Posted on 11/13/2006 7:37:33 PM PST by Norman Bates
Breaking from Fox News: Congressman Dave Reichert (R) defeats Darcy Burner (D).
He got my vote, gald to see he is winning. Also, you're right, I have lived south of Puyallup for over 16 years now (used to live in North Bend/Snoqualmie), and this place is REALLY growing. We're even getting a Wal-Mart! Progress is good, I suppose, but the traffic on Meridian sure SUCKS!
Has anyone else heard about all the bags of absentee ballots (in King County) that have broken zippers and compromised seals (over 20,000 absentee ballots). Last I heard, they were contemplating whether or not to even COUNT them! Wonder if Darcy will demand they be counted? Could be interesting.
Mama
Wonder what would happen if the cowardly Republicans had spine enough to look into vote fraud in all the close elections?
RINO, but it's all we got
"...So is Reichert a conservative Republican or another RINO?..."
That's my question, too. Some of these so-called Republicans leave one shaking their head in disbelief!
~ Blue Jays ~
He's an amalgam......he's a very conservative Christian (I've gone to his church)....but, he votes liberal on many things......I live in his district....actually I sat behind him in High School classes.....LOL....BUT....most would probably call him a RINO if you look at his voting record.
"Hayworth got crushed."
In whose universe? All he needs is 5818 to take it. I wouldn't consider that "crushed". But then I'm not a Democrat.
Sorry I won't believe it until all the overstuffed bags of ballots are all counted and Burner does not ask for a recount. Sorry been burned too many times. I hope Reichert will prevail.
interesting Hildy -- doesn't jive with what CH5 news in Phoenix said at noon, they had the uncounted for Maricopa County at 185,000. I saw an election blog today I can only assume is out of ASU that is calling him all sorts of names for not conceeding the election.... they are gleeful that he 'lost.' I really, really hope he pulls it out... especially with Mitchell went to DC to have his picture taken with the incoming Freshman class of '06.
"Of course, that should have happened in 04!"
I agree with that and add that it should have happened in 2000 as well. Slade should have won that race over Maria, and, I heard there were shennanigans going on then, too. Wouldn't surprise me given the cr*pola that happened in the '04 election!
It is in the headline. Sorry for not being more specific.
That "Hayworth election update" is almost 4 days old.
Once again, if JD loses we can thank all the Arizonan's who voted Libertarian in his district. Looks like just about the right amount to put him over the top.
Of course, she has of yet to follow his advice.
Impossible. Why, the man has to be 40 if he's a day... ;-)
Bump!
That is exactly what I was thinking. It's all of those ASu grads who are living out there.
...Excepting those dumped into the Willamette River by the postman.
I hate gerrymandering regardless of the party. They should throw a grid onto a map and be done with it. Some of the districts here are so large that the official can't really take care of the entire area.
From soundpolitics.com:
Reichert declared winner, Burner refuses to concede
State Congressional Delegation News
by Stefan Sharkansky, 07:52 PM Nov 13, 2006
The Seattle Times "Developing News" box on the home page at this writing says that Reichert has "declared victory". The Associated Press now reports that Dave Reichert has been re-elected, but
Burner's campaign refused to concede the race, saying it believed the Democrat could stay alive after some 20,000 absentee ballots dropped off at polling sites are counted.
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It was unclear how many of the ballots were from the state's 8th District, but the Burner campaign said heavy turnout from strongly Democratic areas could boost her fortunes.
Far be it from me to call a race conclusively over before either all the votes are counted or one of the candidates concedes, but Burner doesn't have much basis to remain hopeful.
King and Pierce Counties just reported their Monday numbers (see Sec. of State's site)
Reichert's overall lead has increased to 4,727 votes, or 2.27% (51.14% - 48.86%)
Reichert expanded his lead in Pierce by 560 votes out of 3,344 new ballots, a margin of 16.75%, his strongest daily margin yet. His overall margin in Pierce County is now 13.79%. He also gained a net 653 votes in King County, a daily margin of nearly 6% for Reichert. He's now ahead in King County by 9 votes.
How could Darcy Burner win at this point? King County has tabulated about 34,000 ballots since Burner's campaign estimated Thursday that there were 70,000 ballots left there. Even if Pierce County doesn't add another vote to Reichert's lead, Burner would need to win the remaining King County ballots by a 13.2% margin, 56.6% - 43.4%.
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