Ohio Special Election Open Thread (Final results Schmidt: 52%; Hackett: 48% Demos lose again)

[watsonfellow]

Has anyone seen any polls?

[davidosborne]

Anyone know which "Main Stream Media" WCPO is affiliated

[RobFromGa]

Election Results
Last Updated: 8/02/2005 8:49pm
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US HOUSE Ohio 2nd Dist
175 precincts of 753 reporting
PAUL HACKETT 13,512 51%
JEAN SCHMIDT 12,802 49%

[LdSentinal]

WCPO is an ABC affiliate.

[davidosborne]

Note to self:

Of course the "proffessional" media would never SPIN election results would they? LOL

[LucyJo]

Wish he could be as successful in that area as he has in others.

[RobFromGa]

it's actually better if the DUmmies get all excited

it is much more fun to see them crash and burn.

[TASMANIANRED]

He wanted to see it before Chartres Cathedral is turned into a Mosque.

[Jenya]

I hope your test results turned out as great as the election results. :)

[Mister Baredog]

Schmidt wins by about 1,500 votes prediction.

I have visions of a couple of "misplaced" ballot boxes showing up from Hackett territory at the last minute.

We've seen that act before.

[NeoCaveman]

Should I be worrying about this 51/49 for Hackett?

Seeing as this is the most GOP district in the state. We are talking 2 to 1 here GOP.

These results are concerning.

When I heard Rush cover this today, I knew this was serious. I still think we win but not by the customary double digits. This is closer than it should be.

[atlanta67]

isnt that a bit too close?

[goldstategop]

Jean Schmidt will win. The Democrats can run the table but they can't win. They've learned nothing from French Boy's loss last November.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[davidosborne]

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
SPECIAL ELECTION
HAMILTON COUNTY, OH
AUGUST 2, 2005
Total Pct
PRC CNT - TOTAL -776- 195 25.13%
Registered Voters - TOTAL 470858
Registered Voters - 2ND CONG DIST 456161
Ballots Cast - TOTAL 28937 6.15%
Ballots Cast - 2ND CONG DIST 28225 6.19%
PRC CNT - MT HEALTHY CTY -5- 5 100.00%
PRC CNT - THREE RIVERS SCH -18- 0 0.00%
PRC CNT - 2ND CONG -753- 190 25.23%
PRC CNT - ADAMS CO. -35- 12 34.29%
PRC CNT - BROWN CO. -35- 18 51.43%
PRC CNT - CLERMONT CO. -191- 0 0.00%
PRC CNT - HAMILTON CO. -342- 64 18.71%
PRC CNT - PIKE CO. -24- 12 50.00%
PRC CNT - SCIOTO CO. -70- 50 71.43%
PRC CNT - WARREN CO. -79- 39 49.37%

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Total Pct Total Pct
DEM - REP TO CONGRESS - 2ND DIST MT HEALTHY CTY - TAX LEVY
JAMES J. CONDIT, JR. (WRITE-IN) 0 0.00% REN 1.5ML 5YR STREETS
JAMES E. CONSTABLE, JR. (WRITE-IN) 0 0.00% FOR THE TAX LEVY 312 69.64%
DEM - PAUL HACKETT 14676 52.00% AGAINST THE TAX LEVY 136 30.36%
REP - JEAN SCHMIDT 13549 48.00%
THREE RIVERS SCH - TAX LEVY
ADD 4.95ML 3YR COE
FOR THE TAX LEVY 168 63.64%
AGAINST THE TAX LEVY 96 36.36%
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[LucyJo]

Don't know. Today, on his show, was the first I'd heard of it.

[TASMANIANRED]

It will be troll city for a few days.

On top of Bolton and Roberts they will have kittens.

[NeoCaveman]

Clermont county has reported no votes yet. That is Schmidt's homebase. It will provide the winning votes.

[davidosborne]

As of 8:03 PM

DEM - PAUL HACKETT 1629 45.34%
REP - JEAN SCHMIDT 1964 54.66%

As of 8:20 PM

DEM - PAUL HACKETT 1717 46.12%
REP - JEAN SCHMIDT 2006 53.88%

As of 8:34 PM
DEM - PAUL HACKETT 4083 46.38%
REP - JEAN SCHMIDT 4720 53.62%


As of 8:49 PM

DEM - PAUL HACKETT 14676 52.00%
REP - JEAN SCHMIDT 13549 48.00%

[goldstategop]

What do you expect when a liberal campaigns a faux conservative and fools people with a lot of slick rhetoric. Sure, with deception, the Democrats can remain competitive. But they cannot be who they are and win. And this election proves my point: they don't have anything to offer that would make people vote for them. So Dean and the MSM, in all their arrogant cluelessness will crow a Hackett win as a vote against Bush.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Mister Baredog]

When I heard Rush cover this today, I knew this was serious.

If there's a low turnout it could be bad for our side. Rush did point out however that his ads failed to indicated his party, LOL. I hope the ballots did.

[anton]

Hamilton County is increasingly trending toward DemoRat as population declines. Outlying counties are increasingly GOP. Witness 2004 Presidential Election as Warren, Butler and Clermont counties were responsible for Presidential victory.

Tax levies are in outlying areas.

Hopefully, these precincts report later and will trend toward GOP candidate.

Problem was that Hackett ran utterly deceptive ads nonstop showing Bush and claming that Hackett supported Bush.