Posted on 06/03/2014 5:58:56 AM PDT by Free Vulcan
Does the GOPe provide the party officials for a recount?
I’ll hope that in a runoff thad won’t have the ‘Rat Voter factor helping him.
“On the one hand it is a slap in the face for a conservative to come in 2nd in a primary, it makes him look bad and beatable....”
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You mean like Ted Cruz in Texas who came in a distant second in the 2012 Texas primary and came back in the runoff to beat the RINO David Dewhurst in a landslide?
McDaniel needs to have some lawyers and activist/poll watchers keeping an eye out in those usual precincts/
I meant the incumbant, lol
3 windows at a time for someone with bad eyesight and half a brain is too many
Oh, sorry...you’re right. Getting Cochran into a runoff is a VERY good thing. I think his campaign will do ANYTHING to avoid that happening.
C. McDaniel
49.6%
149,347
T. Cochran (i)
48.8%
146,835
T. Carey
1.6%
4,700
Let it not be forgotten who put the "top two" law on the ballot: Pete Wilson's protoge Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I’ve been preoccupied with arguing with Lonegan a supporter.
He loses 3 to 2, GREAT news imo (some of you disagree I know, I agree to disagree with you). Moderate Rep. Leonard Lance (NJ) survives a challenge by only 9 points, I didn’t know he had a challenger, missed opportunity. But you know the primary against Eric Cantor in VA is much more important!!!! (sarc)
1978 US senate nominee Jeff Bell wins the Senate nomination. John Raese 2.0, but it’s not like anyone major ran for NJ Senate this time. Bell is a good conservative.
Let’s see.
Bama Governor, Ex-RINO and once again present rat Parker Griffith wins the rat nomination.
Bama 6th, Chad Mathis comes in last, negative campaigning backfired. I like Palmer.
Iowa Senate, Joni Erst wins BIG!
Freeper Tom Hoefling gets 17% against Governor Branstead in the primary.
Mariannette Miller-Meeks is nominated in rat-leaning district 2 and Rod Blum in open rat-leaning district 1. I don’t think we can win them.
Iowa-3, no Republican gets 35% so it heads to a convention just like with Steve King’s seat in 2002.
THE BIG ONE MS SENATE, Chris McDaniel is narrowly ahead but under 50% with 98% reporting, so a runoff on Jun 24th, because there was a minor third candidate who got less than 2%, jeez.
In CD-4 Steven Palazzo narrowly tops 50%, no runoff with former rat Gene Taylor.
Montana House, Zinke narrowly up with half the vote in. Top 3 are close so I wouldn’t call anyone a spoiler. Stapleton in 2nd. Is Zinke really that bad?
Rounds win easily in SD, that wasn’t in question.
Allen Weh wins the Senate nomination in New Mexico, as expected. Little chance in November but more than zero I guess. Gary King wins the rat nomination for Governor.
CALI, gonna be a long night for that.
21% in , Kashkari in 2nd place by a few points, BOO.
SEC of State, TWO REPUBLICANS narrowly in first and 2nd place, with 19% in. That would be sweet.
CA 4, Tom McClintock will either face a fellow Republican (attacking him as Washington insider) or an Indie, no rat filed.
CA 5, Doug Ose in second place to the rat with half the vote in, looks like he’ll beat out Birman. Boo.
CA 24, “GOP nomination” too close to call Chris Mitchum ahead by negligible margin.
CA 25, little vote is in yet, the hope is for an R/R runoff
CA 45, open safe GOP Seat, State Sen Mimi Walters could face a rat or fellow Republican
CA 52, the gay guy DeMaio faces the democrat, the conservative comes in third, the heterosexual RINO comes in dead last. Not of lot votes in yet but that order will hold up.
Why sarcasm on the importance of the Cantor race? have you not been following that?
Excuse me that’s Comptroller in Cali where the GOP is ahead
Comptroller
Ashley Swearengin Rep. 469,347 23.6%
David Evans Rep. 451,342 22.7
Betty T. Yee Dem. 437,126 22.0
John A. Perez Dem. 404,417 20.3
25% reporting
For several reasons
1)I don’t think there’s much chance he’ll lose, maybe I’m wrong but I doubt it
2)I don’t think there is anything to this headhunting “take out the leader” idea, sorry I just don’t, it’s faulty logic. No one will like the next leader either. It’s the job, not the person in it. The leadership reflects the members, a larger and more conservative GOP conference is the thing that can positively effect the leadership
3)Cantor is not a RINO, he has a conservative voting record, Lance is a NJ moderate in a safe Republican district yet no one cared about that race. And his challenger lost by 9 points. Imagine if that race got more attention.
It’s a question of priorities. If you want to oppose Cantor, fine with me, Brat seems ok, I might have voted for him if I lived there, maybe. But no way is that more important than getting rid of real RINOs. Beating Lance would move the House to the right much more appreciably than beating Eric Cantor. No way was beating McConnell (which was impossible with the loser that ran) more important than beating Cochran or Lamar! We’ve seen important challengers for against real RINOs like that jerk in Idaho and Walter Jones, go down while people waste time headhunting the leaders like and targeting conservative Senators like Pat Roberts and Mike Enzi. Priorities, that’s all.
Look at the momentum in Mississippi. If that continues, I think we can beat Cantor because the signs show people in that district have had enough of him. Remember when his stooge was thrown out of the county GOP leadership? We’ve got him lying on amnesty, and amnesty is a big deal for most here.
ure, AFTER it’s skinned alive... 8^)
I expect a little dignity! Over
MS, damn Thomas Carey, 1.6%
TX runoffs have been good to us, hopefully MS follows suit.
Montana, Zinke still up with 83% in.
Cali update
Jerry Brown Dem. 1,332,079 55.1%
Neel Kashkari Rep. 436,736 18.1
Tim Donnelly Rep. 356,744 14.8
Andrew Blount Rep. 57,929 2.4
43% reporting
Comptroller
Ashley Swearengin Rep. 536,040 23.7%
David Evans Rep. 506,094 22.4
Betty T. Yee Dem. 497,430 22.0
John A. Perez Dem. 468,518 20.7
44% reporting
CD 7 (I called it 5, my mistake), Ose advances to the runoff, boo. But still a pickup opportunity.
CA 31%, Republican Paul Chabot is called as first place finisher, rat Pete Aguilar in 2nd place. Republican Lesli Gooch a close 4th, a few hundred votes behind Aguilar and another rat. Ex Congressman Joe Baca (D) 5th, lol.
A third Republican Ryan Downing, is last, getting 3.5% that could have gone to Gooch and let us keep the seat. He should be tarred and feathered, there is a spoiler for you Pete.
There’s still hope, only 34% in. I wouldn’t totally write the seat off for Novemeber if it’s a GOP/Rat race but it’s a likely loss.
Every Republican voter in CA-31 should have been called together and half of them assigned to vote for Chabot and the other half to Gooch.
Kashkari called second place finisher for CA Governor, booooooooo.
Neither man was gonna beat Brown but it would have been nice to offer an actual alternative.
Comptroller
Ashley Swearengin Rep. 669,640 24.1%
David Evans Rep. 607,907 21.9
Betty T. Yee Dem. 597,006 21.5
John A. Perez Dem. 593,700 21.4
83% reporting
Many Congressional races still not set.
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