Posted on 05/22/2007 6:55:01 PM PDT by LdSentinal
Governor Ernie Fletcher's reelection hopes stayed alive Tuesday, as he turned back two Republican challengers to advance to the November general election.
The Associated Press declared him the winner around 9 Tuesday evening.
Fletcher defeated former U.S. Representative Anne Northup, and Paducah businessman Billy Harper. As for the Democrats, Steve Beshear leads with nearly 80 percent of all votes counted. But it's still possible there could be a runoff, as Beshear is hovering around 40 percent of the vote.
If no Democratic candidate gets 40 percent of the vote, there will be a runoff between the top two finishers in June.
I am not from Kentucky. But, from what I can hear and seeing Fletcher’s aproval rating on survey usa I suspect this race is gone. Too bad it took 30 years to get a GOP governor in Kentucky.
Darn. I voted for Northup.
Why would someone vote for Fletcher? It doesnt take a genius to know he will lose the General Election. Another wasted election.
Ernie Fletcher kinda reminds me of this election cycles’ version of Conrad Burns.
The Troubled Governor Beats Out The Liberal Former Congresswoman In The GOP Primary
Northup a lib?
Source?
She isn’t. She may not be 100% Conservative, but if she’s a liberal, so are the 4 other remaining GOP House members from the state.
Unfortunately, this instantly becomes a hard-to-defend seat, though not as impossible as we believed several months ago. Depending upon the final primary numbers, Dr. Fletcher is apparently on the rebound from the depths of dismal poll numbers. It still remains imperative that he is reelected in November, along with winning the other statewide offices — most especially Attorney General !
As for Northup, she needs to run for her old House seat again. Louisville has a moonbat rodent representing it, and the last one in it (who ironically won in ‘94 when he benefitted from having 2 Republicans in the race because the GOP nominee was a pro-abort), lasted a single term.
Every single area where both Fletcher and Northup were known, Northup won. This does not bode well for the GOP in November - Fletcher’s potential slaughter may spill over onto other GOP candidates - with the exception of Richie Farmer.
Will Northup’s loss in the primary damage her viability as a House candidate should she choose to run?
Yeah. I think Fletcher is a weak candidate.
He actually did very poorly for an incumbent in his own party - but not bad enough to lose. I have a very bad feeling about this. We have some rising stars on the down-ticket races that having Fletcher at the top of the ticket will threaten their future.
I don’t know, the Democratic ticket is pretty weak. We may just squeak this one out.
Any head to head polling yet?
Steve Pence for Congress?
Northup supported the interests of the Taxpayers for Common Sense only 25 % of the time in 2004.
Northup supported the interests of the Republican Liberty Caucus - Personal Liberties only 40 % in 2005, 50 % in 2004, 50 % in 2003, and 52 % in 2002.
Northup supported the interests of the Gun Owners of America only 50 % in 2005.
Northup supported the interests of the Gun Owners of America only 40 % in 2003-2004. The Gun Owners of America assigned Northup a grade of C- in 2002 and a D- in 2000.
Based on lifetime voting records on gun issues and the results of a questionnaire sent to all Congressional candidates in 2000, the National Rifle Association assigned Northup a grade of C.
Yes, I call that liberal.
That is a possibility. Also, there is a former state prosecutor who is thinking of running.
I don’t think such a poll has been run quite this soon. :-)
hehehe
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