Posted on 03/22/2004 6:27:55 PM PST by presidentbowen
DEMS SCORE A "FIRST" IN IDAHO. Candidate filing closed Friday in Idaho, and the result proved an embarrassment to the Democratic Party. For the first time in state history, the Democrats failed to file a candidate for US Senate. In fact, Senator Mike Crapo (R) appeared to win re-election without opposition when no one -- not even a third party candidate -- filed to oppose him.
Former State Senator John Peavey (D) was going to oppose Crapo, but changed his mind at the last minute. When that happened, a Democratic Party aide rushed to the Capitol and tried to file US Senate paperwork for a replacement candidate -- but she literally arrived less than a minute too late for the 5:00 pm deadline. Crapo could still draw an opponent on the November ballot if a candidate files as a write-in with the Secretary of State by May 11 and then gets 1,000 write-in votes in the primary election. Democrats also failed to field candidates in 60 of the 105 state legislative races on the ballot. Idaho is a reliably Republican state, but this Dem performance was dismal by any standard.
Sorry, couldn't resist. Anyhow, don't fret too much. In some ways, your state won the election for GWB, and I think he's gonna carry it again in '04. That and Robert Byrd is bound to die at some point (no, I'm not wishing death on anybody, just saying he's getting pretty old), who knows? Maybe when he dies, we actually have a chance at a R senator. You have at least one R rep don't you?
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