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Former Alaska AG Sullivan wins GOP Senate primary
Fox News ^ | August 20, 2014

Posted on 08/20/2014 3:28:50 AM PDT by Din Maker

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To: Free Vulcan

-——delusions of grandeur-——

or, sanctimonious self righteousness

Such conservatives value their own narrow views more than they value america.


41 posted on 08/20/2014 4:42:46 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: Free Vulcan
That’s because too many conservatives are either purists, or combative,

B$ you have fake libertarians enter to split the vote. 60% of the vote was not cast for the winner.

42 posted on 08/20/2014 5:47:26 PM PDT by itsahoot (Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
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To: nhwingut

Begich is only there due to bogus prosecution of Ted Stevens. Another single event that had it not occurred, no Obamacare.


43 posted on 08/20/2014 7:31:40 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Din Maker

That reminds me of what happened in California in 1986, when 11 conservatives split up the vote so that ultra-liberal Congressman Ed Zschau (rhymes, appropriately, with Mao) won the GOP nomination for US Senate with about a third of the votes. There was no runoff, so California Republicans were stuck with a standard bearer that made George McGovern look like Jesse Helms. Zschau went on to lose to Democrat Alan Cranston.


44 posted on 08/21/2014 2:28:38 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Impy

Enzi, Risch, Scott and Inhofe voted with Jeff Sessions immediately to not open debate on the amnesty bill. All of them won by huge margins.

Only Pat Roberts struggled for every other reason.

https://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/beckr/june-11-2013/positive-signs-even-senate-moves-amnesty-bill-floo.html

ALABAMA: Sessions & Shelby

ARKANSAS: Boozman

IDAHO: Crapo & Risch

ILLINOIS: Kirk (fake no vote)

IOWA: Grassley

KANSAS: Roberts

LOUISIANA: Vitter

OKLAHOMA: Inhofe

SOUTH CAROLINA: Scot

TEXAS: Cruz

UTAH: Lee

WYOMING: Barrasso & Enzi


45 posted on 08/22/2014 2:31:32 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Clintonfatigued

First post primary poll by “Rasmussen”,

Sullivan 47%, Begich 45%.


46 posted on 08/25/2014 8:28:36 PM PDT by Impy (Think for yourself)
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To: Impy; Clintonfatigued; randita; sickoflibs; NFHale; Clemenza; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy

Begich was a fluke based on Justice Dept. fraud of the Alaskan voters. I expect this embarrassment to be rectified in November.

Just as a curiosity, and in what will likely cause enormous confusion, Lt Gov.-presumptive Dan Sullivan might challenge Murkowski in the GOP primary in 2016, and we could have two Senator Dan Sullivans from the same state with no relation.


47 posted on 08/25/2014 8:54:11 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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He might? That’s awesome, witch needs to go.

At least one of them needs to start using their middle name or at least initial.

The guy running for the Senate is Daniel Scott Sullivan.

The Anchorage Mayor running for LT Governor is Daniel A. Sullivan.

Or, one of them can be “Danny”.

Or “Dan Sullivan the younger/elder”, the mayor has 13 years of the other one.


48 posted on 08/25/2014 9:00:49 PM PDT by Impy (Think for yourself)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; AuH2ORepublican

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/21/forty-three-republican-senate-candidates-got-more-votes-than-dan-sullivan-and-he-won/

Interesting article, it ranks who got the highest number of votes in GOP Senate primaries, it’s meaningless of course but check it out.

Cornholle is #1, and guess who’s #2

Uberdouche in Illinois! Followed by Lamar! and the guy we should have nominated in Illinois, Doug Truax. With Turban’s weak polling numbers, Truax might have been able to win.

Makes me think we should find 150,000 or conservatives to move to Vermont and take it over. Better yet, Hawaii.


49 posted on 08/25/2014 9:11:03 PM PDT by Impy (Think for yourself)
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To: Impy

It’s meaningless, though, since obviously a low-population state will have fewer actual voters choosing the nominee vs. a large one.

The bigger issue is candidates winning the nomination with less than 50% of the vote, which is unrepresentative of the majority party preference, and open primaries, where those of the opposition choose the nominee. Both need to end.


50 posted on 08/25/2014 11:28:02 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

That would be hilarious for the person who does the roll call in the Senate. “Mr. Sullivan of Alaska.” Um, which one? “Mr. Dan Sullivan of Alaska.” Again, which one? They’ll have to go to middle initials!


51 posted on 08/26/2014 6:16:39 AM PDT by Galactic Overlord-In-Chief (Our Joe Wilson can take the Dems' Joe Wilson any day of the week)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; sickoflibs; NFHale; Clemenza; AuH2ORepublican; ...

“Just as a curiosity, and in what will likely cause enormous confusion, Lt Gov.-presumptive Dan Sullivan might challenge Murkowski in the GOP primary in 2016, and we could have two Senator Dan Sullivans from the same state with no relation.”

Interesting possibility, but let’s not count our chickens before they hatch. Begich is running a good campaign and is creating the illusion of independence and distance from Obama. A nasty Republican primary hasn’t helped matters any, either. I think this race could go either way.


52 posted on 08/26/2014 4:08:31 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
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