Posted on 11/03/2010 4:10:58 AM PDT by RatherBiased.com
GARDEN CITY, Mo.| Vicky Hartzler — taking advantage of central Missouri’s anger toward and distrust of government — decisively upset 34-year U.S. House veteran Ike Skelton on Tuesday.
With all precincts reporting, unofficial results showed Hartzler with 113,500 votes, or just more than 50 percent. Skelton, the Democrat, had 101,507 votes, or 45 percent.
“I’ve told people all along that this district has been fed up and fired up and ready to stand up, and we did,” Hartzler told cheering supporters.
Hartzler’s victory was part of a huge nationwide sweep for her party, and reflected the strongly conservative nature of the 4th Congressional District.
Skelton had appealed for votes by pointing to his opposition to his party’s health care reform and to his longtime support for the military. But it was not enough to overcome Hartzler’s persistent criticism of his ties to the unpopular Democratic leadership in Congress.
He conceded the race shortly after 10:15 p.m., speaking to supporters in Lexington.
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I admit that I didn’t see this one coming. Skelton has been such a fixture in a primarily rural district for so long that I figured he’s squeak through again.
Wow. Skelton has been there forever!
Nice looking color.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrmaps/20101102/congress_map.asp?oTypeID=11
Russ Carnahan won by 2% of the vote with low turnouts in St.Louis city. I wanted to see this ass out on his ass.
Amazing. Pelosi’s coattails were toxic.
REP Ike Skelton was one of the Good Guys.
She was unpopular and used as the face of Democrats all over the country. Arrogant and unrepentant to the end. And Ike Skelton paid the price for association with her party.
At least his sister lost.
Who voted with Pelosi 95% of the time since she assumed the throne.
Not a single of the Blue Dogs ever reined in Pelosi’s hubris.
They were worse than useless. I’m glad to see the lot of them, Skelton and Schuler - gone.
I live in his District. Having the liberals in charge is the best thing to happen to Missouri politics in a very long time. It exposed all the Dems for who they were. They were no longer able to vote one way in Wash DC, casting just enough conservative votes to cover their tracks, then come home a play up the folksy shtick to the rubes at home. The public finally caught on, and booted him.
LLS
I heard that Alan West won in Florida as well. That’ll make for some interesting floor speeches.
Another incumbent RAT dragged out of the rathole. All of these lontime RATS who continue to get reelected in conservative districts becasue of name recognition alone, must be targeted. They all must go.
The people in Missouri are one angry hombre if they put him out.
He was a politician. He helped compromise our future although on a continuum he was far more responsible than say Barney Frank.
But Missourians won’t put up with much, unless you are talking about the smoking dungholes of Kansas City or St. Louis.
The exact same thing happened to Gene Taylor here in S. Miss.
I had an 81 year old neighbor come up to me last night. He said that he didn't know who Palazzo was but because of all the signs in my yard he went ahead and voted for him because he trusts me. Boy, did THAT ever make me feel good!
Skelton was one of many long-serving Dems to fall. Add John Spratt, Gene Taylor, Earl Pomeroy, and Jim Oberstar to that list.
“smoking dungholes of Kansas City or St. Louis”
Yeah, we’re still stuck with Cleaver and Carnahan. I was really hoping that we’d flush both.
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