Posted on 08/03/2009 7:24:37 PM PDT by LdSentinal
Voters in the 19th District have chosen Republican Joe Booth. He took over 60% of the vote. Unofficial numbers from 15 of 16 districts:
Republican Joe Booth – 4335
Democrat Polly Adams Mervine – 2083
Independent Matthew Opaliski – 408
Libertarian Wendy Jones – 56
The numbers are unofficial because for the second time in two elections, there have been problems with the state’s website and reporting the results as they come in from the election districts.
With Joe Booth’s unofficial win in the 19th District Senate race, that leaves the 37th House District without representation – and another special election on the way.
Well - not a great margin - but thanks for the info - the first of MANY defeats for the Damnocrats, we pray!
Not a great margin? Booth won with 63% of the vote, more than a 2-1 margin.
Good news in DE. The bad news is I saw an article stating the rodents might pick up Booth’s seat, and the DE House was what we had held for many years... until last November. We have to hold his seat and reclaim 4 others to win it back.
Especially humiliating for the Dems is that Mervine was the daughter of the late occupant of the seat, Thurman Adams.
Joe Booth succeeds the late state Senate President Pro Tem Thurman Adams. Congratulations to Booth, and may be be the first of many, many more.
Also, may Adams rest in peace.
DE matters a lot. Those 2 senate seats are ruling the country. Just like North Dakota. I still say Castle for Senate, but I plead nolo contendre. And “en passant”.
and Thurman Adams was the cousin of Thurman Munson and the gr gr gr gr gr grandson of John Quincy Adams.
Heh. She was so bad they kept her hidden until last week.
Heard some guy named Pettyjohn, currently in Sussex council, wants Booth’s seat.
37th is my district....Booth was my guy. Opaliski is a personal friend.
I voted for Booth.
Oh, Man. ACORN is going to have to work really hard to swing this election over to the Democrat side. I don’t think they can do it.
Castle voted for Cap and Trade.
I’ll vote for a Dem before I’ll ever vote for him again.
Rumor is he wants Biden’s old job.
Lets see.
We won special elections in NoVa, DE, NH, and AL. We also won the Anchorage Mayor in AK. Not bad for a party that the media says is dying.
When the computer goes down anything can happen!
Pettyjohn, is he GOP ?
Locally, we’ve made some pickups, but federally, we haven’t gotten zilch since November, and that’s the big problem.
I never understood why Delaware has been so solidly RAT in recent years. Given it’s demographics — a small, mostly rural WASP state south of the Mason-Dixon line — it should be a swing-state at least. Good to see us finally making some gains at the local level. Too bad there’s still not a good alternative to Mike Castle for Senate at the national level.
I think so. Very conservative he is described.
Some lady last name King...also GOP I think.
This is my district and we like Booth. I think we’ll go GOP but it’s just a guess.
Now there is some good news!
Castle won’t even get the GOP vote the Delaware pubs are so mad at him.
I’ll never vote for him again.
Don’t much matter....Beau Biden’s gonna come home and take the seat. Got a benchwarmer in there now.
Castle oncit upon a time maybe had a shot, just a small shot, to beat Beau but no more, not after that wanton betrayal on Cap and Trade.
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