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To Joe and ‘me’:
You’re correct in most of what you’re saying.
The candidate was Kevin Zeese. Only the Maryland Green Party was dumb enough to give him a ballot line for his campaign. Immediately afterwards he ran as an Independent. When even asked by the media what party he was one of his sons/campaign worker said he’s ‘Independent’. Basically he punked the GP in this state.
Also, 3 times the GP candidate for governor, Ed Boyd (presente) and his running mate made overtures to the Zeese campaign for a mutual endorsement; common sense as both were state-wide races in the same party. What we didn’t know was that he was behind the scenes, and even up front at times, promoting a 4th party candidate who’s only success in this election was to deny Boyd the 1% needed for 2 more years of ballot access. They got it by petitioning, just the same.
Zeese also lied to my wife, part of the Boyd campaign, and a candidate herself for a State Delegate’s position, about his role in this whole affair; that he was working on behalf of the other party against ‘his own’.
I speak from authority as I was the campaign manager for the Boyd/Madigan ticket.
He was no anomaly. He knew very well how to take a weak party and manipulate it for his own personal aggrandizement.
Some state GP’s are very weak and very susceptible to charlatans that speak well and have $ connections but not an ounce of integrity.
His entourage of 2 or 3 were even running as Greens in other elections while serving as members of the governing body of that 4th party. Their screeds on list serves that were against us, and even from one who was on vacation , bordered on the deranged and pathetic.
They couldn’t handle real Green activists who had the balls to stand up to hypocrites, bigots and morons, even when some were Green.
This is over. I and my wife have moved on. We even are no longer in the Party although we have supported the good Reverend. We support good, real Greens, and if we should move to another state we’d gladly join the GP again if they focus on politics and not pure personalities.
“Adding blocs of votes & maximizing instead of competing & minimizing etc”
…and he played two of the parties against one another, from what i hear.
….there was confusion and ambivalence because the candidate was an opportunist who told the media that he was an “Independent” after he got the nomination.
Me, I already know about it. It doesn’t count. It basically was an anomaly. There was confusion, ambivalence, uncertainty etc. this time the whole thing will be thoroughly publicized with emphasis on voter education of what is asked of them. & clarification of what it is NOT- merger of the two parties, renunciation of beliefs, one party having preference etc. & what it IS-vote coordination. Adding blocs of votes & maximizing insteadof competing & minimizing etc.
Do your researchL PLAS was tried in Maryland esnate race in 2006, much to the ire of many Greens in that state and at the shock of many Greens nationally for the MD Greens allowing it. Anyway, it was a miserable failure.
Third Party Revolution // Nov 4, 2009 at 9:55 pm
“Hopefully 2010 will be our year.”
—– Hopefully 2008 was to be our year, but it wasn’t!
In Charlotte, NC, Libertarian Travis Wheat received 6600 votes, 1.7%, in a partisan race for city council. He was one of nine candidates for four seats elected at-large (there are also seven seats elected from districts). That compares to LP candidates who received 4600 votes in 2001 and 5500 votes in 2003 in the same race (Libertarians weren’t ballot-qualified for ’05 and ’07 elections). In NC, the Libertarian Party is the only ballot-qualified alternative party.
paganstorm, sorry, I meant to say you have joined The Crazy Losers Club. Whether you like it or not.
pro pot anti pot, I look forward to the possibility of meeting Catholic Trotskyist &/or The Last Conservative in Massachusetts. TPR, with a win in Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate, 2010 would get off to a roaring start! paganstorm, yes you are crazy here. As to your second question, let’s ask Prof. Phillies. According to him the LP is giving the Kennedy campaign some sort of ambivalent signals.
Paganstorm , THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION!
Am I crazy here, or should there have been something on the Libertarian Party’s website mentioning there was an election coming up? Isn’t that what political parties do?
Hopefully 2010 will be our year.
Ironically, Catholic Trotskyist, “The Last Conservative” and I almost moved to Boston. But we decided to stay in sunny California. But if Catholic Trotskyist and The Last Conservative finish their mission for the Vatican, maybe they can go to Massachusetts to campaign for the PLAS.
