Posted on 06/27/2006 10:32:40 PM PDT by Spiff
Jacobs Concedes, Cannon Moves on to General Election
June 27th, 2006 @ 11:12pm
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon, challenged by a political newcomer who accused the five-term incumbent of being soft on illegal immigration, was leading in Utah's Republican primary Tuesday with more than half of precincts reporting.
Cannon led John Jacob 58 percent to 42 percent, or 19,575 votes to 14,395 votes, with 313 of 623 precincts reporting. That includes 100 percent of returns from Juab, Beaver and Millard counties.
The 3rd Congressional District race focused primarily on who stands taller in opposition to Bush's call for a path to citizenship for some 11 million illegal immigrants.
Cannon voted last December for a House bill that would toughen border security, criminalize people who help illegal immigrants and make being in the U.S. without the required papers a felony. But he also supports Bush's proposal for a guest-worker program and says "there's massive room for negotiation."
Cannon's willingness to compromise made him a target of Team America, a conservative group that calls illegal immigration the most critical problem facing the nation. It spent $40,000 on radio ads criticizing him.
Jacob, a millionaire real-estate developer, favors returning illegal immigrants to their home countries before giving them a shot at U.S. citizenship and punishing businesses for hiring them.
At the state Republican convention last month, Jacob captured 52 percent of the delegate votes while Cannon got 48 percent. Sixty percent was needed to avoid Tuesday's primary.
The winner will face Democrat Christian Burridge, among others, in November in a district that anyone but a Republican has little chance of winning. Bush carried the 3rd District with 77 percent of the vote in 2004.
The sprawling district, which stretches south from Salt Lake County and west to Nevada, is heavily Mormon and predominantly white. Hispanics make up about 10 percent of the population; blacks less than 1 percent.
In 1996, Cannon won the seat, in part by arguing that the Democratic incumbent, U.S. Rep. Bill Orton, was soft on immigration. In 2004, Cannon's actions on the issue prompted conservatives to back Matt Throckmorton, who managed 42 percent in his GOP primary loss.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
I think the eggs are on their faces but I am going to call it a night. See ya later.
Uh, pardon your flatulence. This public idiot (who had no idea we were being invaded! until a few weeks ago) took a look at guys like you and the Tancredo Team America patrol, and Vdare, and Misc. Kooks, Inc. and suddenly saw what this whole issue was about. Thank yourselves for enlightening and energizing the dummies. Great strategy.
"What's the matter? Are you in a bad mood? LMAO. Tancredo is now irrelevant. When you attack the king make damn sure you kill him. Tiny Tom is about to find that out."
How soon you forget Bilbray's win. There we attacked the king and won. We will also win in the House to keep the Senate illegal immigration bill from becoming law. Another example of having killed the king (Prez), plus all the pompous princes (the Senate). So don't get too cocky there, as you sure aren't batting 1000.
"There are a hundred other issues that are more important to the well being of this country."
Until it becomes Atzlan one day, when you aren't looking. Then maybe it will become your number one issue, but of course, it will be too late. Unfortunately those of your ilk will have dragged down the rest of us with you.
Because they are the modern-day equivalent of reading entrails for portents. Why people obsess over polls is a mystery to me. Time and time and time again, questions such as yours are asked after elections. Yet time and time and time again, lessons never learned, political junkies keep coming back for more.
I have been reading the opinions of various sorts with some amusement. What was supposed to be a referendum on immigration is apparently suddenly not a referendum. Or something like that.
Regarding polls...I think they are particularly valueless in predicting election results for a whole host of reasons. It's a mystery to me why there are still so many polling organizations in business.
I'm sure he can keep company with my Reps, they feel the same way he does, as does, evidently, the majority of the House.
I agree. This is an absolutely critical issue that will be at the center of our attention for a long time. Just look at the FR "popular keywords" list.
Why are you so much against border control and knowing who is crossing them and coming into this country illegally? You are, I assume, from Texas, and so I am mystified.
Thank you. I just really don't understand all the enmity...
Since the incumbent won, and since the incumbent backs Bush, this will totally ignored by the LameStream Media.
This thread is spinning so fast, its making me dizzy.
Cannon is an open borders puke. The worst of the lot in the US House of Representatives. The clowns in the Mormon church there (Utah) are bizarrely open borders. Their hierarchy promotes it, dittos for the Catholic hierarchy. It's based on body count. How many more warm butts can you get in those church pews.
Gilchrist still lost.
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