Veteran Legislator Appears to Lose Seat in Recount (GOP wins NC House??)

WRAL - TV (Raleigh, NC) ^ | November 8, 2002 | Associated Press

[Constitution Day]

GOLDSBORO, N.C. -- A recount of votes in Wayne County has turned up an upset in the legislative election.

Veteran Democratic state House member Phil Baddour Junior lost to Republican challenger Louis Pate by a narrow margin of 164 votes.

[Carry_Okie]

OK, so another inducement (at least for a visit :-).

[princess leah]

AND THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING! Now if Thune could just get those illegal votes from the reservation thrown out, we'd really have a winner!

[ncweaver]

The good news just keeps rolling in!

You said you wanted it ALL...Got pretty close anyway

Next...Louisiana!!!!

[sadamico]

WOOT! What a great day!

[Windom Earle]

Some of us are already hard at work, Howlin :-)

The eastern empire of the RAT party in NC is beginning to crumble...with the election of the first Republicans to office in places like Jones and Camden Counties and Gorman's knockout of the Sodfather's Daughter in Craven/Pamlico, and many more, things are starting to roll down east.

When the east stops giving Dems huge majorities in statewide races, it's all over. The Republicans will win most everything. And we may not be that far away from that happening.

Watch for more seats on the Council of State to go GOP in '04, along with possibly the Governorship.

The trend is our friend.

Windom

[jern]

AWESOME NEWS!

[Samwise]

Election Day 2002 is the gift that keeps on giving.

Now, if only we could have a little luck here in Indiana.

[ncweaver]

The software problem caused vote counting machines to ignore most straight party tickets

That's why I vote Republican on each race instead of voting straight party. I've heard of too many problems with counting straight tickets, especially REPUBLICAN straight tickets.

[RetiredArmy]

GOP could have control of state House Man, don't you just love the sound of that - - GOP, Control of . . . House (Senate) (White House), Yippie

[OldFriend]

Colorado race.

[Howlin]

Funny you should mention that; I've spent most of today making notes to myself about my precinct and things I learned this time. I'll be ready in 2004 -- or before!

[Howlin]

Remember when we left the restaurant the other night and I said I wanted it all, even Hawaii?

Who would have EVER thought it!

It's been SO much fun, I can't wait until next time!

[Howlin]

You can pick, but I personally think we can handle them BOTH! We are PSYCHED!

[Constitution Day]

WOOT! What a great day!

I KNOW!!!
I hope all the state Dem leaders are kept away from sharp objects and other weapons today... I know they're depressed and all. :)

[FreedomPoster]

This rocks! WTG NC!

Down here in GA, we think we're going to have enough aisle-crossers to control the State Senate.

[Dog]

Thanks Howlin...

kayak some good news for your state...:-)

[southernnorthcarolina]

As most Southern FReepers know, one of our great frustrations is that the move to Republican voting down-ballot has been so agonizingly s l o w. We've been voting GOP at the Presidential level pretty dependably down here for decades, and we've had a lot of success at the U.S. Senate and Congress levels too, because the case can be made that a vote for a Democrat Senator, for example, is a vote for Daschle as Majority Leader, or for Hillary or Teddy as a Committee Chair.

But State House, State Senate, and Council of State races have, for the most part, been something else entirely. A sort of circular logic has been at work, and it's hard to break the cycle. You know, "I'm a conservative, but the Dems control the State House, so if I don't vote for them, I won't have any influence." In other words, people vote for Dems because they're in control, and the Dems are in control because people vote for them. Once that absurd loop is broken, however, there's a good chance it'll stay broken. The majority of Southerners are conservative by most reasonable definitions, and as it becomes clear that a vote for a Republican isn't wasted, the momentum will pick up.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

It just keeps getting better!

[hattend]

Unofficial count in SD has Thune behind Johnson by 527 or 528 depending on which paper you read. Thune is waiting for the certified count before deciding whether to ask for a recount or not.

[Gritty]

Great news!