Live Thread - May 4th Primaries in Indiana, Ohio & North Carolina

KeyHouseRaces.com ^ | 4 May 2010 | Interceptpoint

[InterceptPoint]

The returns will be coming in soon from today's Primary Elections in Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina.

Here are links to the websites where the official returns will be posted by the respective Secretaries of State:

Indiana

North Carolina

Ohio

And for those paying attention to the Key House Races here are the districts that will pick their Primary winners tonight.

District		Dem Primary Winner	R-Seats	Republican Incumbent or Challengers			Links to All State Races
		Or Incumbent		Main Challenger	Challenger	Challenger
IN	2	Joe Donnelly		Jackie Walorski			Indiana
IN	8	Open D (Brad Ellsworth)		Dr. Larry Bucshon	John Snyder Jr.	John Lee Smith	Indiana
IN	9	Baron Hill		Mike Sodrel	Todd Young	Travis Hankins	Indiana
NC	8	Larry Kissell		Tim D’Annunzio	Harold Jordan	Harold Johnson	North Carolina
OH	1	Steve Driehaus		Steve Chabot			Ohio
OH	2	Dem Primary Winner	Incumbent	Jean Schmidt			Ohio
OH	13	Betty Sutton		Tom Ganley	Frank Chestney	Bill Haney	Ohio
OH	15	Mary Jo Kilroy		Steve Stivers	John Adams		Ohio
OH	16	John Boccieri		Jim Renacci	Matt Miller	H. Doyle Smith	Ohio
OH	18	Zach Space		Bob Gibbs	Jeanette Moll	Dave Daubenmire	Ohio

[Impy]

It’s too close to call in Ohio 18 between Fred Dailey, Bob Gibbs and Jeanette Moll.

[Eagle of Liberty]

UGH! Seth Morgan didn’t win, Issue 1 passed and my school district approved their levy!!!! If people are so up in arms about being TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY, why don’t they VOTE THAT WAY!!!

So frustrating......

[MitchellC]

Clear things up for me, which district and candidate are you referring to?

[Impy]

Next door in IL were Stuck with Mark Kirk, that’s horrible.

Coats was a poor choice to run for this seat, old, left the state, was afraid to run against Bayh in 98, but it ain’t like he’s a liberal or anything. He’ll be a damn sight better than Bayh or Dick Lugar for that matter.

[Clintonfatigued]

“I forget what Burton has done wrong”

Dan Burton does not take his job seriously. He’s taken lots of overseas junkets and has missed votes to play golf with lobbyists.

[Impy]

That’s right.

He would have been crushed if he faced only 1 challenger.

Runoffs are good. Worth the expense. I wish Indiana had them.

[MitchellC]

A quick survey of NC...

It looks like there will be a number of run-offs:

The Democratic nomination for Senate will be Elaine Marshall vs Cal Cunningham (I'm pulling for Marshall against the John Edwards clone)

NC-08 (Kissell), Tim D'Annunzio vs Harold Johnson. D'Annunzio is the millionaire lunatic and Johnson is the former Charlotte sportscaster. 3rd place Hal Jordan is already pledging to support Johnson apparently, and it is likely that Lou Huddleston (who was a complete bust) will do the same. If D'Annunzio wins the run-off you can forget about this one in November.

NC-13 (Brad Miller), Bill Randall vs Bernie Reeves. I think this district is winnable if this year's going to be as good for us as everyone is claiming, and Randall has the best shot IMO.

In NC-11 (Shuler), Jeff Miller has apparently avoided a run-off by a razor thin margin but second place Dan Eichenbaum is requesting a recount.

Is it a good sign that Kissell and Shuler pulled only 63% and 62% in their primaries, respectively?

http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/15705/24367/en/summary.html

[srmorton]

The District is 15 and the candidate is Phil Shepard. He will definitely be the next representative because he has no democrat opposition in November. There was a third candidate who split the vote with Martin Aragona, a former county commissioner. She is a retired Navy Lt. Commander from Sneads Ferry. Louis Swell, his son Billy Sewell (both of Golden Corral fame), and John Pierce are the backers I was speaking of. All three of them raised and/or donated thousands of dollars to Mike Easley, Bev Perdue, and other democrat candidates. My husband (who knows both Louis Sewell and John Pierce very well) says they were not so much FOR Phil Shepard as they are AGAINST Martin Aragona. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.

[Impy]

“Is it a good sign that Kissell and Shuler pulled only 63% and 62% in their primaries, respectively?”

On the surface I’d definitely say yes.

What’s the deal with this D’Annunzio? I haven’t paid much attention to that race.

[MitchellC]

He’s a millionaire businessman who has pretty much the worst temperament you’d want in a candidate. He came close to assaulting a state Rep. a few weeks back when he found out the Rep. wasn’t going to endorse him, and around the same time he stormed out of a debate when the moderator wouldn’t let him speak out of turn. He’s a terrible public speaker, and, oh yeah, he has a blog where he talks about being an end times prophet. And you can often find him flaming people on local blogs and the newspaper websites in the comments sections. Etc, etc. The best thing Johnson can do is debate D’Annunzio on TV early and often.

[mojitojoe]

SIX GOP candidates running for the same seat?? oh for pete’s sake, I give up with these morons.
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How many of the 6 are really trojan horse dems?

[Impy]

Yikes.

He should be taken out of the “Main Challenger” Position on the website. If not removed all together.

[MitchellC]

That’s unfortunate and I wish I had paid more attention to these state leg. primaries. If we take it this November then we’ll have to keep an eye on these RINOs so that they don’t screw us on redistricting.

[MitchellC]

I’m surprised the party hasn’t publicly disowned him like they did with a candidate in the 4th district.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Is Young [IN-9R] the Tea Party-ish candidate?

Outspoken against the porkulus.
Former policy advisor to Dick Lugar, if that's any help.
But then I guess the TEA parties don't care much about social issues.

[CarolinaGOP]

I was so glad to wake up this morning and see that Nick Mackey lost!

[CarolinaGOP]

Unfortunately runoff elections usually have a dismal turnout, even when compared to the percentage who voted in the primary!

[Clintonfatigued]

“Is it a good sign that Kissell and Shuler pulled only 63% and 62% in their primaries, respectively?”

They voted against ObamaCare and were challenged from the left.

[Clintonfatigued]

In the race to succeed Brad Ellsworth, the Tea Party supported candidate nearly won the primary. But the candidate who won, Larry Buschon, isn’t a bad candidate. I have nothing against him.

[randita]

Re: Post 112. Who are you referring to? I wasn’t able to follow this entire thread.

Also, looks like Travis Hankins prevailed in IN 9 over Young, 16,483 to 12,991. I wouldn’t think that was close enough for a recount.

There will probably be a recount in OH 18, less than a 200 vote margin.