Brock Ousts Ready (Black GOPer Wins Statewide in VT !)

Barre-Montpelier Times Argus ^ | 11-3-2004 | John Zicconi

[fieldmarshaldj]

A surprise victory in the state of VT in an office that has been usually occupied by radical 'Rats as of late, and won by an African-American Republican, no less, who took out an ethically-challenged incumbent 'Rat. Auditor-elect Brock becomes the first Black elected statewide in Vermont. Let's wish him well for a long and succeesful career in VT politics.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[lainde]

Good times just keep on coming! BTTTT

[goldstategop]

Wooo hooo! In a liberal state carried by Kerry and by 10 percentage points. There's some hope for the folks of the Green Mountain State!

[sarasotarepublican]

Black GOPer Wins Statewide in VT !)

Don't that sound good!! I loved Blackwell, the sec. of state from Ohio. What a gentlemen he was. Republicans are reaching out. We need to send these good people into office. We desperately need a leader. I wish Bill Cosby would take the lead. He could fairly advance the agenda.

I remember a black congressmen from Conn. Sadly, I forgot his name. He was a huge talent. The Black Caucus wouldn't admit him into their meetings because he was a Republican. How they got away with this, I will never understand.

[jalisco555]

This is good news but a terribly written article. I read it twice and I still wasn't sure what office Brock won until I read your comment!

[GraniteStateConservative]

I can't believe Vermont voted out a candidate who is a Democrat even if she is a liar. And their Lt. Gov is every bit as conservative as Bush- and Brian Dubie won easily.

[InterceptPoint]

This is good news but a terribly written article. I read it twice and I still wasn't sure what office Brock won until I read your comment!

Me too. Amazing. Well we all knew that the Journalism Schools aren't what they once were. But you would have thought that any editor worth his salt would have caught such a major boo boo.

[jalisco555]

Well we all knew that the Journalism Schools aren't what they once were.

LOL. My son is in Journalism School and I'm hoping he's getting something for all the money I'm spending. I'll send him this article and see if he can catch the mistake.

[Dan from Michigan]

Good to see. I never thought I'd see that in Vermont of all places with the unfavorable demographics for him.

In my state, I wouldn't mind seeing Judge Bob Young get a call from Bush for SCOTUS, although we'd hate to lose him on the State Supreme Court.

[Dan from Michigan]

Gary Franks was the congressman from Connecticutt. Unfortunatly he lost to a democrat at some point.

[Clintonfatigued]

This is TERIFFIC news! Is there a biography of Brock out there? I'm sure a lot of Freepers would like to know more about this rising star.

[Clintonfatigued]

Ready said. "But it is his night. That is where people's focus should be: getting to know him… He will do a good job. I'll do everything I can to help him."

Elizabet Ready deserves credit on this count: she showed dignity and class in her defeat. So unlike so many of her fellow 'Rats.

[JohnnyZ]

In my state, I wouldn't mind seeing Judge Bob Young get a call from Bush for SCOTUS

How many statewide elected black Republicans do we have now? I guess Young and other non-partisan don't necessarily count?

CA Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown
VT Auditor Randy Brock
OH Lt. Gov. Jeanette Bradley
OH Sec State J Kenneth Blackwell
MD Lt. Gov. Michael Steele
TX Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams
TX Sepreme Court Justice Dale Wainwright
TX Supreme Court Justice Wallace Jefferson

[Gabz]

The very first sentence says exactly what office it is:

Republican Randy Brock made history Tuesday, unseating two-term incumbent Auditor Elizabeth Ready to become the first African-American to win a Vermont statewide election.

[Constantine XIII]

They have black people in Vermont? :P

[InterceptPoint]

Republican Randy Brock made history Tuesday, unseating two-term incumbent Auditor Elizabeth Ready to become the first African-American to win a Vermont statewide election.

What is an "auditor"? Where I come from we have no such elected office that I am aware of. Very unusual.

[Gabz]

Ok, that's understandable, but I am familiar with the Office. In many state's the position is called Comptroller.

The "Auditor" keeps state agencies honest in how the money is spent. (or is supposed to)

[jalisco555]

LOL. I know. I must be dyslexic today. Maybe I should have read it a third time.

[Straight Vermonter]

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