Meanwhile, in Illinois...
... where a "Republican" was allegedly "elected" Governor easily but the GOP didn't gain ANY seats in the state house and the Dems continue to enjoy a veto proof majority:
Posted on 11/05/2014 7:57:54 AM PST by GonzoII
In addition to the GOP gains in the U.S., Senate, House and governorships it was an historic night for the party in state legislatures.
Here is the summary by Tim Storey of the National Conference of State Legislatures:
The Republican wave that swept over the states left Democrats at their weakest point in state legislatures since the 1920s.
Everything went in the direction of the GOP as Republicans seized new majorities in the West Virginia House, Nevada Assembly and Senate, New Hampshire House, Minnesota House and New York Senate, The West Virginia Senate is now tied.
Control of several legislative chambers was still up in the air early Wednesday as counting continued in several tight races that will determine control of the Colorado Senate, New Mexico House and Maine Senate.
The lone bright spot for Democrats was holding majorities in the Iowa Senate and Kentucky House.
The overall number of divided state governments will increase with changes in governor in places such as Massachussets, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Maryland along with the legislatures in West Virginia, Minnesota and New York.
UPDATE: Republicans have taken control of the Colorado senate and the New Mexico house. They also have a chance to win the Colorado house and the Washington house, after mail-in ballots are finally counted. The state legislative chambers now stand at 65 Republican, 23 Democrat, 1 tie, and 4 undecided.
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14 months, 11 days ‘til Iowa.
Anybody here doing Iowa this time? Or is it more defeatism?
http://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2016-presidential-primary-schedule-calendar/
Meanwhile, in Illinois...
... where a "Republican" was allegedly "elected" Governor easily but the GOP didn't gain ANY seats in the state house and the Dems continue to enjoy a veto proof majority:
Did I think Obama could beat Hillary? Yes. I had a front row seat to Obamamania, I saw him win the rat Senate primary here with ease.
Did I expect Obama to be reelected? Well after 2010 I certainly hoped not, but keeping in mind 1948 and 1996 I knew it was a very distinct possibility, especially with the shitey GOP field.
What’s next? Julian Castro as the Brown Obama to beat Hillary again? He doesn’t just share a middle name with a dictator like Obama but a last name!
As for CT, I agree with the Cafero that’s it’s generally not ideal to run political neophytes for Governor or Senator, they don’t know how to be candidates and it usually shows. CT has a weak GOP bench though. Who was “the right Republican” to win the Governorship?
More importantly who IS the right Republican to win it in 2018? I guess it’s not Tim Herbst, since he “lost” the Treas race.
Perfect cartoon.
Only signs that appeared in my neighborhood the day before the election? 3 Lisa Madigan sides near the polling place. I put them in the trash this morning.
Boughton would have gotten the job done.
A populist conservative who can give a down-home stump speech with the best of them.
CT has gone from 114 DEM - 37 GOP to:
64 GOP in the state House ... in the last three elections.
Yes, a gain of 27.
Our House seats average 8000 voters ... 22% as large as ILLINOIS. It makes it easier for novice candidates to run because of the small size.
Our 36 Senate seats are each the size of your House seats.
I do not see the veto proof.
It was 71 to 47 in the House of ILL. What is it now?
I also did not mention above:
DEMS do not control the redistricting. It is an 8-person committee ... 4 DEM, 4 RINO. So the seats are negotiated. RINOs and Progressive incumbents are protected.
Dissident DEMS and Conservatives are punished.
The same. We gained exactly ZERO seats in the IL House, and 1 seat in the IL Senate:
http://ballotpedia.org/Illinois_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014
I believe we are the only state in the country where a "Republican" defeated a RAT incumbent for Governor but there weren't any coattails in the legislature. Madigan seems to have arranged it that way. Rauner won comfortably outside of the margin error (51% for Rauner to 45% for Quinn), so numerous voters must have voted Rauner at the top of the ticket, and RAT for the rest of the offices.
In Illinois, it takes 3/5th vote (60%) to override the Governor, rather than the 2/3rds (66%) to override the President on the federal level. So the legislature will continue to have a veto proof majority. In a hypothetical scenario that RINO Rauner actually turned out to be decent and continually vetoed Madigan's pet projects (which he won't, but let's just pretend for argument's sake), the legislature could then override every one of his vetoes. Even if they didn't get every single Dem, they have at least 4-5 RINOs who routinely vote with the Dem caucus.
Call me cynical, but its impossible for Rauner to gain anything aside from the blame when the state continues to tank.
Yes, we did get ONE seat in the Senate, District 36 Rat Senator and scion Mike Jacobs lost to fireman(!?) Neil Anderson (R) by 54%-46% (or 56.5%-43.5% according to a different source). Includes all of Rock Island County. We last won this seat in 1980 with Randy Thomas, he was CRUSHED in 1982 by some rat named Clarence A. Darrow (don’t know if he’s a relation to the famous one), who was succeeded in 1986 by Denny Jacobs, daddy to Mike, who resigned in his favor in 2005 (WE ARE A MONARCHY).
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=12790
I was surprised when it was fairly close 2 years ago (within 10 points), I presumed it was one of safest rat seats downstate, it was altered in redistricting. He won easily in 2006 and 2008 and his daddy had been unopposed in his last THREE elections.
Unfortunately we’re so criminally underrepresented in the upper chamber that we still need FOUR more to go over 40%.
We couldn’t get the ONE seat needed in the House to break the supermajority, which I find BIZARRE and questionable.
“Call me cynical”
CONN is a case study in possibilities.
1. It is tough terrain for Conservatives
2. We are undermanned and underfinanced
3. There was a lack of focus in the grassroots on this task ... only the HOUSE GOP itself worked this effort over the past 6 years.
4. Yes, the GOP in the SEnate is fullblown RINO country.
5. But, the GOP in the CT House is largely conservative across the board.
” “If 1,890 votes had been switched in the dozen closest races, Republicans would have controlled the House for the first time since Ronald Reagan was in office,” said Rep. Larry Cafero, leader of the GOP caucus.
In the closest race, Rep. Michelle Cook, D-Torrington edged out Republican challenger Dan Farley by just 52 votes, according to tallies filed with the Secretary of the State’s office.
And in another close contest in the Northwest Corner, veteran Democratic Rep. Roberta Willis of Salisbury beat GOP challenger Brian Ohler by 127 votes, according to the House Republican campaign committee.”
Perhaps this demonstrates how fragile the Progressive stranglehold is. With More effort ... they can be crushed. It can be done. Go away, ye defeatists!
“Yes, the GOP in the SEnate is fullblown RINO country.
5. But, the GOP in the CT House is largely conservative across the board.”
That’s weird.
Here what to do with your Senators.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jwHJOU0J0s
not that weird.
the liberal elite stand guard at the door of the Senate ... any conservative is not allowed to rise above the level of state Rep. It is simply much too hard for them to guard 151 districts and the challengers have not much of a track record to smoke themselves out. Not true with 36 Senate candidates.
Also, an amateur can win a small House seat simply by ringing doorbells. More professionalism is needed for a Senate race.
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