"Oh cool your jets, Olympia! It's just those teabaggers!"
"But, they're like, getting closer!"
Posted on 11/03/2010 5:56:26 AM PDT by paul in cape
For the first time in decades, the GOP wrestled control of the Governorship, the State Senate AND the State House away from the Democrats.
Pretty amazing.
It will get less press than the House and Senate races, but the rebuilding of the farm system through the Governorships and state houses may be the most critical development in this election. The difficulties the GOP had starting in ‘06 had their infancy probably as far back as the late 1990’s and certainly after the election of President Bush. Governorships and state houses were lost depleting our ability to put strong candidates into position for national races.
The Tea Party movement has played a significant role in producing a new set of candidate for future runs at the Senate and White House.
Academic now but in a 2 way race I think LePage would have prevailed over Mitchell as a lot of people viewed her as too extreme for the governorship. Cutler, in spite of being liberal, seems to have had an aura of moderation and he may have bested Paul in a 2-way.
Let the redistricting begin!!!!
The last time the GOP won the House in Maine was indeed 1972 (although coming close in the past decade), and tied the Senate as recently as 2001-03 (when the Dems and GOP rotated positions as Senate President), and the last time they won it outright was 1994. But the GOP hasn’t apparently won the legislature AND the Governorship at the same time since 1962.
What a FANTASTIC night for Republicans in Tennessee!! Tennessee has gained 14 seats in the STATE House and 1 in the Senate. For the first time in history, Republicans control the House, Senate with a Republican Governor!! Congrats to all our candidates.
Just off the top of my head...
AL House & Senate
IN House
IA House
ME House & Senate
MI House?
MN House & Senate
NH Senate (& House??)
NY Senate(??)
NC House & Senate
OH House
PA House
WI House & Senate
Wow! That’s going to take a bite out of the rats during redistricting!
I’m very happy LePage defeated the that crooked, skimmy, Socialist, SOB lawyer Cutler!
me too. This might end up being the bigger story than a gridlocked Congress.
Maine and Wisconsin flipped too?
Yes, 1962 sound right.
The results were a complete surprise. I will have better data later today but I understand for the state house no incumbent Republican lost, 16 Democrat incumbents losts and 6 open seats were won by Republicans.
In one night Maine turned from a very blue state to purple or even light red.
Yes, 1962 sound right.
The results were a complete surprise. I will have better data later today but I understand for the state house no incumbent Republican lost, 16 Democrat incumbents lost and 6 open seats were won by Republicans.
In one night Maine turned from a very blue state to purple or even light red.
Yes, 1962 sound right.
The results were a complete surprise. I will have better data later today but I understand for the state house no incumbent Republican lost, 16 Democrat incumbents lost and 6 open seats were won by Republicans.
In one night Maine turned from a very blue state to purple or even light red.
Yes, 1962 sound right.
The results were a complete surprise. I will have better data later today but I understand for the state house no incumbent Republican lost, 16 Democrat incumbents lost and 6 open seats were won by Republicans.
In one night Maine turned from a very blue state to purple or even light red.
Yes, except the Dummies in Dallas voted Dems back in and we have Eddie Bernice Johnson who stole 30,000+ in scholarship money and just got reelected. IDIOTS!
16 seats ? That’s better than the 13 or 14 we did in TN (where we now have nearly a 2-to-1 majority in the State House).
Has someone in the state called the election for Lepage?
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