Posted on 11/03/2010 5:49:02 AM PDT by Darren McCarty
Tim Walberg was sent home from Congress two years ago when Mark Schauer was swept into office with the help of a strong Democratic wave.
But the tide turned against the Democrats nationally Tuesday, and voters sent Walberg — along with a majority of House Republicans — back to Washington.
Several hundred enthusiastic Walberg supporters burst into thunderous applause when the Tipton Republican addressed them late Tuesday night.
“It has been a tough-fought battle as you might have noticed. It’s been well watched, it’s been well-spent and financed,” Walberg said. “But we won.”
The 7th Congressional District was one of the most expensive races in the country. In the end, likely more than $10 million will have been spent, including more than $1 million from the National Republican Congressional Committee, which committed more money to this race than any other district in the country.
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Big win.
Mike
What a thrill. Not looking good though for MI-09, pity it would have been almost a sweep here.
Dingell is toast via redistricting.
It hasn’t hit the rest of America but there was a massive earthquake in Michigan last night.
Sigh. In most of Michigan.
I deserve better...
Very happy to see this one go for us. Walberg is a model rep.
GREAT job, michiganders!
From a former ‘gander......may you guys get back on the road to recovery, instead of the highway to hell
We can thank Pontiac, West Bloomfield, and Royal Oak. Hopefully Peters will be redistricted out of a job.
I'm hoping it's Levin.
Actually, I saw a lot of Rocky signs in West Bloomfield. I think Pontiac was more the culprit. And all the 20 something skulls full of mush in RO.
Thanks Darren McCarty. This was a bitter race, glad Walberg has been reinstated.
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Knew I liked Walberg as soon as I saw the Democrats first negative ad complaining about all the programs Walberg wanted to cut. For me, it was like an enormous positive campaign ad paid for by the opposition. The Democrats really don’t get it. We WANT government to shrink. Your little scare tactics don’t work anymore.
He’s a good man. Not a fire in the belly speechmaker but he does what’s right consistently.
The Jackson Cit pat says this was the most expensive house race ever in michigan. They claim $10 million was spent then immediately insinuated that it was GOP / corporate money but they only accounted for 1 million. I did some digging and found that Walberg himself collected another million. That leaves some 8 million dollars that the democrats and unions spent to keep Walberg from retaking the seat.
I love it that Walberg was way outspent by the Dems and still won. That should be obvious to anyone watching local TV. The Dems bought tons of anti-Walberg time, and it it didn’t work!!!!! Yay!
Every now and again, the good guys do win!
It may have worked. That old lady whining about needing "her" Medicare may have grated on other people who pay for it as it did me.
If you heard someone screaming "It's not YOUR Medicare"! that may have been me. Sorry.
What she doesn't but many people are coming to understand is that Medicaid and Social Security are charity at the point of a bayonet. A good deal if you are a recipient, not so much fun if you are getting the point.
Numbers from the race. (10,000 votes taken by 3 3rd party candidates.)
>>Results:
Tim Walberg: 114,384 (50.1%)
Mark Schauer: 103,650 (45.4%)
US Taxpayers Party candidate: 3,796 (1.7%)
Libertarian Party: 3,338 (1.5%)
Green Party: 3,195 (1.4%)
Votes by County (Walberg-Schauer):
Branch 7,243 (60.5%)-4,738
Calhoun 17,980 (47.8%)-19,630
· We lost by almost 10,000 votes here in 2008
Eaton 21,113 (48.9%)-22,091
Hillsdale 8,682 (65.4%)-4,594
Jackson 25,054 (53.9%)-21,432
· We lost by 900 votes in 2008
Lenawee 16,332 (54%)-13,935
Washtenaw 17,960 (51%)-17,230
I think you missed my point. I meant they worked in our favor. I should have said so in so many words.
We’re good, I wasn’t singling you out. I just posted to the last post on the thread.
I agree that the constant attacks on Walberg hurt Schauer.
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