Posted on 05/18/2010 3:15:17 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
There are already a couple of LIVE THREADS covering the overall PA primary election. But I don't see anything out there for the Arkansas, Kentucky and Oregon folks so we are going to post our normal live thread focusing on the Key House Races. In this weeks Primary Elections we see 2 competitive House Races in AR and 9 in PA. Plus there is the Special Election in PA-12 that we have been following. There is nothing looking very competitive to us in OR or KY.
So if you are just interested in how things are going across the board in PA here are the ongoing PA LIVE THREADS"
Primary election gets a slow start (Pennsylvania Primary Thread)
For those of you who have been following the Key House Races here is our list of the competitive races in today's primaries.
| District | Dem Primary Winner | R-Seats | Republican Incumbent or Challengers | Links to All State Races | |||
| Or Incumbent | Main Challenger | Challenger | Challenger | ||||
| AR | 1 | Open D (Berry) | Rick Crawford | Princella Smith | AR | ||
| AR | 2 | Open D (Snyder) | Tim Griffin | Scott Wallace | AR | ||
| PA | 3 | Kathleen Dahlkemper | Martha Moore | Mike Kelly | Ed Franz | PA | |
| PA | 4 | Jason Altmire | Mary Beth Buchanan | Keith Rothfus | PA | ||
| PA | 6 | Dem Primary | Incumbent | Jim Gerlach | PA | ||
| PA | 7 | Open D (Sestak) | Pat Meehan | PA | |||
| PA | 8 | Patrick Murphy | Mike Fitzpatrick | Gloria Carlineo | Ira Hoffman | PA | |
| PA | 10 | Chris Carney | Tom Marino | David Madeira | Malcolm Derk | PA | |
| PA | 11 | Paul Kanjorski | Lou Barletta | Chris Paige | PA | ||
| PA | 12 | Special Election | Timothy Burns | PA | |||
| PA | 12 | Open D (Murtha) | Bill Russell | Timothy Burns | PA | ||
| PA | 17 | Tim Holden | Frank Ryan | Josh First | Dave Argall | PA | |
But didn’t what’s his name run as a rock solid conservative?
Overall turnout in PA was low — saying under 20%
Cambria County
Candidate Votes Percent
CRITZ, MARK S. (DEM)
12,579 57.2%
BURNS, TIM (REP)
9,043 41.2%
AGORIS, DEMO (LIB)
355 1.6%
Carl Cameron said that with 65% of votes counted in Philly, Specter didn’t do as well as he should have. Too early to call but he added that Toomey is polling way ahead of both Specter and Sestak in the general, which is what I thought all along. Didn’t realize Sestak would pose a problem and perhaps he won’t.
That’s okay. Some of us have been looking forward to the Toomey/Spector showdown. If Arlen goes down to defeat tonight, it’s A-Ok with me and I’m certain with everyone else too. It’s good riddance to a long time traitor and his fascination with Scottish law.
Just spoke to my brother. He said there is a Sestak ad on TV that obliterates Specter.... switching parties to keep HIS job ... not about your Job.
He could, but he won't - the Chicago Way doesn't tolerate Independent candidacies, and the thugs running the Nation would crush him.
Specter's toast, and he knows it.
LOL.
Hannity is a moron. Was there anyone on the panel with an idea of what they’re talking about?
They may be right, but I’m looking at the numbers and I can can see a close race shaping up here. I believe this is much like NY-23, where there are a lot of rural precincts that will sort of trickle in.
I agree with you. When there is a chance for an incumbent Democrat to go down, you welcome it. You don’t want them to survive to fight another battle. Incumbency is a very powerful tool and taking that out of the mix is a field leveler.
People will draw the comparison to Hillary/Obama, but I think that is a moot point because I firmly believe that Hillary would have defeated McCain in the general election. McCain was doomed not matter who the Dem nominee was.
(((( EVERYONE ))))
Sestak won’t be a problem. He has questions to answer about him being offered a job with the Obama administration. Remember that?
I am very down about the PA House race though. First NY 23. Now this one...
Election laws are different in each state. But if Specter can run as an Independent I am pretty sure he will.
He might even pull it off in a 3 way race . . he only needs 35 percent to win.
Sickening. Media portrayal of the district as “swing” has to be BS.
I’m afraid period. Just saw Bob Beckel (I know he’s slime) on Hannity. He said that the primary races are a good indication of how the general election will go. I worry because I would have thought we’d have a much bigger turnout today. I can’t say it’s just a primary because it’s also an off-year election.
I’ll continue to pray but if we can’t get the people fired up, we’re done.
With 52% in, Brian Haughton is looking strong in the 13th Congressional District in PA. This is a gerrymandered district in which Haughton was backed by the Philadelphia GOP, Adcock by the Montgomery County GOP, and Quinter running without party endorsement, but backing of tea parties. Haugton has 51%, Adcock 28%, and Quinter 21%. Adcock and Quinter appear to have split most of the Montco vote, while Haughton strongly carried Phila. Interesting. They are all conservative in their positions, but very different in style and experience.
-—”Media portrayal of the district as “swing” has to be BS.”-—
As I said earlier, I am getting tired of hearing “this time for sure” with this district. If we can’t win it in this environment, it’s “safe Democrat,” not “swing.”
That is good news.
I wonder... will Arlen run as an Indie? LOL.
Right.
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