Posted on 11/13/2008 6:25:58 PM PST by Chet 99
Strickland Shoots Ahead In 19th District Race
Written by Jon Dell
Thursday, 13 November 2008
State Senate contests still undecided, but numbers starting to favor Tony Strickland.
In one of the closest contests in recent election history, new results indicate that Tony Strickland has now moved ahead of Hannah-Beth Jackson in the race for the 19th District State Senate seat. Included in the District are portions of Santa Clarita, Santa Barbara and Ventura.
At the close of election night, only 108 votes separated Hannah-Beth Jackson from Tony Strickland. Now, 9 days later, Strickland holds a 1,560 vote lead.
The change can be attributed to the massive number of vote-by-mail ballots and provisional ballots that are still being counted. Currently, Jackson has racked up 186,071 votes as compared to Strickland’s 187,631.
While the Strickland campaign has not declared an end to the race, they are predicting an advantage.
They say that Santa Barbara has finished their final count of mail-in ballots. Of the three counties, Santa Barbara was the only one to favor Jackson. Over 42,000 mail-in ballots still have to be counted in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, both of which have favored Tony Strickland so far.
This could point to the final stretch of this campaign, as Jackson may not have enough votes in those counties to close the 1,560 vote gap.
If the race remains close, the only hope for Jackson will be the provisional ballots, of which 6,800 remain uncounted in Santa Barbara County, 10,000 in Ventura County, and 2,000 in Los Angeles County. Although the Strickland campaign is predicting that those numbers will shrink, as a high percentage of provisional ballots tend to be disqualified due to voter error.
This is good news for Californians.
If Strickland loses, the Dems will be only 1 vote away from a 2/3rds majority in the state senate, which is needed to raise taxes and pass budgets. With only a 1 vote margin, it will be much easier for the Dems and Ahnold to pluck off one RINO to vote their way. It is much harder to get two converts.
Is he D or R? I’m not familiar with this race.
He’s an R.
Tax’en Jackson. LOL. I thought this nickname was apt and resonated. Go Tony!
If they aren't watched closely, all the votes counted by democrats will be for Jackson ala Franken.
Democrats count votes until they win, then stop.
An R and young and handsome. I used to vote for him when I was in his district.
Jackson is a major league GUN GRABBER
“Provisional ballots” are typically votes cast by morons who can’t figure out how to register and vote like normal people. In other words, they are going to hugely favor the Democrat. The final tally will boil down to how many Republican allies and trusted volunteers Strickland can muster to prevent the rats from stealing the election by counting the votes of felons, illegal aliens, and fictional cartoon characters (ACORN).
“Of the three counties, Santa Barbara was the only one to favor Jackson.”
Yep. Many, many thanks to the 10s of thousands of imbeciles at UCSB who vote for higher taxes and more & more regulation...then move 2,000 miles away from the disaster they created after they graduate.
We should force them to stay here so they have to live with the crap they vote Yes on.
WHO WROTE THIS FREAKING ARTICLE?
What happened to Who, What When Where and Why?
We use to live in Ventura. Obviously, I am curious..
Who is who and what PARTY do they belong to?
Send this dude back to school.
His ads made me sick.
Which ads might those be?
He’s a McClintock protege.
Hannah Beth Jackson (very Liberal Democrat) is being challenged by Tony Strickland (Republican running as “Anonymous” party affiliation). Strickland ran on a strange platform of giving CA more “green” jobs & pushing Hannah Beth (Taxin’) Jackson off the Santa Barbara Pier.
Hannah ran on a platform of “Tony Strickland is George Bush”.
All the know-it-alls had Jackson as a sure winner. But Strickland seems to have her pinned & the ref is counting...
It’s been a weird match up.
They didn’t make me sick. But they did give me a strange sense of vertigo.
Figger.
And Strickland wanted to come out to our gun club to speak. He was only stopped by the USFS (long story, and not deliberate). Go Tony!
Hey, good news, this is my district, (Ventura County) I voted for Strickland a conservative against Jackson, an uber-liberal. Strickland’s wife, also a conservative Republican won in the state assembly.
*ping*
It has been good to have Audra and Tony Strickland in the California legislature. They are both voices of sobriety in a legislature that spends like drunken sailors or grunts just in from the field on Tu Do street. Heavens knows, we need ‘em.
I’m sure you’re aware of it, but even though Fran Florez has not conceded, Danny Gilmore appears to have beaten her by 1400 votes in District 30. This is for the Assembly. Does that matter, as this would be an R pickup?
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