Posted on 08/02/2005 8:16:46 PM PDT by mdittmar
Schmidt Narrowly Beats Hackett For Congress
Republican Jean Schmidt won the Greater Cincinnati vote and narrowly defeated Democrat Paul Hackett in a race for Congress that went down to the wire.
Schmidt won the seat in the Ohio Second Congressional District by 52 percent to 48 percent, and Three Rivers, Edgewood and Franklin passed school levies in Tuesday night's special election.
In the unofficial vote total, Schmidt defeated Hackett by 3,573 votes -- 57,954 to 54,401.
Schmidt won the Greater Cincinnati vote, taking the east side of Hamilton County, southern Warren County and Clermont County. Hackett won the rural eastern counties of Brown, Adams, Pike and Scioto.
The vote was tight in Hamilton County: Schmidt won 51.5 percent to 48.5 percent (25,048 votes to 23,657).
She had a wider margin in Warren County, winning there 58 percent to 42 percent (7,556 votes to 5,420).
(Excerpt) Read more at channelcincinnati.com ...
Not for lack of trying by the bastards at NBC news. They were carrying water for the anti-war nut on tonight's broadcast.
Time to let the lawyers have their turn.
Sleaze personified
This should makw Rush proud.
Whew! --and congratulations. Rush was really on this today--he talked at length about the dims saying that they would win this seat and that it was an omen for '08.
It's Karl Roves fault!! And since when is a 4 point win "narrow"?
Hackett's a patriotic poser. Real respectful, calling our President a SOB. (sarcasm)
All of Cincinnati's affiliates (CBS, ABC, NBC, etc.) were 100% behind Hackett. It was disgusting.
okay, this is odd. i downloaded the .pdf from the ohio election site http://www.hamilton-co.org/boe/realtimeresults.asp
the results show hacket with only 55,000 votes and schmidt with 59,000 votes.. what the heck is going on?
Never mind.. the AP simply didnt update their info.
Yes! Another "bellweather" election for the dopacrats. They got their bell rung whether they liked it or not!
I was worried about this race but what Democrats don't understand is you need a War Hero to win not an Anti-War Hero. No one but liberal democrats appreciate a turn coat even if they have served.
Close? This one's too close to call!
"And since when is a 4 point win "narrow"?"
Just liberal mathematics. They need to make themselves feel better.
Soon they will introduce "no count" voting. Everyone will go to the polls and vote , but they won`t count the votes so nobody gets their feelings hurt.
YES!! I don't care if it's by one, it's a win!
Why was this seat open?
It's close for Ohio 2nd district. Usually it is a 20-30 point margin.
LOL...good one!
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