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Results point to real contest: Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Lisa Brown nearly tied in primary
The Spokesman-Review ^ | August 8, 2018 | Kip Hill

Posted on 08/08/2018 3:17:03 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

There’s no doubt now. The race for Congress in Eastern Washington is for real.

Out of more than 120,000 votes counted, Republican U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers had a lead of a little more than 500 votes in Tuesday’s primary over Democrat Lisa Brown.

The contest, between the high-ranking congressional Republican and a Democrat with years of experience in state political leadership, has drawn national interest and big spending as the parties vie for support in the first midterm election since President Donald Trump took office.

Buoyed by the down-ticket performance of other Democrats, a beaming Brown took the stage before a crowd of 150-plus Democratic supporters at the Carpenters Hall in Spokane’s Logan Neighborhood.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: cathymcmorrisrodgers; mcmorrisrodgers; wa2018
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To: DanZ

Have you seen my post history from 2016. I was never anti-Cruz.

When McMorris Rodgers types like Kasich, Charlie Baker, the Bushes, etc. can’t bring themselves to hold their noses and vote for the republican nominee who is not one of their own (Trump) as they ALWAYS told conservatives that we must do, to support the likes of the Bushes, the Doles, the McCains, the Romneys, then the days of supporting whoever the republican nominee at all costs are over.

We played that game for a long time, with betrayal after betrayal. Some of us are done with it.

Who did YOU vote for in YOUR state’s primary in 2016. Be honest. I voted for Trump here in MA, and it was Trump or Cruz all along for me.


21 posted on 08/08/2018 4:48:08 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

“... adding the totals of other candidates in the race, the Republican share of the vote was still roughly 53 percent. “

Well, gee, That’s no story at all.


22 posted on 08/08/2018 4:55:46 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: DanZ
Vote your conscience - may not be an endorsement of Trump but neither is it a denigration of Trump

That statement might be true during a primary, but Ted Cruz said it at the convention, after Trump had already secured the nomination.

It was a despicable, divisive thing to say, and most people saw it as such.

I'm a Texan, and was a staunch Cruz supporter, from the time he first ran for the U.S. Senate. He was my first choice in the 2016 primary, and is the first politician I ever gave real money to. Had Trump not run, Cruz would have been my guy to the bitter end.

Sadly, the pressure of running for president brought out character flaws in the man that turned myself and millions of other conservatives off. In Texas, many of us will now be holding our noses when we vote for him in November.

23 posted on 08/08/2018 5:09:02 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Paladin2
we didn't get our ballots in the mail until Tuesday so our votes and I'm sure lots of other county votes are still coming in...

our local rag is breathless to get Rodgers out...just breathless...

cancelled the paper today...lol...

24 posted on 08/08/2018 5:33:41 PM PDT by cherry (official troll)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

she has always been a big Trump supporter...always....


25 posted on 08/08/2018 5:34:07 PM PDT by cherry (official troll)
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To: DakotaRed

there was probably at least a dozen people on the ballot...some were the redneck candidates...I expect Rodgers to haul all those votes in come November...


26 posted on 08/08/2018 5:35:38 PM PDT by cherry (official troll)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG TRUMP SUPPORTER....FROM THE BEGINNING...

WE NEED HER IN THERE....

27 posted on 08/08/2018 5:36:34 PM PDT by cherry (official troll)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Cathy is a rino but I am going to contribute to her campaign. I live in Spokane and her opponent, Lisa Brown is a poisonous leftist. The ads are getting vicious as usual.


28 posted on 08/08/2018 5:42:40 PM PDT by DanielleLavender (Not Unexpected)
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To: cherry

The highest-ranking woman in the House Republican conference is endorsing Donald Trump — even as she declares it was “not exactly” with enthusiasm, nor did it relieve “concerns” about his controversial remarks about women and “those from different backgrounds.”

https://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Cathy-McMorris-Rodgers-Trump-Vote-Disagree/2016/05/19/id/729654/


29 posted on 08/08/2018 5:44:19 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Windflier
That statement might be true during a primary, but Ted Cruz said it at the convention, after Trump had already secured the nomination. It was a despicable, divisive thing to say, and most people saw it as such.

Maybe you did not listen to Cruz's speech and only heard the boos at the end.

In any case you are obviously fully qualified to be writing code on hate speech for Twitter

30 posted on 08/08/2018 5:57:57 PM PDT by DanZ
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To: cotton1706
Who did YOU vote for in YOUR state’s primary in 2016. Be honest. I voted for Trump here in MA, and it was Trump or Cruz all along for me.

The Texas primaries were early that year and I voted for Cruz. And I will be voting a mostly republican ballot this fall.

I do have a few exceptions, like my U.S. House rep, my Texas States House rep. - Both are RINOs and big spenders.

I was lucky to have escaped Texacgusetts back in the early 1980's.

What aggravates me to no end is the vile BS over the last three or four primaries. No civility on this site - very depressing.

It turned out that Trump is way above the rest of the republican trash out there.

31 posted on 08/08/2018 6:04:28 PM PDT by DanZ
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To: DanZ
Maybe you did not listen to Cruz's speech and only heard the boos at the end. In any case you are obviously fully qualified to be writing code on hate speech for Twitter

Maybe you're just a butthurt Cruzer who still hasn't gotten over the fact that he lost the nomination to Trump.

Supporters like you aren't doing the senator any favors. I told you that he was my first choice, and that he was the first politician I'd ever sent money to, but none of that matters. I'm disappointed in the guy, and for that, you condemn me to hell.

You probably don't even see that you're making things even harder for his re-election bid.

32 posted on 08/08/2018 8:59:54 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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