[smoothsailing]

I've been told by the Irey Campaign that 210,000 or so votes were cast in the 12th CD in 2004, and even though 2006 is an "off-year", 230,000 votes are expected.

I don't sense much interest in voting for Murtha, so I take this astounding prediction as a plus for Irey.

Any thoughts on that, given that "off-year" elections don't historically approach the turnout numbers of Presidential Elections?

Something seems afoot!

[RedRover]

As a reminder: c'mon, Freepers, dig deep!

We have a once-in-a-lifetime to get rid of John Murtha!

Do it for your brothers and sisters in Iraq! Do it for your country!

[scrabblehack]

Hmmm...CNN has the 2002 vote total at 168333...they claim it's 100% of returns.

Allegheny Murtha 829-312 (73$)
Armstrong Murtha 7784-3794 (67%)
Cambria Murtha 33651-7548 (82%)
Fayette Murtha 17345-5897 (75%)
Greene Murtha 6310-2806 (69%)
Indiana Murtha 3624-1544 (70%)
Somerset Murtha 7778-2656 (75%)
Washington Murtha 19313-8327 (70%)
Westmoreland Murtha 27116-11699 (70%)

But back to your question....would heavy turnout favor Irey or Murtha? If these data are genuine, I would have to say Irey....Murtha's 2002 total is only slightly lower than Kerry's, while Choby's 2002 total is substantially below Bush's.