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Pro-Illegal Alien Incumbents Swept Out of Office in Bellweather Election in Herndon, Virginia
Fairfax County, Va Board of Elections ^ | Tuesday, May 2, 2006 | Kristinn

Posted on 05/02/2006 6:45:49 PM PDT by kristinn

Voters in the town of Herndon, Virginia delivered a stunning rebuke today to elected officials who opened a taxpayer funded day labor center for illegal aliens in the town last year. Incumbent mayor Michael O'Reilly lost to Steven DeBenedittis while five of the six at-large town council seats went to candidates opposing the day labor center.

Town Council winners are Bill Tirrell, incumbent Dennis Husch, Connie Haines-Hutchison, Charlie Waddell and Dave Kirby.

Only one of three incumbents on the council who supported the day labor center won re-election, J. Harlan Reece. The other two who went down in defeat were Carol Bruce and Steven Mitchell. Day labor center supporter Jorge Rochac also lost.

With its proximity to Washington, D.C., Herndon has captured national attention as a focal point of the debate over border security and the millions of illegal aliens lving and working in communities all across the country.

The local election came one day after a nationwide protest and boycott effort in support of legalizing illegal aliens.

Turnout in the election was higher than in past years, at 26%. The margin of defeat for the incumbent mayor was 130 votes out of 2,596 votes cast.

The nearly clean sweep by candidates opposed to coddling illegal aliens with taxpayer funds should serve as a warning to incumbents everywhere.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: adios; aliens; bordersecurity; bushamnesty; daylaborers; herndon; illegalaliens; immigrantlist; invasionusa; openborders; virginia
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To: Gay State Conservative
FYI:

Herndon is full of Blue Dog demos. Here's the Election data from 2005:

.............J W Kilgore(R)........T M Kaine(D)

Herndon #1...... 40.2%.................57.5%

Herndon #2...... 37.3%.................60.4%

Herndon #3...... 38.3%.................60.0%

181 posted on 05/03/2006 12:10:30 AM PDT by 11th_VA (UNITED 93 - Everything you need to know about Islam)
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To: HiJinx; kristinn

Even the voter turnout was higher than usual!


182 posted on 05/03/2006 2:45:49 AM PDT by TheSpottedOwl (I care for my pets better than Vincente Fox cares for his own citizens)
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To: Spiff
"Almost 60% of Free Republic poll respondents state that they will not vote for the Republican"

For anyone who thinks the Republican Party will nominate a conservative,
I have two words.
Bob Dole.

They would rather see the Witch in the White House,
than an anti-globalist conservative.
Because her agenda, or her husbands, is their agenda.

183 posted on 05/03/2006 2:59:01 AM PDT by trickyricky
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To: HiJinx; gubamyster; All
Crosslinked-- for "Thunder on the Border," click the picture:


184 posted on 05/03/2006 3:00:51 AM PDT by backhoe
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To: kristinn
Turnout in the election was higher than in past years, at 26%. The margin of defeat for the incumbent mayor was 130 votes out of 2,596 votes cast.

The nearly clean sweep by candidates opposed to coddling illegal aliens with taxpayer funds should serve as a warning to incumbents everywhere.


Damned wobbly, treasonous "Republicans" best take careful note.
185 posted on 05/03/2006 3:02:35 AM PDT by azhenfud (He who always is looking up seldom finds others' lost change.)
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To: Bahbah

The "wrong group" they are pandering to that I am referring to are the illegal aliens :)


186 posted on 05/03/2006 3:40:22 AM PDT by stopem (To allow a bunch of third world country nationals to divide Americans is unconscionable!)
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To: AmericaOne

"Hopefully, they won't start sending out return envelopes where you have to put a stamp on it."

If they do, just put the mailing address as the return address and toss it in a curbside mailbox with no postage. Since that is the only address on the envelope, the post office will return it to them postage due.
At least, I think this works.


187 posted on 05/03/2006 3:41:44 AM PDT by pdunkin (Z4QQQ Batman symbol)
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To: stopem
The "wrong group" they are pandering to that I am referring to are the illegal aliens

Oh, okay, never mind. :)

188 posted on 05/03/2006 3:50:37 AM PDT by Bahbah (“KERRY LIED!! SCHOLARLY ATTRIBUTION DIED!!!”)
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To: Wolfhound777
Now we need to take it to the Congressional level.

That's already happening. Chris Cannon I hear is in trouble again in his Utah primary and this time he stands an even better chance of getting tossed. We need to start getting rid of these open border clowns.

189 posted on 05/03/2006 4:34:11 AM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: oldbill
This mayor who was fired by the voters had aspirations for higher office and was using his pandering to the illegal aliens as the guaranteed way to the top.

Sounds like someone else we know. John McCain maybe...?

190 posted on 05/03/2006 4:39:35 AM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Let's Roll
IMO W will not back down on this issue ... but he at least needs to STFU!

With the WOT, making tax cuts permanent and needing to drill and refine our own energy, there is more than enough for him to be working on.

I see his lips flappin', I'm just not seein' much positive action.

191 posted on 05/03/2006 5:01:58 AM PDT by Fruitbat
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To: kristinn
The GOP is going to be destroyed this fall. It can't count on that idiot Howard Dean to fumble the ball on the one-yard line.
192 posted on 05/03/2006 5:04:05 AM PDT by Uncle Vlad
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To: kristinn
I so hope other politicians are paying attention. One of the illegal alien supporter interviewed on TV referred to our hispanic population as a sleeping giant. I hope the real giant has stopped sleeping....

susie

193 posted on 05/03/2006 5:40:12 AM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: TigersEye
HOY (USTEDES) MARCHA!

MANANA VOTAREMOS!

"TODAY YOU MARCH, BUT TOMORROW WE VOTE!!!


194 posted on 05/03/2006 6:17:38 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Como se dice "Backlash" en Espanol??)
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To: onyx; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Grampa Dave
"How dare they," said McDonald, a research specialist for the University of Pittsburgh who said she voted for Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) in the 2004 presidential election. "If they are so active, why aren't they in Mexico City, why aren't they forcing their leaders there to deal with the quality of life? If you don't like it here, go home."

If the long-term solution to the immigration problem is the improvement of the Mexican economy, that solution will never come while its workers leave the nation by the hundreds of thousands.

Things for the ping onyx....so true!!

195 posted on 05/03/2006 7:17:27 AM PDT by nicmarlo (Bush is the Best President Ever. Rah. Rah.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Thanks.

I guess there a few liberals out there who still have some brain cells not destroyed by the liberal brain virus.


196 posted on 05/03/2006 7:55:43 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist homosexual lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: kristinn

Good news!

This needs to be sent to every city council and mayor in Americam who have rolled out the welcome carpet, funded by our tax $'s, for Illegal Aliens.


197 posted on 05/03/2006 7:57:52 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist homosexual lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: kristinn

Too cool!


198 posted on 05/03/2006 8:05:51 AM PDT by SmithL (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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To: kristinn
I plan to mount a similar throw the bums out campaign, in my city.
199 posted on 05/03/2006 8:08:02 AM PDT by MissAmericanPie
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To: tgslTakoma
I live in Herndon and I VOTE!!! Disregard me at you own peril!!!
200 posted on 05/03/2006 8:13:03 AM PDT by PokerNut
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