George, Solomon Drek @68 says he saw Kennedy on a free oil commercial. Is that right? Would that be Bobby Kennedy’s son’s Citgo oil free home heating oil program? Venezuela gave Bush a finger by offering Citgo oil to this program. Good program. Good segue for Joe Kennedy to get some publicity. Evidently Kennedy cares more about the poor & his program than he does about who replaces his uncle in the Senate. Good for BOTH Kennedys!
OR… the LP could just meet in a phone booth (if there still are any!)
I wish it was warm & sunny in the winter like CA or AZ or FL or TX or HAWAII! But no, east coast Massachusetts. Oh well. Let’s try to make the best of it. The LP could get a discount rate at some nice hotel. Or maybe people could visit friends/family & stay a while. Or go skiing. Visit NH Freestaters. Or VT progressives. SOMETHING to make the best of it.
Geez Bob… take your meds and say good night.
George Phillies@63, I propse that ALL Lib & Green party officials, candidats & activists support Joe Kennedy Libertarian for Senator in Massachusetts. We send more $ & more signature gatherers for now. Later, I guess after New Years, anyone who possiblycan go to Mass. & knock on every door for voter education about the PLAS. & on Jan. 19 we all stand outside polling places with signs & brochures/leaflets & talk with voters going in. Let the exit pollers & newspeople have them after they vote! We can call this the Progressive Libertarian Alliance Strategy Experiment. If a Green were to win in liberal Massachusetts, skeptics & critics & pundits etc would say it wasn’t the Strategy, it was liberal/progressive Massachusetts. So let’s pursuade the progressives to vote for the Libertarian in this case. A victory or near victory by a LIBERTARIAN! in Massachusetts would be undeniably due to the PLAS. & would set the stage for a rush to get a Libertarian OR a Green on every ballot first in 2010. Firstn on the ballot gets recognition for the Strategy. I personally am willing to go to Mass. if I get some support. Right now I don’t even have gas money! I need $ + a motorhome + solar panels. The motorhome could double as my campaign vehicle. I want EVERYBODY involved & the whole 9-bumper stickers Brian, t shirts, yard signs, magnetic signs for cars etc. & tv commercials & youtubes & websites & daily polling & letters to editors etc. Libertarians & Greens/progressives. I say we can win!
We have a comprehensive state-by-state list of Green Party election results at:
http://network.greenchange.org/news/10962-2009-election
George@63: “It was generally known that she was a Libertarian. The local Democratic Party organization supported her.”
So Milnes was right! A Libertarian/Left alliance strategy does work.
Speaking of Milnes I intended to write-in his name for NJ Governor but I got cold feet and voted for Daggett instead.
“His efforts to contact the national party have so far gone unanswered.”
I don’t get it. Is he running an independent campaign or as the Libertarian Party candidate?
BTW I saw him on TV a few days ago doing a commercial for some Venezuelan oil company that is giving away free heating oil to the poor. Seems like a nice guy. I hope he wins.
Sorry, Michael, I must have misread or read it too early or something. Were any third partisans elected other than Cam Gordon?
Check out the NY Daily News articles on the Dan Halloran campaign. You could say his religion “became an issue” in the race for City Council.
http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Dan+Halloran
The GPNY site http://gpnys.org has updated totals, as of this morning, and links to the sites reporting results, and the candidates web sites.
With all of the city’s 404 precincts reporting, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl appears to have garnered 28,528 votes (55.4%) to 13,060 votes for Franco “Dok” Harris (25.4%) and 9,903 for Kevin Acklin (19.2%). While the two independent candidates carried quite a few precincts yesterday, the incumbent Democratic mayor apparently carried each of the city’s 32 wards — albeit a few of them by the narrowest of margins.
Though given virtually no chance by the Pittsburgh media, Harris and Acklin nevertheless combined for an impressive 64% of the vote in city’s 7th ward, encompassing Harris’s neighborhood, and 62% of the vote in the traditionally liberal 14th ward, where Acklin resides. The combined votes for Acklin and Harris also exceeded Ravenstahl’s totals in the 4th, 8th, 11th and 22nd wards. (The University of Pittsburgh is located in the 8th ward.)
