Official Election Day 2005 Watch [Live Thread]

Shameless Vanity Post | November 8, 2005 | BillyBoy

[BillyBoy]

My Fellow FReepers,

As it now past midnight (well at least for those of us in Central Standard Time) and I did a general search and couldn't find a single thread dedicated to election 2005, I have taken the liberty of creating one.

THIS is the place to post all your updates and discussions on '05 races around the country. From the Boston Mayoral Race to the fight for Virginia Attorney General, keep the adrenaline flowing here.

Will the GOP make a midterm gubernatorial comeback after suffering through the 2001 "mistakes" of McGreeley and Mark Warner? Will Ahnuld, the CA Dummycrats, or independent minded conservatives emerge triumph in California's latest (but not greatest!) "special election"? Will the liberal incumbent crush his equally liberal challenger in New York? And do conservatives even care?

Let's get the discussion rolling folks. You heard it here first!

[badgerbengal]

That has to be an error.

[commonguymd]

got creamed in Shenandoah


http://pollsandpundits.com/page2.html

[rushmom]

This looks good. Am I reading it wrong?

[Soul Seeker]

Nah. Dem precincts report in, then Rep. The numbers are going back and forth depending on the precinct and likely will for the next couple of hours before we have a sense where this is headed.

[Steve0113]

Since you live in the Commonwealth, I just have to ask: What's up with Russell County voting 60/40 FOR Warner in '01 & breaking 53/45 for Bush in '04? Is it a major swing county?

Couldn't tell you. I don't even know where Russell County is. VA is a big place.

[hispanichoosier]

No way Kilgore got 32% in the Shenandoah. As Gary notes on the site, he thinks they screwed up on this somehow.

[commonguymd]

Virginia has odd voting patterns. R for president, but elected D's to governor for some 20 plus years now I think.

Don't quote me on that.

[traderrob6]

Naw, bogus.....Bush won it with 64%

[GOPGuide]

Yes but still nice to see Kilgore now running ahead of the downticket GOPers.

:)

[BigBob91311]

I agree with most of your choices.
I disagree on Prop 74, the way it's written it could allow bad principals to get good teachers fired. The new principal at San Fernando HS is putting pressure on non- tenured teachers to inflate grades, and is harassing the tenured teachers who won't do so. Prop 74 makes it easier for this incompetent principal to further damage the school. Increasing teacher tenure qualifying time is a good idea, but this measure is a loaded gun waiting to go off, I vote NO

I see you bought into politicians rhetoric on Proposition 77. The truth of the matter is, in the last 4 redistricting cycles, in two of them district lines were drawn by retired judges, and the other two were drawn by Democrats, and the judges districts were much fairer than the politicians. A YES on 77 is very important.

I agree with the analysis on Prop 78, but I feel I have to vote for it just to insure it gets more votes than the much worse Prop 79. Voting NO on both could actually help 79, so I have to go YES on 78 and NO on 79.

Otherwise good job on your selections.

[InsureAmerica]

J W Kilgore Republican 174,724 63.90%
T M Kaine Democratic 95,086 34.78%
H R Potts Jr Independent 3,433 1.26%
Write Ins 185 0.07%
Vote Totals: 273,428

[IMRight]

Likely got the numbers reversed. If that's the whole county then Kilgore is running a bit behind Bush and a bit ahead of Earley. Which tells us little since one won by about 8 and one lost by about 8...

[commonguymd]

I think the same thing.

[GraceCoolidge]

I voted number 290 in District 1 around 4:30 p.m. today. That seems a pretty light turnout to me. I suspect that due to commuting patterns, however, there may be more late voters in this area than in others.

[traderrob6]

Good news that Potts is only at 1.26%.....he was polling at 4% and those are all Kilgore votes.

[commonguymd]

Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
J W Kilgore Republican 236,588 55.65%
T M Kaine Democratic 182,053 42.82%
H R Potts Jr Independent 6,235 1.47%
Write Ins 287 0.07%
Vote Totals: 425,163

[IMRight]

Virginia has odd voting patterns. R for president, but elected D's to governor for some 20 plus years now I think.

Don't quote me on that.

We won't. Since the previous two governors were Republicans with solid wins. :-)

[RKBA Democrat]

"The numbers are going back and forth depending on the precinct and likely will for the next couple of hours before we have a sense where this is headed."

Yeah, the numbers will bounce all over the place for awhile. Looks like they're counting pretty quick, though. We'll probably have a real good idea in two hours, if not sooner.

[GOPGuide]

Kilgore still ahead of the downticket candidates!

Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
J W Kilgore Republican 236,588 55.65%
T M Kaine Democratic 182,053 42.82%
H R Potts Jr Independent 6,235 1.47%
Write Ins 287 0.07%
Vote Totals: 425,163



Office: Lieutenant Governor


Precincts Reporting: 340 of 2426 (14.01%)
Registered Voters: 4,452,058 Total Voting: 305,442 Voter Turnout: 6.86 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
L L Byrne Democratic 155,618 50.95%
W T Bolling Republican 149,167 48.84%
Write Ins 657 0.22%
Vote Totals: 305,442



Office: Attorney General


Precincts Reporting: 299 of 2426 (12.32%)
Registered Voters: 4,452,058 Total Voting: 286,509 Voter Turnout: 6.44 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
R C Deeds Democratic 150,715 52.60%
R F McDonnell Republican 135,480 47.29%
Write Ins 314 0.11%
Vote Totals: 286,509

[StoneColdGOP]

CALIFORNIA:

YES on 73, 74, 75, 76, 77.

NO on 78, 79, 80.

You seriously need to lack a brain to vote no on 75-77.