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Musician defeats Republican in New York (John Hall, "Still the One" vs. Rep. Sue Kelly)
AP via Yahoo ^ | Wed Nov 8, 7:45 AM ET | no byline

Posted on 11/09/2006 11:01:49 AM PST by weegee

NEW YORK - A musician who wrote the 1970s pop tunes "Still the One" and "Dance with Me" toppled a longtime Republican lawmaker after a campaign that merged his minor-league celebrity with anti- Iraq war momentum and YouTube.

John Hall, who founded the band Orleans and produced albums for Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt and Linda Ronstadt, ousted Rep. Sue Kelly, who swept into office as part of the 1994 GOP revolution.

"When I make a record, it's 110 percent, when I run for office, it's 110 percent," Hall said.

On his nightly Comedy Central show, TV faux-news anchor Stephen Colbert profiled the race as part of his series on the 2006 election. Colbert and Hall harmonized a duet of "Dance With Me," and the comedian mocked Kelly for declining to appear.

During a debate, Kelly responded furiously after Hall suggested she could have done more to ensure the safety of pages who were targeted by former Rep. Mark Foley. Her outburst was one of many moments in the race that were immortalized on YouTube, the popular video sharing Web site.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 2006electionresults; crewgate; foley; zogbyism

1 posted on 11/09/2006 11:01:52 AM PST by weegee
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To: weegee

I just heard that Kelly is contesting the race because of the absentee ballots.


2 posted on 11/16/2006 11:32:35 AM PST by juliej
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To: Victoria Delsoul

Bad news pingster!


3 posted on 11/16/2006 11:33:28 AM PST by HitmanLV ("Get up, come on get down with the sickness.")
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To: weegee

Unbelievable. This Donk idiot got elected? First I've heard. Yeah, I remember John Hall and Orleans (his band) They played anti nuke benefits. Nuke as in nuclear power stations


4 posted on 12/08/2006 9:33:04 PM PST by dennisw
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