I was nervous about the 50th due to all of the blather on the national news...so glad Busby didn't get the 50%...that would have been really scary. I knew we were in trouble when about 15 "in the know" people called me for advice as to who to vote for for the State Senate seat. The blanket bad blood from both sides just turned everybody off to the point where they couldn't even take in who to choose. We have got to quite that within the party or we will lose. Thanks for the numbers...530 vote difference...wow...that's close. Any thoughts as to how Bilbray will do in June?
FYI, here's a thread on the Harman/Harkey race and also this snippet which says it ain't over yet:
Officials still counting votes in close Orange County raceBoth GOP candidates had representatives at the registrar's office as officials counted about 10,000 absentee and provisional ballots.
About 4,700 absentee ballots arrived in the mail Tuesday and another 4,600 were dropped that day at a polling place, said Brett Rowley, spokesman for the office.
About 650 provisional ballots were filed by people not originally listed on the voting roster or who claimed they did not receive absentee ballots, Rowley said.
Officials hoped to finish the count by Thursday and certify the election results by Friday.