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Arizona Special Election TODAY (Freepers GO VOTE!)
New York Slimes ^ | 4/24/2018 | NY Slimes

Posted on 04/24/2018 10:09:31 AM PDT by TexasGurl24

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To: rlbedfor

Yeah, the media is shifting to the “a close loss is still a win” meme.


41 posted on 04/24/2018 8:10:27 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: laconic

The NYT says that Lesko has won.


42 posted on 04/24/2018 8:11:58 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Reagan80

Fox News just called it for Lesko. The hold rebuilds the R lead in the House to 44 (23 seats would need to flip for the D’s to take control. There are 5 vacancies after tonight; 3 R abd 2 D.


43 posted on 04/24/2018 8:15:11 PM PDT by Reagan80 ("In this current crisis, government is not the solution to our problems, government IS the problem")
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To: Reagan80

good news!


44 posted on 04/24/2018 8:16:55 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: laconic

From the AZ Sec of State: “After the initial upload of early ballot results at 8:00 p.m., the Secretary of State does not expect further polling place results for an hour or more. This website will refresh automatically when new results are available from Maricopa County.”

So - the first posting was at 11 EDT, the next update will not be until after 12 midnight EDT.

In any event, NYT and Fox have both called it.


45 posted on 04/24/2018 8:18:48 PM PDT by Reagan80 ("In this current crisis, government is not the solution to our problems, government IS the problem")
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To: fortheDeclaration

Called rep with 0 of 143 precincts reporting. No updates since first one on nytimes. The lib tears flow.


46 posted on 04/24/2018 8:19:44 PM PDT by rlbedfor
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To: Reagan80

Called it for Lesko(R) on Fox


47 posted on 04/24/2018 8:24:52 PM PDT by thingumbob (Antifa. Carrying on Hitler's legacy one beating at a time.)
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To: TexasGurl24

Republicans are not going to get excited about these special elections, especially in dark red districts. The media, including Fox News are trying to sell more Corn Flakes by trying to beat the drum about the narrow margin.

Bottom line is that the Media continue to hate Trump and the professional political operatives are trying to drum up business from both sides. I don’t think that this carries over to the November election.


48 posted on 04/24/2018 8:25:46 PM PDT by centurion316 (Back from exile from 4/2016 until 4/2018)
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To: centurion316

Trent Franks, the GOP incumbent who resigned this seat, left in disgrace, and scandalized incumbents tend to leave a bad taste in voters’ mouths for electing someone of the same party, which perhaps partially explains the less than enthusiastic margin for Lesko.


49 posted on 04/24/2018 8:39:04 PM PDT by Galactic Overlord-In-Chief (Domo Arigato, Mr. Rubio. Domo Arigato, Mr. Rubio.)
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To: rfp1234

If it is, that makes it even better. Blue wave, indeed.


50 posted on 04/24/2018 11:44:12 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

100% of precincts reporting:

R 91,390 Votes (Leading by 9,072)

D 82,318 Votes


51 posted on 04/25/2018 2:37:17 AM PDT by Reagan80 ("In this current crisis, government is not the solution to our problems, government IS the problem")
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To: Reagan80

Not even close. The blue wave is getting smaller, as if that were possible. Soon it’ll be an undertow.


52 posted on 04/25/2018 3:07:53 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
Trent Franks, the GOP incumbent who resigned this seat, left in disgrace, and scandalized incumbents tend to leave a bad taste in voters’ mouths for electing someone of the same party, which perhaps partially explains the less than enthusiastic margin for Lesko.,

Yes. Turn out for the election Franks won in 2016 was ~300,000 total votes. Turn out for this one was around ~174,000. Most of the decrease in turnout was by Republicans (a decrease of ~112,000 votes), but Democrats also had a decrease (~10,000 votes). The bottom line, to me, is that 2016 was a presidential election year, and Trump brought out a lot of voters. This time around turnout was less either because voters weren't generally aware of this special election, or weren't motivated to vote because of the Franks scandal or other reasons.

53 posted on 04/25/2018 4:35:56 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: neverevergiveup

I guess the big question is...will the Trump voters turn out in the 2018 election?

I would hope that the general election will produce more turnout. You know the other side is fired up.

I’m truly hoping that some of the stuff about the Dems and this farce of an investigation of Trump comes out in October. It would be nice for the Republicans to use an “October Surprise” of their own for a change.


54 posted on 04/25/2018 6:02:43 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: Eleutheria5

There have been at least 8 special elections at this point and several more to go; by my count, the R’s have won 6 of the 8; losing just the one Senate Seat in Alabama and the one House Seat in PA last month. In both cases, the R candidates were flawed, or were defined by their opponents as flawed (AL). In PA, the R candidate had the personality of a tree stump; and he was running against a tall, lanky, energetic young man; and still lost by only 629 votes. The D’s needed to spend every penny of those millions of dollars for that pyrrhic victory - if just 315 people had not changed their minds since the prior election, all they would have is their seat-warmer in AL, who is sure to get blown-out in a bid for re-election.


55 posted on 04/25/2018 6:37:02 AM PDT by Reagan80 ("In this current crisis, government is not the solution to our problems, government IS the problem")
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To: Reagan80

Yep. 6 of 8 special election R seats to date were retained by R’s. There was a 9th special in CA that was a D seat that the D’s retained. There is one more scheduled special to go prior to the midterms in Ohio’s 12th on August 7 that is an R seat. There are currently 5 open seats after last night in the House. The other 4 do not (yet) have specials scheduled, the ‘special’ for Conyer’s seat in MI is scheduled for the mid-term election day in November, and will appear as a ‘regular’ open seat.

https://ballotpedia.org/Special_elections_to_the_115th_United_States_Congress_(2017-2018)


56 posted on 04/25/2018 6:50:50 AM PDT by Reagan80 ("In this current crisis, government is not the solution to our problems, government IS the problem")
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To: Reagan80

All the same, the GOP would do better than to nominate either Roy Moore or Luther Strange again. New blood and a new face.


57 posted on 04/25/2018 7:31:48 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: woweeitsme
“I guess the big question is...will the Trump voters turn out in the 2018 election?”

If (hopefully when) Trump goes out and starts campaigning and reminding people of what Pelosi and their crowd want to do, including repealing the Tax cuts etc., and Trump starts pointing out how extreme and crazy the left is, it will ignite the base.

58 posted on 04/25/2018 1:42:45 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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