Carol McMahon, former Treasurer of our state Libertarian organization, has been elected to town office in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. The office was non-partisan. It was generally known that she was a Libertarian. The local Democratic Party organization supported her.
Libertarian Joe Kennedy is still collecting signatures to be placed on the ballot as a candidate for US Senate, Massachusetts special election. The deadline for submission is November 24. Kennedy reports that he has over 11,000 raw signatures collected…a reasonable number with a safety margin for the 10,000 certified required is 15,000 raw signatures. His efforts to contact the national party have so far gone unanswered.
In a non-partisan city council race in Cedar Falls, Iowa Libertarian Nick Taiber won a plurality but fell short of the majority needed to advance to a run-off. A win would give the LP council members in two of Iowa’s largest/most important cities with Bill Lynn in Davenport.
http://www.wcfcourier.com/news/local/article_dcf8bcb8-c906-11de-8cde-001cc4c002e0.html
Prof Phillies, did your candidate qualify for the ballot? I see no Green mentioned on wikipedia. Nov. 3 was the deadline. If so, the stage is set to give the PLAS a fair try!
pro pot anti pot @58, yes we should be fair,& not always laugh. Even losers don’t always lose. & winners don’t always win. Even dems & reps lose about half the time. & ballot initiatives win sometimes.
Oh, and the pro-pot measure passed in a Colorado town, decriminalizing medical marijuana. Pro-pot and anti-pot people shouldn’t let their bitter campaigns distract them from the value of forming an alliance against those who are apathetic about pot. Remember, Chris Daggett could have won with 60% if he had endorsed the strategy, and Kaplan could have won with 40%. But did they listen to me? No, so welcome to the Crazy Losers club, Daggett and Kaplan.
In fairness, It does seem there was some independent victory, in the mayoral race in Toledo, Ohio, where a Democrat was defeated. I read about it on a Republican site called Free Republic, where they are very happy about it. Ohio also passed a measure to allow gambling.
Thanks Robert!
With about 98% of the precincts reporting, Libertarian Marakay Rogers for Superior Court has 121,340 votes or 2%. The highest statewide vote-getter also is in this race, and has 901,290 votes, or 15%. This has implications for our ballot access next year, which if things hold up figures to be one of the easiest signature gathering requirements we will have had in a long time.
Interesting events in Maine from what I read. Voters turned down gay marriage and voted in favor of medical marijuana. On the surface this look odd but maybe the deveil is in the details.
pro pot anti pot, here you are! unfortunately i’m pretty tired. may call it a night. but you are an excellent stand in.
Mike Indiana – I don’t think NYS has straight ticket voting.
Yay, Democrat Garamendi won in US House race in California! Third party losers get single digits again.
Ross @ 38
Actually more than 2 votes. In fact given that I had no campaign lit, did not get any lawn signs, no debates and in fact campaigned for Jeanine Estime of the Greens, I was pleasantly surprised by this
Results for the City/Township of 43000 – City of Minneapolis
COUNCIL MEMBER WARD-W-08 – 1st CHOICE (CITY OF Minneapolis-135)
Totals Pct Graph
Green JEANINE ESTIME 469 14.67
Republican DAVID REGAN 174 5.44
Democratic-Farmer-Labor ELIZABETH GLIDDEN 2393 74.87
Independent GREGORY MCDONALD 115 3.60
Open Progressive MICHAEL J. CAVLAN 42 1.31
Write-In WRITE-IN** 3 0.09
I also did fairly well with the 2nd and 3rd choices as well.
Great cry in your beer music: Election Blues by Canned Heat (1973) from “The New Age” album
PEACE
The latest returns for Nov. 3 races in California with LP endorsements will be kept up-to-date at http://www.calfreedom.net/2009/11/latest-results-from-nov-3-election.html
Ithaca, New York
Jennifer Dotson was re-elected to the Common Council Ward 1 she was unopposed.
