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CA-05: Special Election

by Dem 724

Tue Jan 11, 2005 at 01:46:08 PM PDT

New story:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) on Tuesday set a special election for May 3 to choose a successor to Democratic Rep. Robert Matsui (news, bio, voting record), who died Jan. 1.

The announcement triggers an automatic March 8 primary for the Sacramento-area seat that Matsui held for 26 years. If a candidate wins a majority in the primary, the May election will not be necessary. Otherwise, the top vote-getters from each party will square off May 3.

Matsui's widow, Doris, a longtime Washington lobbyist who worked in the Clinton administration, has said she plans to run. State Sen. Deborah Ortiz, a Sacramento Democrat, is also considering a bid.

California's 5th Congressional district voted for Gore 60-35, so we should be able to keep this seat. It mostly depends on who the Democrat turns out to be.

Breaking News: Pledge of Allegiance

by Dem 724

Mon Jun 14, 2004 at 07:33:39 AM PDT

Story Link.

U.S. Supreme Court dismisses challenge to constitutionality of Pledge of Allegiance on technicality. Details soon.

Florida Poll

by Dem 724

Tue Jun 08, 2004 at 11:08:37 AM PDT

Rasmussen has released their poll for Florida, and it's showing the usual results. A tie.

Florida (April)

Kerry 46 (47)
Bush 46 (46)

MoE 4%

Very Bad Poll Results (CA)

by Dem 724

Fri May 07, 2004 at 06:16:15 PM PDT

Survey USA

California 5-4/5-6
Kerry 46
Bush 45
Undecided 9

635 likely voters, MoE 4.0%

CA Senate 5-4/5-6
Boxer 48
Jones 39
Undecided 13

631 likely voters, MoE 4.0%

Time to panic? I'm speechless.

More Polls (AZ and VT)

by Dem 724

Thu May 06, 2004 at 05:36:42 PM PDT

Yahoo News

Arizona 4/29-5/4 (2000 results)
Kerry 42 (45)
Bush 46 (51)
Undecided 12

Arizona w/Nader 4/29-5/4 (2000 results)
Kerry 37 (45)
Bush 45 (51)
Nader 7 (3)
Undecided 11

555 registered voters, MoE 4%

Vermont 4/28-4/30 (2000 results)
Kerry 51 (51)
Bush 36 (47)
Nader 4 (7)
Undecided 9

400 likely voters, MoE 5%

Vermont looks pretty safe, as most of us already knew. I'm really hoping Nader doesn't get on the ballot in Arizona. Our chances of winning Arizona without Nader are pretty good, but otherwise I don't know if we can do it.

Alabama SUSA Poll

by Dem 724

Wed May 05, 2004 at 04:19:24 PM PDT

Alabama Survey USA (5/1-5/3)
Bush 55%
Kerry 36%
Other/Undecided 8%

743 likely voters, MoE 3.7%

It's not like I expected Kerry to do any better in one of the most conservative states in the country.

Good News for Daschle?

by Dem 724

Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 11:44:26 AM PDT

"American Indian Bows Out of Senate Race
48 minutes ago  

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - An American Indian newspaper publisher dropped out of the race for Senate on Tuesday, saying he trusts Sen. Tom Daschle to focus on Indian issues in his re-election campaign.

Tim Giago had planned to run as an independent against Daschle, the Democratic incumbent, and former Rep. John Thune, a Republican. But he said Tuesday that he was concerned about hurting Daschle's chances in the race.

"I am not an unknown entity," said Giago, who publishes the weekly Lakota Journal. "I could have drawn a lot of support that would have drained the support from Sen. Daschle."

Giago said he met with Daschle on Saturday, and the senator agreed to meet in August with leaders from the nine Indian tribes in South Dakota.

Steve Hildebrand, Daschle's campaign manager, said the senator believes it's important to have "a unified effort in Indian Country."

Both Daschle and Thune candidates are running unopposed for their respective parties' nomination in the June 1 primary.

Dick Wadhams, a spokesman for Thune, said Giago's decision to leave the Senate race will have little impact on Thune's campaign, adding that Daschle will continue to have troubles among Indian voters.

Giago "never would have announced his candidacy if the problem didn't exist," Wadhams said.

The race is Thune's second bid for the Senate, following a narrow defeat in 2002 at the hands of Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=683&ncid=703&e=7&u=/ap/20040420/ap_o n_el_se/sd_senate

CNN's Battleground Map

by Dem 724

Sat Mar 27, 2004 at 08:19:34 PM PDT

Kerry-McCain Ticket

by Dem 724

Wed Mar 17, 2004 at 06:37:05 PM PDT

There have been many theoretical tickets, but none quite as interesting as this one. Not only would a Kerry-McCain ticket pull the usually Democratic vote, but it may as well pull more Independent and Republican votes from the Bush-Cheney ticket.

In addition to that, it may also force people to view Kerry as uniter, and that is certainly what the voters would like to see in their leader.

Of course, I highly doubt the likelihood of such a ticket. However, this would definitely be my favorite to go up against Bush-Cheney. Current polling on MSNBC shows that it would be a very strong ticket to take out BC.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4542473/

Poll

Would you like to see McCain as Kerry's VP?

49%76 votes
50%79 votes

| 155 votes | Vote | Results


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