Posted on 08/07/2018 5:19:58 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
Tonight, the Ohio special election widely seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump reaches its conclusion.
Republican Troy Balderson is running with Trump’s endorsement in a district the president won by 11 points in 2016. He’s running for a seat that has been held by a Republican since 1983, but his Democratic opponent, Danny O’Connor, is running surprisingly close to him. He’s a moderate Republican who supports a pathway to citizenship for so-called “Dreamers” and wants any Obamacare replacement to include pre-existing conditions regulations.
O’Connor has positioned himself as a moderate Democrat, pledging that if elected he would not vote for Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House. Recent polling has the race in a statistical tie.
If the O’Connor wins, or if Balderson wins narrowly, the media narrative will be that Trump is no king-maker and he can’t save the Republican Party from an oncoming blue wave in November.
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Candidate Votes % of Votes
Troy Balderson (R) 60,486 48.73%
Joe Manchik (G) 826 0.67%
Danny O’Connor (D) 62,804 50.60%
Total Votes Cast 124,116
Candidate Votes % of Votes
Troy Balderson (R) 68,763 50.34%
Joe Manchik (G) 904 0.66%
Danny O’Connor (D) 66,925 49.00%
Total Votes Cast 136,592
Balderson winning...
I didn’t realize Balderson was such a tool until I read his ideas on immigration and health care. He’s a Republican???
RESULTS TOO SLOW COMING IN FROM FRANKLIN. Stuffing the boxes
Candidate Votes % of Votes
Troy Balderson (R) 75,579 49.27%
Joe Manchik (G) 951 0.62%
Danny O’Connor (D) 76,870 50.11%
Total Votes Cast 153,400
Balderson Down
% Precincts Reporting 81.39
Total Number Precincts 591
Num. Precincts Reporting 481
Registered Voters 544,532
Candidate Votes % of Votes
Troy Balderson (R) 81,428 49.26%
Joe Manchik (G) 1,005 0.61%
Danny O’Connor (D) 82,861 50.13%
Total Votes Cast 165,294
Arrrrgh!
Did Balderson bad-rap Franklin County voters ?
Troy Balderson (R) 85,523 49.65%
Joe Manchik (G) 1,037 0.60%
Danny O’Connor (D) 85,678 49.74%
Total Votes Cast 172,238
Very close, still behind but the difference is now a trivial 150 votes. What matters is which precincts remain and how large a margin of fraud we have to defeat.
Dunno.
Sorry, I’m just a bystander watching from Tennessee. Following results from two sites.
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Would you know which precincts are left to report?
Used to know a site that had this info during the Alabama senate election but forgot where it was.
Arrrrrgggh!
“is running surprisingly close to him.”
Oh, do they mean like the exit polls of November 2016? ;-)
Friggin’ polls are a joke.
Candidate Votes % of Votes
Troy Balderson (R) 89,666 49.99%
Joe Manchik (G) 1,056 0.59%
Danny O’Connor (D) 88,635 49.42%
Total Votes Cast 179,357
Now shows Troy leading by just over 1,000 votes!
Candidate Votes % of Votes
Troy Balderson (R) 90,852 49.65%
Joe Manchik (G) 1,078 0.59%
Danny O’Connor (D) 91,053 49.76%
Total Votes Cast 182,983
About 20,000 votes remain from Delaware county were Balderson is winning with 53.5% of the vote.
It looks good for Balderson to pull out a victory.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/07/us/elections/results-ohio-special-house-election-district-12.html
Balderson -200 voted w 90.7% of precincts counted
I would blame the GOP establishment. Raising a lot of money, but doing nothing with it.
Candidate Votes % of Votes
Troy Balderson (R) 95,677 49.91%
Joe Manchik (G) 1,102 0.57%
Danny O’Connor (D) 94,936 49.52%
Total Votes Cast 191,715
Balderson back up....
Yes. Your right. They ran as “conservatives”back in ‘06. People are stupid. What are you gonna do?
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