Dotson a registered Green was the Green Party and Democratic Party nominee.
She received
166 votes on the Democratic Party ballot line
46 votes on the Green Party ballot line
http://www.tompkins-co.org/boe/2009/General/09%20Results/ITHACA%20CITY%20ALDERPERSON%20WARD%201.pdf
In 2007 Dotson (a registered Green) was also the Green & Dem nominee
Anyone know if New York has straight ticket voting?
Independent candidate for NJ governor turned out to be a non factor in the race. He didn’t even achieve spoiler status because his vote total was less than Chris Christie’s margin of victory.
I voted for Daggett but evidently he just did not have enough resources to compete despite public financing, televised debates, and the endorsement of the state’s largest newspaper.
Hoffman just conceded. Damned Republican just stole the election from the third party candidate. Perhaps we should make it tougher for Republicans to get on the ballot if their only intention is to spoil the vote. 🙂
New Haven, Connecticut
Incumbent Green Alderman Allan Brison (Ward 10) lost his bid for re-election
Justin Elicker (D) 618 votes (66%)
Allan Brison (G) 320 votes (34%)
The New Haven Board of Aldermen is once again made up of only Democrats.
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/11/notes_from_ward.php
Update, Ebert Beeman, Libertarian running as Republican, did win:
COUNTY COUNCIL 6TH DISTRICT
VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN 1
(WITH 23 OF 23 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
GERALD D. PRICE, JR. (DEM). . . . . 1,851 28.93
EBERT G. BEEMAN (REP) . . . . . . 2,054 32.10
ALBERT Bert TAYLOR (GRN) . . . . . 169 2.64
STEVEN PORTER (IND) . . . . . . . 754 11.78
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1,570 24.54
Libertarian candidates did take two Mayor races in Venango County, one Township Supervisor in Clarion County, and at least one Borough Council seat in Washington County, all in PA.
Washington results:
http://vote.wa.gov/Elections/WEI/Results.aspx?RaceTypeCode=M&JurisdictionTypeID=-2&ElectionID=32&ViewMode=Results
Halloran took a Democrat seat and is an avowed pagan.
Minneapolis
With 10 of 11 precincts (91%) reporting
Green Cam Gordon will easily be re-elected to the city council.
(IRV used but only a two candidate race)
Cam Gordon – 2,202 votes
Allen A. Aigbogun – 365 votes
http://elections.startribune.com/returns/coumsm.html
Gordon was endorsed by:
* 5th Congressional District Green Party
* Sierra Club North Star Chapter
* Take Action Minnesota
* Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
* International Association of Firefighters, Local 82 (Minneapolis)
* Teamsters Local 120
* Service Employees International Union Minnesota State Council (SEIU)
* Minnesota Nurses Association
* Minneapolis Building and Construction Trades Council
* AFSCME Council 5
http://www.camgordon.org/
Wow, endorsed by all those parties?
Dan Halloran, the Republican, Independence, Conservative and Libertarian candidate is leading for NYC Council in Queens.
Our very own Michael Cavlan got 2 votes in the first round of his city council race in Minneapolis. He got over 20% in the other rounds, but those don’t matter because the winner got a majority in the first round.
The Green Party is once again on the path to winning several city council races in major and midsized cities.
In Massachusetts
Chuck Turner was re-elected to the Boston city council.
CHUCK TURNER – 5,516 (59.83%)
CARLOS T. HENRIQUEZ – 3,641 (39.49%)
Write-in Votes 63 (0.68%)
100% reporting
http://www.cityofboston.gov/elections/currentelections/
In Portland, Maine
Kevin Donoghue was re-elected (2nd term) to the City Council
Kevin Donoghue 1,779 votes (66%)
Charles Bragdon 915 (34%)
The Greens will also win in Minneapolis with Cam Gordon sure to cruise to a re-election victory in City Council Ward 2.
I was very interested in seeing Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) played out in the Minneapolis Mayor race.
It turned out to be disappointing.
