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McClintock lead up to about 640 in CD-04
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Posted on 11/06/2008 1:44:58 PM PST by Chet 99

McClintock lead up to about 640 in CD-04

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

As provisional and vote-by-mail ballots are counted, state Sen. Tom McClintock's (R-Thousand Oaks) lead in the 4th Congressional District widened slightly Thursday morning, up to about 640 votes ahead of Democrat Charlie Brown.

Still unclear was how many ballots remain to be counted; Brown said in a statement Wednesday that he believed as many at 40,000 ballots were still to be processed. Neither campaign has formally conceded or claimed victory as of yet.

An official in the California Secretary of State's communications office said state officials hope to receive a report later today from counties in the 4th and elsewhere on how many ballots they still have to count.

The official noted that provisional ballots take longer to count because voting officials must first verify that the person who cast the ballot is eligible and registered to vote and hasn't already done so in that election.

Once that's done, the ballot is formally processed.


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KEYWORDS: ca2008; cd4; mcclintock
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To: calcowgirl
Registered Voters
4th Cong Dist
Total Reg'd Rep Dem DTS All Other*
County
Butte 22,934 9,400 7,969 4,195 1,370
El Dorado 111,325 49,997 34,592 20,714 6,022
Lassen 14,097 6,714 4,040 2,557 786
Modoc 5,507 2,745 1,601 902 259
Nevada 63,769 25,992 21,716 12,327 3,734
Placer 198,963 96,965 59,076 36,317 6,605
Plumas 13,744 5,886 4,621 2,493 744
Sacramento 17,924 8,320 5,592 3,219 793
Sierra 2,321 994 724 426 177
District Total 450,584 207,013 139,931 83,150 20,490
Percent 45.94% 31.06% 18.45% 4.55%
* AI, Green, Lib, P&F, Other
 
 
 

21 posted on 11/06/2008 7:07:11 PM PST by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: Regulator; calcowgirl; SierraWasp
If he was better known there, long time resident etc, then he would probably have won this walking away.

He has the highest name ID of any Republican elected official in California. The problem was that a RINO MODERATE spent about $6 million attacking him in the primary. That kind of damage takes time to overcome.

Tom's electoral problems are now, and have always been, due to attacks from WITHIN the Republican party. He is despised by the pastel elephants because he stands for something and refuses to compromise on the most fundamental conservative principles.

22 posted on 11/06/2008 7:08:29 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (Reagan is back, and this time he's a woman.)
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To: SierraWasp

Charlie Brown seems like a pompous jerk to me. I’m observing from afar, but that’s my impression.

McClintock is carpetbagger, no doubt about it, but he’s as principled a conservative as they come, and he would be a welcome addition to the GOP in Washington.


23 posted on 11/06/2008 8:49:29 PM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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To: St. Louis Conservative; Gyroscope
Splendid observations from St. Louis. Someday I think I'd like to live down around Golden, MO. I've got a dear friend who sold his downtown Sacramento home just before the R.E. bubble burst and moved back there on the shore of Table Lake and I'm envious!!!

I see that Repubs and especially conservatives are starting to have trouble gittin and stayin elected in your beautiful state, what's up with that???

24 posted on 11/06/2008 10:40:08 PM PST by SierraWasp (Welcome to the USSA on it's way to join the third whirled in mutual misery!!!)
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To: SierraWasp

Nevada County went blue in 2006. (Too many retirees, not enough natives.) McClintock’s problem is the “carpetbagger” label. Charlie Brown is a empty suit — a complete fiction.


25 posted on 11/07/2008 6:56:30 AM PST by GVnana ("I once dressed as Tina Fey for Halloween." - Sarah Palin)
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To: GVnana; ElkGroveDan; calcowgirl

Well I’ve heard now, that all the dope smokin welfare hippies livin out on San Juan Ridge got somma that million dollars that Nancy Pelosi gave Charlie Brown’s campaign and voted en mass this time, swamping the vote unlike most other times when they were too stoned to pull the lever!!!


26 posted on 11/07/2008 5:02:33 PM PST by SierraWasp (Welcome to the USSA on it's way to join the third whirled in mutual misery!!!)
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