Republican Brian Bilbray Retains House Seat In California

All Headline News ^ | June 7, 2006 | Nidhi Sharma

[yoe]

A former Republican congressman Brian Bilbray has won a U.S. House of Representatives race in California on Tuesday by narrowly beating Democrat Francine Busby in a conservative district north of San Diego.

The two were contending to replace Randy Cunningham, a former Republican congressman who was imprisoned for taking bribes.

Alabama, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota also held primaries on Tuesday to select candidates for November, when all 435 seats in the House, 33 Senate seats and 36 governorships will be up for grabs.

The news comes as the "first good dose" for the President George W. Bush's Republican Party in months, says Reuters news agency.

[yoe]

A ray of hope for California..........

[thoughtomator]

Democrats get a preview of November disappointments to come...

[RexBeach]

The Democrats will say the Democratic candidate won a "moral" victory.

Yeah, right.

[Publius6961]

YES!!!

[Paige]

Absolutely. What has been rather humorous to me is how the Democrats have boasted about the president losing the support of the Conservative base.

Who says we would allow the Democrats to take over even though we disagree on a couple of issues with the president?

I certainly will vote in November and it will not be for a Democrat.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

So I guess Busby couldn't get enough illegal aliens to the polls.

[Uncledave]

So will this now be called a "bellweather" for a rough November for democrats?

[Steven Scharf]

"President George W. Bush's Republican Party"

I didn't know that GWB owned the party.

Do you think they call it Bill Clinton's or John Kerry's Dem party.

[mewzilla]

Democrats get a preview of November disappointments to come...

Not if the GOP runs RINOs.

[yoe]

(Bilbray Defeats Busby)

(Republican wins bellwether House race)

(Statement by RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman)

[traderrob6]

They were getting ready to celebrate today soooooo sorry.

Related....
http://exposingtheleft.blogspot.com/2006/06/bilbray-will-win-vacated-seat.html

[tongue-tied]

They're spinning it as a good thing, because it was close. I kid you not, all over the radio this morning.

[litehaus]

She shoulda gotten hold of Ol' Loretta to see how to do it right!

[spectre]

Bilbray won on a Get Tough On Immigration platform.

He supports building a Border fence from the Pacific to the North and wants to prevent Illegals from collecting Social Security benefits.

Anyone see a Barometer here?

[soccermom]

From the Seattle-PI link:

"With 90 percent of precincts reporting, Bilbray had 56,130 votes, or 50 percent. Busby trailed with 51,292 votes, or 45 percent...." Can somebody PLEASE tell me when, in terms of politics, a 5% difference is considered "narrowly"? In politics, 5% is a pretty comfortable lead.

[Beagle8U]

"The Democrats will say the Democratic candidate won a "moral" victory."

No, The RATS in the DUck room are saying the election was rigged, because the polls last week had Busby up by 10%...lol

Its those evilllll voting machines, the RATS want to go back to marking their votes on the back of a KFC box with a crayon.

[Obadiah]

Once again we see reality versus the endless polls the MSM have been peddling portending Republican DISASTER all across the fruited plains. Get lost lying media scum.

[veronica]

Keep the razor blades away from the Kos kids...

*Snicker*

[golfisnr1]

AP says 5% is a narrow victory. Spin, spin, spin.

[Rokke]

"Bilbray won on a Get Tough On Immigration platform."

And he won despite the Minutemen endorsing another candidate. Hopefully they will come around in November.