The LIVE California Primary Thread for March 2, 2004

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The LIVE California Primary Thread for March 2, 2004

U.S. PRESIDENT- Republican
Bush, George W. (unopposed)

U.S. PRESIDENT- Democrat
Edwards, John
Kerry, John F.
Kucinich, Dennis
Sharpton, Al

U.S. SENATE - Republican
Ball, Danney
Casey, Toni C.
Hatch, Barry L.
Jones, Bill
Kaloogian, Howard
Marin, Rosario
Quraishi, Bill
Stewart, James
Van Zandt, John M.

U.S. SENATE- Democrat
Boxer, Barbara (unopposed)

PROP 55
Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004.
YES NO

PROP 56
State Budget, Related Taxes, and Reserve. Voting Requirements. Penalties. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.
YES NO

PROP 57
Economic Recovery Bond Act.
YES NO

PROP 58
California Balanced Budget Act.
YES NO

+ tons of local races and issues

[So Cal Rocket]

Go Rico!

[GoldenStateConservative]

Anyone know who Stoen is? I had never even heard of this guy!

[GOPrincess]

Lungren running for Congress? What part of the state? Is this the same Dan Lungren who's been around forever, or another member of the family?

[Torie]

Each and every one of the votes counted so far are absentee ballots.

[goldstategop]

The good news is Phil Angelides, the State Treasurer, is toast. His tax increase philosophy is the centerpiece of his 2006 gubernatorial bid and with Proposition 56 going down in flames even in the Bay Area, there is little appetite among rank and file Democrats to ANY sort of major tax increases. That's been an orthodoxy of Democratic faith here even though its a political loser. I'd like to see a Democratic politician come up with a package of tax cuts to cushion the inevitable budget cuts here.

[RonDog]

See live Ca. returns here

From http://vote2004.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ussen/00.htm:

U.S. Senate
5.2% ( 1141 of 21796 ) precincts reporting as of Mar 2, 2004 at 8:30 pm

Statewide Returns	County Returns | Other Contests

Candidate Votes Percent
Democratic
* Barbara Boxer 377,044 100.0
Republican	View Map
James Stewart 8,838 3.0 Bill Quraishi 3,862 1.2 Danney Ball 3,677 1.2 Rosario Marin 46,901 15.5 John M. Van Zandt 6,991 2.3 Barry L. Hatch 7,842 2.5 Bill Jones 165,431 54.7 Toni C. Casey 17,440 5.8 Howard Kaloogian 23,602 7.8 Timothy Oliver Stoen 18,017 6.0
American Independent
Don Grundmann 2,937 100.0
Libertarian	View Map
Gail Lightfoot 1,006 44.6 James Gray 1,248 55.4
Peace & Freedom
Marsha J. Feinland 448 100.0
* = Incumbent

[So Cal Rocket]

Looks like Prop 55 is going to be a squeeker

[goldstategop]

A squeaker huh? The its for the children pitch is wearing thin.

[LdSentinal]

The very same Lungren ending his political career on a even worse note.

The 3rd district is in the Sacramento Valley.

[goldstategop]

I guess they don't like a carpetbagger and loser.

[socal_parrot]

I Googled him and best I can tell he is a Dep. Dist. Attn. from Mendocino County who ran for State Senator as a Dem in 1998. He also lost his six-year-old daughter in the People's Temple mass suicide.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

I thought the lottery was "for the children". Ugh.

[LdSentinal]

U.S. Congress District 3

19.0% ( 102 of 538 ) precincts reporting as of Mar 2, 2004 at 8:40 pm

Republican

Richard Frankhuizen - 384; 1.5%
Thomas R. Oller - 11,326; 45.7%
Dan Lungren - 5,186; 20.8%
Mary Ose - 7,931; 32.0%

[So Cal Rocket]

Good news is that not one single vote from Orange or San Diego Counties has been counted yet... very Republican!

[dogbyte12]

Very early, but B-1 Bob is going down in flames against Dana Rohrbacher. I have mixed feelings about this. I really think Bob Dornan is mentally ill, therefore I am sad that he is not in congress anymore. I used to love when he did the special orders and turned red in the face appearing to be on the verge of having a stroke.

On the other hand, he couldn't beat Loretta Sanchez in the rematch earlier and it is sour grapes for him to be taking on Dana.

[goldstategop]

Californians are wising up. I have to say the Spirit Of Proposition 13 is still alive and well here. Politicians go about proposing tax hikes at their peril. They couldn't even sneak it through by fooling folks with a fake head accountability language.

[So Cal Rocket]

Prop 55:

[LdSentinal]

Lungren is still a million times better than Mary Ose.

[markman46]

lots of voting machine problems this morning, KFI has a long report between 7 and 9 this morning about all the problem

[GoldenStateConservative]

Yep, and Kaloogian's home turf! Bill Jones is far ahead right now because Fresno is one of the early counties to be reporting. Once San Diego and Orange come in Kaloogian will see a jump. At least that is what I am telling myself.