Posted on 11/03/2010 8:56:51 AM PDT by Republican Extremist
Let's make a central thread that we can point to the historic accomplishments of yesterday. For instance:
This number of seats gained was the highest since XXXX.
This is the first time the House has had less than 200 Democrats since XXXX.
Which races turned from Dem to Republican?
Which Governorships and State Legislatures flipped?
How many Governorships do we have now?
Which Republicans or Tea Partiers are sitting in which old Democrat leadership seats?
You get the idea...
Scott Brown has Ted Kennedy’s old Senate seat.
Mark Kirk has Obama’s old Senate seat.
Ron Johnson has Russ Feingold’s old Senate seat.
Marco Rubio has Mel Martinez’s old Senate seat.
Pat Toomey has Arlen Spector’s old Senate seat.
John Hoeven has Byron Dorgan’s old Senate seat.
Dan Coats has Evan Bayh’s old Senate seat.
John Boozman has Blanche Lincoln’s old Senate seat.
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Rick Scott won as Florida Governor. (pickup)
Bill Haslem won as Tennessee Governor. (pickup)
Susana Martinez won as New Mexico Governor (pickup)
Mary Fallin won as Oklahoma Governor (pickup)
Sam Brownback won as Kansas Governor (pickup)
Terry Branstad won as Iowa’s Governor (pickup)
Scott Walker won as Wisconsin Governor (pickup)
Rick Snyder won as Michigan Governor (pickup)
John Kasich won as Ohio Governor (pickup)
Tom Corbett won as Pennsylvania Governor (pickup)
Matt Mead won as Wyoming Governor (pickup)
Nikki Haley won as South Carolina Governor.
Wisconsin lost Governor, Senator, and Legislature.
Can I ask what’s going on in CT’s gov race? Fox has it called for Malloy, yet Foley has lead all night from whatg I can tell...
Iowa voters kicked three ISC judges out over their giving gays the right to marry in Iowa.
Who WAS the NM Governor??
Bill Richardson, Dem.
I know there are races still pending - but does anyone have an exact number at to how many U.S. House Seats were won by Republicans in last night’s election - as of right now?
Same for the Senate.
I have searched all over the web and cannot find number.
Anyone know?
Foley by .1% with 93% reporting.
We did very well - but this is just a start. We have a lot of work to do going forward. And when I get down, I think of the odds our namesakes - the first Tea Party - had to face!
Foley by .1% with 93% reporting.
From the NY Times - (I know, but get over it....lol)
Almost all Congressional districts voted
more Republican in this election than in 2008.
The shift reversed the Obama-driven wave of 2008 ...... and reversed the movement toward Democrats in 2006
when the Iraq war was a top issue.
This year’s election was one of the largest
House shake-ups of the last 50 years.
Republicans had picked up 60 seats as of 7 a.m.
They flipped 22 seats that Democrats held from 2002 to 2008,
and defeated about the same number of freshman Democrats.
Republicans took over 28 seats held by Blue Dogs, more than
half of this group of fiscally conservative Democrats. Without their
presence in the middle, the House may become more polarized.
Tea Party candidates swept up 32 Democratic seats. They won 39 seats
total in the House, most by narrower margins than other Republicans.
The Republican wave was driven by many demographic groups.
(very interesting graph)
Republicans now control 100% of Michigan state government!
We even have a super majority in the state Senate. We can over-ride any veto of our new RINO Governor.
I thought so, but I haven’t sen or heard him in AGES!!! He dropped from sight.
Maryland state Senator Dr. Andy Harris defeated incumbent rat U.S. Rep. Frank Kratovil in the 1st District.
WE won 6 in the Senate as of yesterday, pending.
We won 60 in the House
Re: Townhall the Tipsheet Kevin Glass The Morning After: Five Races to Watch
Rush just said 19 state legislatures switched.
Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James Oberstar (Minn.), Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton (Mo.) and Budget Chairman John Spratt (S.C.) all lost
NY Giants won the 1905 WS...in the 1906 election the Democrats made gains.
The NY Giants won the 1921 and 1922 WS...in 1922 the Democrats made gains.
The NY Giants won the 1933 WS...in 1934 the Democrats made gains.
The NY Giants won the 1954 WS...the Democrats made gains in the 1954 election.
The SF Giants won the 2010 WS, but the Republicans made gains in the 2010 election.
As of now, the GOP has picked up 5 seats in the Senate, with three still undecided. This may include the Alaska seat where the GOP will almost certainly win -- with either "Republican" Miller or "Write-In" Murkowski coming out on top.
The GOP has picked up 61 House seats, with 11 still undecided.
There are even more victories at the state level for the Republican Party. Ohio and Wisconsin, for example, were devastating losses from top to bottom for the Democrats.
What's also interesting about the 2010 isn't just the number of Republicans who have won . . . it's the TYPE of Republicans who have won. Having a guy like Marco Rubio beat Charlie Crist in Florida, and having Pat Toomey beat Joe Sestak for Arlen Specter's old seat in Pennsylvania, is a very big deal.
I'm also pleased to see so many political neophytes do well this year -- especially a number of retired medical doctors who won their House races.
Those are very big losses for the Democrats. Those knuckleheads probably had about 60+ years in Congress between them.
When do we get rip the gavel from that corrupt witches hands?
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