Jeff Miller ( R) defeats Steve Briese (Rat) in Florida's Congressional Race

election.dos.state.fl.us ^ | 10-16-2001 | Kqql

[KQQL]

Final Result
Jeff Miller(R) 65.7%--
Steve Briese(RAT) 28%
John G. Ralls Jr. (NPA) 6.3%.

[KQQL]

Turn out was 18.2%......

[Pokey78]

That is an asskicking.

[Cicero]

Cool. Here's what is says right now:

Florida Department of State
Division of Elections
October 16, 2001 Special General
Congress 1 & House 1

Unofficial Results

United States Representative District: 1
County	% Report	Jeff Miller (REP)	Steve Briese (DEM)	John G. Ralls Jr. (NPA)	Floyd Miller (WRI)	Tom Wells (WRI)
Bay	100.0%	1,483	557	39	4	0
Escambia	100.0%	18,851	9,616	1,769	0	0
Holmes	100.0%	633	506	20	0	0
Okaloosa	100.0%	18,239	7,339	2,314	0	0
Santa Rosa	100.0%	11,601	3,012	703	0	0
Walton	100.0%	2,440	1,663	268	0	0
Total		53,247	22,693	5,113	4	0
Percent		65.7%	28.0%	6.3%	0.0%	0.0%

[Cicero]

Apparently Tom Wells was unable to get even his own vote. Must be some kind of record.

[KQQL]

Thanks for the post , by the way how do you post the copy of a text here?

[jerod]

Was this a RAT hole, before today?

[KQQL]

no....

[Andyman]

I believe this was a Republican (panhandle area) district, from a resigned Rep. Ft. Walton Beach, Pensacola area (but I could be wrong living in Utah after all)

[streetsmart]

You must know. This was Joe's seat. We have a great man taking his place.

[jpthomas]

Joe Scarborough's district. This was a special election to fill the vacancy made by his resignation. Protects Republican majority in the House, but no net gain.

[Torie]

This is the Scarborough (sp) seat. It is a GOP bastion. There was some chat that there was an erosion over offshore drilling, but I don't think folks are focusing on that right now.

[TontoKowalski]

Cuncur with your post. Was this Joe Scarborough's district? No doubt it was a safe Republican district, but this is a BIG win.

One wonders what shivers must be running up the spines of the DNC as they look at this...

[KQQL]

This was Joe the guitar man's seat.

[Mannaggia l'America]

Apparently Tom Wells was unable to get even his own vote. Must be some kind of record.

Maybe his vote didn't get counted. Sounds like grounds for a recount...

[Norb2569]

Thanks for the good news!

[SamAdams76]

This just in. Steve Briese is refusing to concede. Something about the ballots. Evidently the voters were confused and thought they were voting for Briese when they were actually punching the ballot for Miller. Also, Pat Buchanan is saying that all his votes actually belong to Briese. And there are a bunch of military absentee ballots that haven't arrived from Afghanistan yet.

[jwalsh07]

LOL

[StayoutdaBushesWay]

Whew, you had me there for a second! :)

[blam]

"I believe this was a Republican (panhandle area) district, from a resigned Rep. Ft. Walton Beach, Pensacola area (but I could be wrong living in Utah after all)"

Heavily Republican area.