officials at
> all levels of government in the U.S. It has grown that number from 49
> to more than 500 since its founding in 1991. A full 2010 Election
> Scorecard will soon be available atwww.victoryfund.org.
>
> More:http://www.gaypolitics.com/2010/11/03/record-number-of-lgbt-candidate...
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
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O'Donnell, speaking on CNN on Wednesday morning called her loss a
"symptom of Republican cannibalism." She blamed the commentator Karl
Rove, formerly President George W. Bush's senior strategist, and other
party leaders for not uniting behind her campaign.
Ding, Dong The Wicked Witch is Gone!
Why Christine O'Donnell Lost .... A long time ago
-by David C. Wilson
The pundits who thought Delaware Senate Republican candidate Christine
O'Donnell was ever doing well among the state's electorate were sadly
mistaken from the jump. Not only did she performed less than admirably
in her debate performances, she mishandled her media relations, fought
the state and national Republican Party organizations, and most
importantly, she failed to connect with Delaware voters who hold the
keys to any at-large victory: non-Republican and moderate voters in
the Northern part of the state.
She spent plenty of time with her base--a great primary strategy--but
never really moved beyond that political segment.
Just to put some context to her performance, in Tuesday night's
general election, she received fewer votes (123,025) than the defeated
Republican in the State Treasurer's race, Colin Bonini (146,991), and
fewer votes than the defeated Democrat in the Auditor of Accounts'
race, Richard Korn (147,504). That's not good. Heck, that's not even
competitive.
Admittedly, a lot of what was said about Christine O'Donnell in the
media--although not much of it was from Chris Coons--bordered on
sexist. However, she didn't help her cause by not denouncing some
salacious allegations about Republican Mike Castle's sexual
orientation that came from her camp. So, the game was afoot early, and
the typically Delaware rules of civility and honesty were laid to
rest.
Suffice to say, that all of this is minor stuff compared to the fact
that O'Donnell--and Republican House candidate Glenn Urquhart--didn't
strategically connect their campaigns with the culture of the Delaware
electorate. They both ran "national primaries" using rhetoric about
"Obamacare," "Pelosi regimes," "Harry Reid," and "Big Government" in a
state that still holds the President and Vice President is relatively
high regard. Had they both toned things down and worked on their
command of the issues, they might have had a chance..... I said, "a
chance."
Unfortunately, the numbers were stacked against them from the start.
Here are some basic facts.
Democrats make up most voters in the state. Of the 624,365 registered
voters in Delaware, 47% are Democrats, 29% are Republican, and 23% are
some other party or Independent. In addition, most registered voters
reside in New Castle County (62%), the largest of the state's three
counties; Kent County (17%) and Sussex County (21%) are the others.
Put the two preceding facts together and roughly one-third (31%) of
all registered Delaware voters are Democrats in New Castle County,
which is also the most educated, urban, wealthiest (highest median
income), and racially diverse county in the state (Kent is a close
second, and Sussex is a distant third). Bottom line: to win, you must
make a dent among moderate Democrats and Independents in New Castle
County.
We don't have all the numbers yet, but we know O'Donnell won Sussex
and Kent by 17% and 6% points respectively, but lost by 35% points in
New Castle. O'Donnell's raw losing margin in New Castle (-65,948)
actually washed away her total votes in Sussex (40,345) and Kent
(25,059). No dent, no win.
And things won't get any better for Republicans in the state who
desire a more conservative political world.
Since 2000, the percent of registered Democrats in the state has
increased by 37% (79,361), while the percentage of Republicans has
increased by only 7% (12,177); other party groups and Independents
have increased by 25% (29,213). More telling is the fact that in New
Castle--again, the largest county--Republicans have actually decreased
their numbers by 5% (-5,698) since 2000.
These very basic statistics scream one clear thing for Delaware's
Republican candidates: "MOVE TO THE MIDDLE!!!" Both O'Donnell and
Urquhart failed in this task, and it cost them what could have been a
winnable election. After all, the Republicans did win big in the
President's state, why not in Delaware? (....more to come on that
one..).
This Senate election in Delaware wasn't about Mike Castle, Joe Biden,
President Obama, incumbents, anger, the Tea Party, or a 90% employment
rate, it was about two candidates; one who knew his audience, and one
who thought she could change the minds of the Delaware electorate.
And, as we all now realized, "change" takes longer than 22 months (...
wink).
More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-c-wilson/why-christine-odonnell-lo_b_778370.html
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