All Posts Tagged With: "NY-23"
NY-23: Fighting The Forces Of Evil
Everyone thought the drama of the NY-23 special election was over after Doug Hoffman conceded the race and Bill Owens was sworn in. Bill Owens even got to vote for health care reform. However, an election recanvass found that Hoffman’s votes were dramatically undercounted in one counting, cutting Owen’s lead from 5000 votes [...]
19Nov2009 | Unstable Isotope | 31 comments | Continued
When Your Name Becomes A Verb
The Washington Post has a profile on unsuccessful Republican House candidate Dede Scozzafava and the fallout from the unusual race for NY-23.
Even as she now hopes to return to her normal life of local politics, laundry and choir practice for next month’s big performance of Bach’s Christmas Cantatas, the political forces that swept her up [...]
2009 Election Results: Mixed Night For Teabaggers
Here’s yesterday’s election results, as they stand right now:
VA-Gov
Bob McDonnell (R) 59%
Creigh Deeds (D) 41%
99% counted
A big win for Republicans in VA-Gov. This result was no surprise, Deeds was a crappy candidate. His problem was that he tried to run against President Obama, at one point even saying he would consider opting out [...]
Election Results Thread
We’ll be watching the results and updating you here. VA polls close at 7 pm, Maine and NJ close at 8 pm and NY polls close at 9 pm. We could actually be in for a long election if the votes are close, because then we’ll have to wait for absentee and provisional [...]
3Nov2009 | Unstable Isotope | 50 comments | Continued
Voter Intimidation In NY-23
Haven’t we seen the rhetoric from the right wing fringe getting more and more violent. I hope violence isn’t inevitable but I’ll bet you’re not surprised to hear that Hoffman supporters have been intimidating voters in NY-23:
I just got off the phone with former state Democratic Chairwoman June O’Neill, who informed me the police [...]
NY-23: Scozzafava Endorses Owens
The GOP war is now fully engaged:
Scozzafava released the following statement at 2 :06 p.m.:
I want to thank you for your support and friendship. Over the past 24 hours, I have had encouraging words sent to my family and me. Many of you have asked me whom you should support on Tuesday.
Since announcing the suspension [...]
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