Posted on 11/03/2010 5:31:32 PM PDT by Chet 99
CONCORD – Republicans are on their way to controlling nearly 300 seats in New Hampshire's House of Representatives, according to preliminary vote counts. The latest tally shows 296 seats firmly in Republican hands, with three seats yet to be decided. GOP sources say two of those will likely go their way and leave Democrats with 102 seats.
In the Senate, the final split is 19-5, according to figures at the Secretary of State's office. That represents a pickup of nine seats for the Republicans, who were the minority in a 14-10 Senate for the past four years.
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Now the question is do they have the numbers to repeal homosexual marriage? Do they have the numbers to constitutionally outlaw a broad based tax...and do they have the stones to do it?
Precisely: DEFUND THE LEFT using the state budget and when John Lynch vetoes it override. They may also rethink confirming any of his Judicial Appointments.
Check this
“Eleven sitting Democratic leaders lost their reelection bids on Tuesday, including one speaker, one lieutenant governor, two Senate President Pro Tems, six majority leaders and one Senate minority leader.”
The Speaker beaten. was Michael J. Sheridan of Wisconcin. They got the rat Senate Maj leader in Wisconsin too.
1 Former State House Speaker also lost. Republican John Perzel of Philly PA lost under a corruption cloud.
http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=21634
680+ Leg seats gained.
I don’t know the number of rat pickups of GOP seats. (can’t be very many) Perzel and the open State Senate seat in MA are 2.
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