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Harris nears victory in attorney general race
L.A. Times ^ | November 24, 2010 | Jack Leonard

Posted on 11/24/2010 5:08:34 AM PST by americanophile

With the stack of ballots left to count sharply diminished, San Francisco Dist. Atty. Kamala Harris continued to hold a steady lead Tuesday in the race for attorney general, making victory over Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley all but assured.

Harris, the Democrat, led the Republican nominee by nearly 53,000 votes — 4,385,438 to 4,332,596 — according to a Times review of updated vote tallies in all 58 counties. Although the gap remains narrow in one of the closest statewide races in California history, the chance for Cooley to pick up enough votes to make up the difference appears increasingly remote.

The secretary of state reported late Tuesday that there were 154,806 ballots left uncounted statewide. To win, Cooley would need more than two-thirds of those to overtake the Democratic nominee. So far, the gap between the candidates has been less than a single percentage point. Moreover, about two-thirds of the remaining votes are in counties that Harris carried, including Contra Costa, Monterey and Sonoma.

"It's over," said Bob Mulholland, a longtime Democratic Party strategist. "Cooley, if he was professional enough, would call Harris before she cuts her turkey on Thursday."

But Allan Hoffenblum, a former GOP consultant, urged caution until the last votes are tallied. He said the winner may not be formally known for some time if one of the candidates seeks a recount, an expensive proposition that the candidate would have to pay for.

"I think it's one of these cases where it's not over until it's over," said Hoffenblum, who publishes the nonpartisan California Target Book, which analyzes political races.

Neither campaign released a statement Tuesday. Cooley had claimed victory on election night, only to discover the next morning that he was behind. The lead has gone back and forth since...

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; kamalaharris; sanfrancisco; stevecooley
This is an absolute disaster. Cooley has been a great DA for L.A. County, he would have been a great AG for California. Harris is such an absurd joke (she had no police support since she's refused to prosecute cop killers), it's hard to conceptualize. She will be an umitigated disaster. Her 'victory' is the death knell for the state: California will not have a single Republican statewide constitutional office holder.
1 posted on 11/24/2010 5:08:37 AM PST by americanophile
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To: americanophile
Don't take it so hard!

Why just the other day I heard that at least some of the people who voted for Harris were actually NOT illegal aliens, or dead.

Viva Aztlán, baby!

2 posted on 11/24/2010 5:12:38 AM PST by Kenny Bunk (Obama. He's Ray Nagin in National Office)
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To: Kenny Bunk
"Viva Aztlán, baby!"

You got that right.

3 posted on 11/24/2010 5:15:46 AM PST by americanophile (November can't come fast enough....)
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To: americanophile

I actually had hope Cooley had a chance in this one with some post-Election Day numbers coming out...

Stoooooopid me (smacking forehead). It’s Mexifornia.


4 posted on 11/24/2010 5:35:12 AM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: americanophile
California will not have a single Republican statewide constitutional office holder.

Cali conservatives... escape from there while you can. You'll be glad you did!

5 posted on 11/24/2010 5:36:16 AM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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Moreover, about two-thirds of the remaining votes are in counties that Harris carried, including Contra Costa, Monterey and Sonoma.

Forget it, Cooley. You fought the good fight, but if you're relying on votes from THOSE counties, it's over.

6 posted on 11/24/2010 5:38:41 AM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Swordmaker; AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; ..
But Allan Hoffenblum, a former GOP consultant, urged caution until the last votes are tallied. He said the winner may not be formally known for some time if one of the candidates seeks a recount, an expensive proposition that the candidate would have to pay for... Neither campaign released a statement Tuesday. Cooley had claimed victory on election night, only to discover the next morning that he was behind. The lead has gone back and forth since...
Clearly, absentee ballots should always be counted first -- and before the election -- because as quintessential Democrat LBJ said, count Republican votes first, because then you know how many you'll need. Thanks americanophile.


7 posted on 11/24/2010 5:46:33 AM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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If Harris gets the seat, she’ll do great damage to RKBA issues. She’ll be a legal advocate against business interests, for envirowhacko’s and against personal freedoms.


8 posted on 11/24/2010 5:59:56 AM PST by umgud
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Not good. Socialists own Kalifornia.


9 posted on 11/24/2010 6:49:11 AM PST by Astroman2
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CA has been gone for a long time. This is just the final nail in the coffin. Will the last conservative leaving the State please turn out the lights.


10 posted on 11/24/2010 6:49:41 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: americanophile; SierraWasp; Grampa Dave; NormsRevenge; calcowgirl; marsh2

Someone said they saw Geo Soros deliver a dumpster load of Dem votes over the weekend...


11 posted on 11/24/2010 7:41:18 AM PST by tubebender (If you can not read, this thread will tell you how to get help)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Don’t worry about the lights. There will be no electricity to run them as the marxist get every dam in Calif removed...


12 posted on 11/24/2010 7:44:38 AM PST by tubebender (If you can not read, this thread will tell you how to get help)
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To: tubebender

Even Martha Stewart might say:”This is NOT a good thing!!!”


13 posted on 11/24/2010 10:02:53 AM PST by SierraWasp (I want my next President to be Sarah! She beats the pants offa the dude in there now!!!)
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To: umgud

Our future Lt. Governor and Attorney General

...leftist scum

14 posted on 11/24/2010 10:42:38 AM PST by americanophile (November can't come fast enough....)
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To: All; americanophile
If a popular Republican from Los Angeles can't win statewide where L.A. & the Bay Area effectively decide elections, in bad economic times where the mood nationally was against the Democrats, what hope do Republicans have going forward in CA?

Total shutout. Zero gains. Pathetic.

15 posted on 11/24/2010 11:04:39 AM PST by newzjunkey (groped by Obama's TSA / an expired "Bush taxcut" = Obama Tax Increase)
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To: americanophile

“The door’s wide open now!” Newsom declares. “It’s gonna happen now whether you like it or not!”


16 posted on 11/24/2010 11:06:02 AM PST by newzjunkey (groped by Obama's TSA / an expired "Bush taxcut" = Obama Tax Increase)
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To: americanophile

Cooley concedes:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/11/steve-cooley-kamala-harris-attorney-general.html


17 posted on 11/24/2010 11:29:24 AM PST by Coronal
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To: umgud

“If Harris gets the seat, she’ll do great damage to RKBA issues. She’ll be a legal advocate against business interests, for envirowhacko’s and against personal freedoms.”

Evidently that’s what the voters want so let them accept the consequences for it.


18 posted on 11/24/2010 12:56:05 PM PST by headstamp 2 ("My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter")
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To: tubebender

Gangbangers will love her.. God help the rest of us.

and all those Death Row inmates, They can Rest easy.. she ain’t in a hurry to carry out the law anytime soon. She didn’t in San FRan.. why start now?


19 posted on 11/24/2010 1:11:32 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: americanophile

She will fit right in with the Moonbeam II administration. Let the Dems get all the credit when Kalifornia goes completely belly up in the next couple of years.


20 posted on 11/25/2010 1:06:12 AM PST by jospehm20
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