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Veteran Legislator Appears to Lose Seat in Recount (GOP wins NC House??)
WRAL - TV (Raleigh, NC) ^
| November 8, 2002
| Associated Press
Posted on 11/08/2002 10:53:41 AM PST by Constitution Day
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:55:47 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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GOLDSBORO, N.C. -- A recount of votes in Wayne County has turned up an upset in the legislative election.
Veteran Democratic state House member Phil Baddour Junior lost to Republican challenger Louis Pate by a narrow margin of 164 votes.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: investingstocks; northcarolina; oldnorthstate; unhelpful
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To: snopercod
OK, so another inducement (at least for a visit :-).
To: Constitution Day
AND THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING! Now if Thune could just get those illegal votes from the reservation thrown out, we'd really have a winner!
To: Howlin
The good news just keeps rolling in!
You said you wanted it ALL...Got pretty close anyway
Next...Louisiana!!!!
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posted on
11/08/2002 12:48:30 PM PST
by
ncweaver
To: Constitution Day
WOOT! What a great day!
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posted on
11/08/2002 12:55:56 PM PST
by
sadamico
To: Howlin
Some of us are already hard at work, Howlin :-)
The eastern empire of the RAT party in NC is beginning to crumble...with the election of the first Republicans to office in places like Jones and Camden Counties and Gorman's knockout of the Sodfather's Daughter in Craven/Pamlico, and many more, things are starting to roll down east.
When the east stops giving Dems huge majorities in statewide races, it's all over. The Republicans will win most everything. And we may not be that far away from that happening.
Watch for more seats on the Council of State to go GOP in '04, along with possibly the Governorship.
The trend is our friend.
Windom
To: Constitution Day
AWESOME NEWS!
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posted on
11/08/2002 12:57:34 PM PST
by
jern
To: Constitution Day
Election Day 2002 is the gift that keeps on giving.
Now, if only we could have a little luck here in Indiana.
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posted on
11/08/2002 1:00:26 PM PST
by
Samwise
To: Constitution Day
The software problem caused vote counting machines to ignore most straight party ticketsThat's why I vote Republican on each race instead of voting straight party. I've heard of too many problems with counting straight tickets, especially REPUBLICAN straight tickets.
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posted on
11/08/2002 1:01:51 PM PST
by
ncweaver
To: southernnorthcarolina
GOP could have control of state House Man, don't you just love the sound of that - - GOP, Control of . . . House (Senate) (White House), Yippie
To: Howlin
Colorado race.
To: Windom Earle
Funny you should mention that; I've spent most of today making notes to myself about my precinct and things I learned this time. I'll be ready in 2004 -- or before!
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posted on
11/08/2002 1:14:33 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: ncweaver
Remember when we left the restaurant the other night and I said I wanted it all, even Hawaii?
Who would have EVER thought it!
It's been SO much fun, I can't wait until next time!
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posted on
11/08/2002 1:15:51 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: Overtaxed
You can pick, but I personally think we can handle them BOTH! We are PSYCHED!
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posted on
11/08/2002 1:16:41 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: sadamico
WOOT! What a great day!I KNOW!!!
I hope all the state Dem leaders are kept away from sharp objects and other weapons today... I know they're depressed and all. :)
To: Constitution Day
This rocks! WTG NC!
Down here in GA, we think we're going to have enough aisle-crossers to control the State Senate.
To: Howlin; kayak
Thanks Howlin...
kayak some good news for your state...:-)
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posted on
11/08/2002 2:23:19 PM PST
by
Dog
To: Constitution Day
As most Southern FReepers know, one of our great frustrations is that the move to Republican voting
down-ballot has been so agonizingly s l o w. We've been voting GOP at the Presidential level pretty dependably down here for decades, and we've had a lot of success at the U.S. Senate and Congress levels too, because the case can be made that a vote for a Democrat Senator, for example, is a vote for Daschle as Majority Leader, or for Hillary or Teddy as a Committee Chair.
But State House, State Senate, and Council of State races have, for the most part, been something else entirely. A sort of circular logic has been at work, and it's hard to break the cycle. You know, "I'm a conservative, but the Dems control the State House, so if I don't vote for them, I won't have any influence." In other words, people vote for Dems because they're in control, and the Dems are in control because people vote for them. Once that absurd loop is broken, however, there's a good chance it'll stay broken. The majority of Southerners are conservative by most reasonable definitions, and as it becomes clear that a vote for a Republican isn't wasted, the momentum will pick up.
To: Constitution Day
It just keeps getting better!
To: OldFriend; Howlin
Unofficial count in SD has Thune behind Johnson by 527 or 528 depending on which paper you read. Thune is waiting for the certified count before deciding whether to ask for a recount or not.
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posted on
11/08/2002 2:37:43 PM PST
by
hattend
To: Constitution Day
Great news!
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posted on
11/08/2002 2:46:36 PM PST
by
Gritty
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