Posted on 09/22/2013 5:04:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Two Democratic members of the House voted with Republicans Friday to defund Obamacare and fund the government until the end of the year: Utah Rep. Jim Matheson and North Carolina Rep. Mike McIntyre.
Matheson is the sole Democratic member of the Utah delegation, a state that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won with almost 73 percent of the vote. Matheson, on the other hand, eked out a win in 2012, beating former Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love in 2012 by fewer than 3,000 votes.
Love has said she will challenge Matheson again in 2014.
McIntyres race was even tighter: he beat Republican state senator David Rouzer by fewer than 700 votes, a margin so slim that McIntyre was only declared the winner after a recount. Rouzer has announced he will challenge McIntyre again in 2014.
In a statement on Facebook, Matheson said he did not support putting the Obamacare provision in the continuing resolution, but that he did not want to shut down the government
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That's why they were minorly distressed when O'KillyouCare didn't receive even ONE Pub vote.
And these same idiots keep hammering about a 3rd party. The same thing will happen - we will lose good, conservative candidates by splitting the vote with RINOs. I wish more people understood that.
Blech.
Fear not, she’s running again this year, and getting started a lot earlier.
Fear not, she’s running again this year, and getting started a lot earlier.
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