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

[MitchellC]

NC-02

7 of 10 Counties Reporting

Todd Gailas (REP)
19.01% 2,887
Renee Ellmers (REP)
55.92% 8,491
Frank Deatrich (REP)
25.06% 3,805

[Falcon28]

60% of voters voted for a candidate other than Coats. Now we are stuck with an ex-lobbyist, pro-bailout candidate. The low turnout does not look good either.

The GOP needs to wake up fast before any more primaries! We're running too many candidates. Too many conservative candidates running in Illinois, they knock each other off and the RINO Mark Kirk wins. Too many candidates in Indiana, now we're stuck with RINO Coats. Someone stop the madness! As you mentioned, 60% voted against Coats. Oh, I'm pissed. Hostettler you suck.

[Falcon28]

SIX GOP candidates running for the same seat?? oh for pete’s sake, I give up with these morons.

[Falcon28]

Don Bates, Jr. 12,929

Richard Behney 13,066

Dan Coats 120,161

John N. Hostettler 55,824

Marlin A. Stutzman 89,684

This is ridiculous. If 3 of the 4 conservative candidates had dropped out and endorsed the fourth, a conservative would have won. But, nope, too many cooks in the kitchen and we're stuck with Coats.

[mwl8787]

Fisher will be easier for Portman to defeat. Fisher is not only stupid and liberal, he’s slap eat up with ugly too.

[Clintonfatigued]

Good point. I sure didn’t vote for Coats. I’ll force myself to support him in the general election, but I think he’s vulnerable to attacks as a carpetbagger and a Washington Insider who isn’t a real Hoosier.

[DaisyCutter]

Yep.

But the GOP is mistaken if they think I am going to vote for Coats just because he's got an R next to his name.

The days of me holding my nose and saying "well, at least he's not the democrat commie" are over.

[yongin]

Dan Coats was endorsed by Mike Pence and James Dobson. Coats was a graduate of Wheaton College. Thus he played up his Evangelical background to win conservative votes.

[ohioWfan]

Great job! Thanks for the thread.

Not too much drama in this part of Ohio.

[yongin]

Tonight’s the night of the establishment. Tomorrow’s headline will be the Tea Party is losing its grip.

[TonyInOhio]

Not too much drama in this part of Ohio.

Here either, though it looks as though Frau Brunner is done for, thank God.

[ohioWfan]

Indeed. And to that I say, PRAISE THE LORD!!

Let's get our state back, and set it on the right track FOR ONCE!

[tcrlaf]

“The low turnout does not look good either.”

That “low Turnout” is 3-5 times (And MORE in some places) than the Dem turnout, even for the competitive races.

[Clintonfatigued]

Coats won because real conservatives split the conservative vote. But the turnout was poor. When I voted this morning, I was the only voter in the building. It shocked and dissapointed me, even though I got to work on time.

In the “Bloody Eighth” distict, the Tea Pary candidate almost won the Republican primary.

[yongin]

I'm not hostile to Coats.

Back in 1992, Coats was the Commencement Speaker at Wheaton College. He spoke how his Christian faith helped him to make tough, but moral decisions on issues like abortion and fetal tissue research. I wonder if Coats will let his faith in Jesus guide him in the Senate or will he let the DC establishment do it?

[Gun142]

......he’s slap eat up with ugly too.

Yea, gotta write down that one.

[onyx]

Robust primaries are great, but this one was “too robust” after Coats entered because he’s more like an incumbent.

[Clintonfatigued]

Coats chickened out of reelection in 1998, essesntially handing the seat to Evan Bayh. It’s ironic that the sudeen candidacy of Coats was one of the reasons that Bayh suddenly dropped out of the race this year.

Coats only won 39% in the primary, with Stutzman winning 30% and Hostettler winning 22%. Hostettler should have dropped out.

Here are some other Indiana primary results. Mike Sodrel was badly beaten in the Republican primary.

http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/05/in_coats_burton.php

[Theodore R.]

People in IN never surprise us; they are so predictable.

[Theodore R.]

There are no runoffs outside the South unless once considers OK non-southern.