Live Thread - California General Election - 7 November 2006

[CounterCounterCulture]

Welcome to the live thread for the California Primary Election. Polls are open until 8pm tonight. If you are a registered voter, it is your duty to vote and defend your rights and civil liberties, protect your pocketbook, and vote the bums out where applicable.

Feel free to discuss issues key to your local area that others may be interested in. Post your polling place experiences if you like. And post numbers as they come in later tonight.

[newzjunkey]

Sounding like we could lose two more Senate seats. Webb has just taken the lead, Steele is behind. Ugh.

[calcowgirl]

So much for all that research on judges.

Supreme Court Justice
10.8% ( 2717 of 25090 ) precincts reporting as of Nov 7, 2006 at 8:45 pm

                        YES             NO
  Y  Joyce L. Kennard   844,669  76.3%  262,399  23.7% 
  Y  Carol A. Corrigan  831,234  76.6%  254,853  23.4% 

[goldstategop]

Angelides was whipped in the Bay Area. Usually a Democrat wins there big.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[rivercat]

McClintock is pulling away with each update. I hope that trend holds.

[goldstategop]

I hate to beat a dead horse but what's your gut take on Prop. 90?

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[goldstategop]

People like him. He's out of sync with this state's politics but Californians agree with him we have too expensive government that doesn't return a lot of value for the money.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[newzjunkey]

On judges, I noticed. Every one of them voted back in. Not a surprise. Next to no one knows a thing about them. Need to work on that for the future.

Jerry Brown (Dem)	874,827	50.9 %	
Chuck Poochigian (Rep)	763,746	44.4 %

Brown slipping.

[calcowgirl]

 
U.S. Congress District 47
0.0% ( 0 of 256 ) precincts reporting as of Nov 7, 2006 at 8:55 pm  
  
   Candidate               Votes    Percent 
*  Loretta Sanchez (Dem)   10,413   56.6 %  
   Tan Nguyen (Rep)         8,016   43.4 %  

[goldstategop]

Poochigian will lose but he's running a surprisingly strong race. Neverthless Brown probably can't take office because he's ineligible.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[calcowgirl]

Do you think Prop. 90 will pass? I hope so.

I think it's gonna be a nail biter. the "No" campaign poured tons of money and lies into the debate and there was literally no "Pro" campaign.

Fingers crossed!

[newzjunkey]

White House's first reaction to Dems House takeover is optimism for getting "comprehensive immigration reform."

[rivercat]

1D is at 50.1% and trending down.

[calcowgirl]

Jerry Brown (Dem)	874,827	50.9 %	
Chuck Poochigian (Rep)	763,746	44.4 %

Just goes to show you how bad the polls were. Field had it 56% to 30% just a few days ago.

[goldstategop]

Yeah. I'd hate to see a good measure go down to defeat for want of getting the story out. Still all the tax increase propositions are DOA.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[rivercat]

The dillholes in my county(Sonoma) are passing the stupid Smart Rail , but Marin county is NOT passing theirs. They both have to pass in order for the train to be built.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Looks like we still have a split on the BOE. WE NEED TONY STRICKLAND TO WIN!

Board of Equalization All Districts
13.4% ( 960 of 7147 ) precincts reporting as of Nov 7, 2006 at 9:06 pm  
  
District 1  
  
Candidate Votes Percent 
  Betty T. Yee (Dem) 324,487 58.5 %  
  David J. Neighbors (Rep) 203,256 36.7 %  
  Kennita Watson (Lib) 14,612 2.6 %  
  David Campbell (NP) 12,405 2.2 %  
  
District 2  
  
Candidate Votes Percent 
  Tim Raboy (Dem) 188,790 33.8 %  
*  Bill Leonard (Rep) 339,682 60.8 %  
  Willard Del Michlin (Lib) 14,306 2.5 %  
  Richard R. Perry (NP) 16,705 2.9 %  
  
District 3  
  
Candidate Votes Percent 
  Mary Christian-Heising (Dem) 140,644 33.4 %  
  Michelle Steel (Rep) 265,524 63.0 %  
  Mary Lou Finley (NP) 15,501 3.6 %  
  
District 4  
  
Candidate Votes Percent 
  Judy May Chu (Dem) 157,435 55.8 %  
  Glen Forsch (Rep) 108,048 38.3 %  
  Monica W. Kadera (Lib) 11,955 4.2 %  
  Cindy Varela Henderson (NP) 4,955 1.7 %  

[newzjunkey]

I admit, I didn't expect Poochigian to do so well against the legendary Brown.

[CounterCounterCulture]

John Chiang (Dem) 837,444 44.5 %  
Tony Strickland (Rep) 895,141 47.5 %  

13.9% ( 3500 of 25090 ) precincts reporting as of Nov 7, 2006 at 9:06 pm

[newzjunkey]

Sec. of State, 13.9% reporting

John Chiang (Dem)	837,444	44.5 %	
Tony Strickland (Rep)	895,141	47.5 %

[ThomasThomas]

Riverside County still hasn't post in results and they are conservative.