Posted on 05/11/2010 2:56:30 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
The returns will be coming in soon from today's Primary Elections in Nebraska and West Virginia and the Special Election in Georgia for GA-09.
Here are links to the websites where the official returns will be posted by the respective Secretaries of State or local news sources:
And for those paying attention to the Key House Races here are the districts that will pick their Primary winners tonight.
| District | Dem Primary Winner | R-Seats | Republican Incumbent or Challengers | Links to All State Races | |||
| Or Incumbent | Main Challenger | Challenger | Challenger | ||||
| NE | 2 | Dem Primary Winner | Incumbent | Lee Terry | Nebraska | ||
| WV | 1 | Alan Mollohan | David B. McKinley | Sarah Minear | Mac Warner | West Virginia | |
Predictions-
Mollohan-a pathetic aristocrat (if you could imagine that
in my West Virginia) will lose tonight.
You’ve been tea-bagged, buddy.
Rahall- a true dyed-in-the-wool leftists, yet did a convincing
job of selling himself as a centrist, he can’t even fool the
yellow dog Democrats any more. He will lose also,
you’ve just been tea-bagged by the Hillbillies.
“better put some ice on that”.
Bump
I hope you are correct, but I predict that both incumbents will win easily.
In the Georgia - 9 Special Election looks like there are 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat and 1 Independent all running for that one seat. Is this correct? Also, who should we be rooting for? Who is the current incumbent? Who is the best Conservative?
McKinley & Spike Maynard leading for GOP.
Maybe someone can give us an opinion. GA-09 is pretty SAFE R so it is not on our list. The main interest here is to see who the winner will be on the Republican side. In the end it is extremely likely that a Republican will win the seat. This Special Election will only be decided without a runoff if one candidate gets over 50% of the vote.
Only 13% of the precincts reporting. A long way to go.
Mollohan trailing by 1.236 votes with 10% of precincts reporting.
National Review:
Could One More Incumbent Get Knocked Off Tomorrow Night?
May 10, 2010 12:10 PM
By Jim Geraghty
Tomorrow is primary day in Nebraska and West Virginia.
In Nebraska, each of the three Republicans representing that state in the House will face a little-funded or outright unfunded challenger.
There is a possibility of real news in West Virginia tomorrow night, as Allan Mollohan, the Democratic incumbent who is referred to the House Ethics Committee so frequently that he earns miles on his frequent liar account, may be in serious trouble. He has a well-funded challenger in state senator Mike Oliviero. Six Republicans are competing in this district, including former state delegate David McKinley and former state senator Sarah Minear.
Re: WV-3 (Rahall’s seat since 1976)
Al Gore just narrowly won the district in 2000 with 51% of the vote. George W. Bush won the district in 2004 with 53% of the vote, and John McCain carried the district in 2008 with 55.76% of the vote.
Why in the world can’t a Republican win in a district like this? Rahall should have been out on his can a decade or more ago.
On another topic, did you see this from Jim Geraghty?
Oh look, another incumbent House Democrat who’s been around for quite a few terms trailing a relatively unknown GOP challenger, what a surprise: “A new poll conducted for the NRCC shows an unlikely target emerging in Florida. The previously unreleased poll, which was obtained by The Fix, shows Rep. Allen Boyd (D-Fla.) trailing funeral home director Steve Southerland 52 percent to 37 percent despite the fact that less than one in five voters recognize Southerland’s name.”
Looks like a much bigger turnout for the Dems in the Rahall district.
Wow. That is pretty big.
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