Posted on 11/02/2010 7:59:10 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
Veteran Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) — a leading coal-state negotiator in last year’s House cap-and-trade debate — has lost his reelection bid against Republican Morgan Griffith in perhaps the first real surprise of the evening.
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See ya later, Rick!
Great news!
Wasnt this the SUV and Ski trip guy?........No great loss...
And Griffith does not even live in the district! Talk about a disadvantage. “He is not one of us” said Boucher in his TV ads nonstop.
Rock on!
ha ha Griffith doesn’t even live in the dist. thx for saving us from gouger cap & trade guy. Love Griffith.
his backyard is in the Ninth and his house will be moved into it next year. He was on TV a few weeks ago showing the news guys his backyard and the district line. I have to give him some props, I didn’t think he had it in him.
This is great news. And a great night in Virginia.
The 11th is down to absentees and a recount.
LOL! Good riddance!
YUP!
We said Bye to Nye in the 2nd 2nite as well:)
What do you think Corin? It looks like around 700 - will that qualify for a recount? Also, are the early votes included in these totals?
This is awesome news. Rep. Griffith is a solid conservative, great on guns, and he really scored a great victory here.
Probably the best news from Virginia tonite.
A losing candidate can request a recount when the margin of victory is within 1%. The big question is who pays for it. If the margin is less than .5% the cities/counties pay for the recount. That percentage is based on the total votes of the winner and the challenger. So far, the election in the 11th is within that .5% margin. Still waiting for 2 precincts in Fairfax. Also, keep in mind it’s based on certified results, not the unofficial ones we’re seeing tonite.
Unlikely that a candidate wins in a recount, but it’s possible. In Virginia recounts are structured in such a way that you get one shot at it, then you’re done. The law was changed after the Florida fiasco in 2000.
I was pleased to see this morning that Democrats lost control of the House, but we’re still stuck with rep. Bobby Scott – but his district is so gerrymandered he’s almost guaranteed his seat until he decides to retire.
I grew up in Virginia,but,now live in Tennessee right across the line. It has always bugged me that I could not vote against Boucher. That is no longer an issue! Whoooppeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven’t heard any more since last night. But at that point about 26,000 absentees had not been counted. Unless that gives a clear winner, I’d expect a recount.
I was at Fimmian’s HQ last night and there are 4 voting machines 3 from PWC and 1 from FCity that were having troubles and were sealed away.
(3000 votes) There are 26,000 absentees a large majority of them are military.
>And Griffith does not even live in the district! Talk about a disadvantage. “He is not one of us” said Boucher in his TV ads nonstop.<
Yeah, by a whole FOOT. That’s right, non-Virginians, Griffith’s property misses inclusion in the 9th by a humongous 12 inches. After redistricting, he’ll be all the way in the 9th, so Boucher’s whining about this made him look like he had no good reason why the voters should reward his rubber-stamping democrat policy.
The ninth, we can never let it fall to a dem again!
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