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Ore. Democrat wins special congressional election
AP via SFGate ^ | 1/31/12 | JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press

Posted on 01/31/2012 9:06:09 PM PST by SmithL

Democrats will hold onto an Oregon congressional seat left vacant when David Wu resigned in a sex scandal.

Democrat Suzanne Bonamici defeated Republican Rob Cornilles Tuesday night. With 69 percent of the vote counted, Bonamici led Cornilles 54 percent to 39 percent.

National Democrats poured more than $1 million into the Portland-area district, determined not to drop another safe seat after losing a New York district left vacant by Anthony Weiner, who acknowledged sending provocative text messages and resigned.

. . .

Democrats and their allies pummeled him with television ads that attacked his business credentials and tried to align him with the tea party.

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


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: bonamici; cornilles; election2012; elections

1 posted on 01/31/2012 9:06:14 PM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

In other news, dog bites man.


2 posted on 01/31/2012 9:07:24 PM PST by steve8714 (Hitchens was wrong.)
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To: SmithL

More proof that you can’t fix stupid.


3 posted on 01/31/2012 9:08:20 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Hey America! Your President's DOJ is taking the Fifth Amendment! How do you feel about that?)
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To: SmithL

Big night for liberals.


4 posted on 01/31/2012 9:12:44 PM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: steve8714

Her husband was the disgraced outgoing congressman Wu’s lawyer and she was still voted in!
You just can’t fix stupid!


5 posted on 01/31/2012 9:13:40 PM PST by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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To: SmithL; Impy; randita; Clintonfatigued; AuH2ORepublican; Crichton; BillyBoy

Sadly, this district went moonbat in 1974 and has never looked back.


6 posted on 01/31/2012 9:15:44 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj
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To: SmithL; abcraghead; aimhigh; Archie Bunker on steroids; bicycle thug; blackie; coffeebreak; ...
If you aren't on this ping list and are interested
in articles about Oregon, please FReepmail me.

7 posted on 01/31/2012 9:17:01 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: SmithL

Completely...expected!!!


8 posted on 01/31/2012 9:21:37 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: SmithL

Heh.. Any district that close to a concentrated Democrat parasite nest (”city”) is always likely to go rat.


9 posted on 01/31/2012 9:22:18 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Impy; Clintonfatigued; randita

Let’s see what the final tally ends up being; we might have a rematch in November under slightly less Democrat lines.


10 posted on 01/31/2012 9:29:33 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

An absolutely mismanaged campaign if there ever was one.

Pray for America


11 posted on 01/31/2012 10:46:04 PM PST by bray (More Batting Practice for the Bambino)
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To: Salvation; bray

I’m so sorry to hear this.

Bray, I know you worked your heart out for Rob. Thank you for all you did!

We really need to start de-funding the unions the way Indiana & Michigan are. I’ve heard they’ve got 13 petitions (maybe more) ready for signatures to raise taxes here in OR. We need to have one limiting bargaining & stopping the state from collecting dues!


12 posted on 02/01/2012 7:30:39 AM PST by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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To: Twotone

It was one of the worst run campaigns ever. They fought us every step of the way from going door to door including ordering people not to do it. We are looking forward to seeing what our percentages were compared to theirs.

Pray for America


13 posted on 02/01/2012 7:39:05 AM PST by bray (More Batting Practice for the Bambino)
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To: bray

i wasn’t there. But I can just imagine. Especially if the NRCC was involved. Or the RNC.


14 posted on 02/02/2012 9:11:10 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (and I will go to southern Maine to campaign against MITT.)
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