I am not positive how to read all this. But, I believe that the incumbent wins on the first round, since he got over 50% of the vote.
Providing link and stats below for people to see how various third party folks stood up. Both Al Flowers and Papa John Kolstad had links with the Green Party, though, neither was running as a green this time around.
I think the Papa John camp truly thought they had a chance. He was running on an independent line, and then accepted Republican endorsement and line, too.
http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20091103/SelectRaces.asp?M=MCD&rq=27%3A43000&txt=43000%20-%20City%20of%20Minneapolis
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Democratic-Farmer-Labor
DICK FRANSON 4.72%
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
R.T. RYBAK 69.85%
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
AL FLOWERS 3.66%
Socialist Workers
TOM FISKE 1.58%
Libertarian
CHRISTOPHER CLARK 3.73%
Edgertonite National Party
JOHN CHARLES WILSON 0.38%
Is Awesome
JOEY LOMBARD 1.31%
Independent Civic Leader
PAPA JOHN KOLSTAD 12.77%
Social Entrepreneurship
JAMES R. EVERETT 0.57%
New Dignity Party
BILL MCGAUGHEY 0.52%
Moderate Progressive Censored
BOB CARNEY, JR. 0.45%
Write-In WRITE-IN** “26” 0.45%
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Democratic-Farmer-Labor DICK FRANSON 630 20.96
Democratic-Farmer-Labor R.T. RYBAK 438 14.57
Democratic-Farmer-Labor AL FLOWERS 718 23.89
Socialist Workers TOM FISKE 184 6.12
Libertarian CHRISTOPHER CLARK 202 6.72
Edgertonite National Party JOHN CHARLES WILSON 24 0.80
Is Awesome JOEY LOMBARD 166 5.52
Independent Civic Leader PAPA JOHN KOLSTAD 434 14.44
Social Entrepreneurship JAMES R. EVERETT 51 1.70
New Dignity Party BILL MCGAUGHEY 68 2.26
Moderate Progressive Censored BOB CARNEY, JR. 67 2.23
Write-In WRITE-IN** 24 0.80
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# MAYOR – 3rd CHOICE (CITY OF Minneapolis-135)
Totals Pct Graph
Democratic-Farmer-Labor DICK FRANSON 514 23.33
Democratic-Farmer-Labor R.T. RYBAK 312 14.16
Democratic-Farmer-Labor AL FLOWERS 438 19.88
Socialist Workers TOM FISKE 120 5.45
Libertarian CHRISTOPHER CLARK 113 5.13
Edgertonite National Party JOHN CHARLES WILSON 40 1.82
Is Awesome JOEY LOMBARD 236 10.71
Independent Civic Leader PAPA JOHN KOLSTAD 196 8.90
Social Entrepreneurship JAMES R. EVERETT 68 3.09
New Dignity Party BILL MCGAUGHEY 65 2.95
Moderate Progressive Censored BOB CARNEY, JR. 68 3.09
Write-In WRITE-IN** 33 1.50
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Some Green news:
http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2009/11/03/green-party-election-results/
In District 29 of NY City Council, a Working Families Party candidate ran against a Dem and a Rep. The WF candidate came in 3rd w/ 15%, Dem won.
I meant their best chance for a win within New York City.
“The Green Party’s best chance for a win is not looking good in New York City”
Id say their best chance is in that Cleveland, Ohio city council race.
With 37% reporting from Maine, over 60% of voters are approving this ballot question:
Do you want to change the medical marijuana laws to allow treatment of more medical conditions and to create a regulated system of distribution?
There’s good election coverage at http://ballotpedia.org as well.
Looks like the incumbent Democratic mayor of Pittsburgh was reelected.
Conservative Party candidate for Congress Doug Hoffman is losing to Democrat Bill Owens by about 4%. The Republican who withdrew from the race but still has her name on the ballot is getting about 5% of the vote.
Actually, only 37% is reporting in Maine so that could change a lot.
Wow, the gay marriage veto on the ballot in Maine is split between yes/no by a few dozen votes out of over 215,000. Looks like a recount is in the near future.
Interesting results from Long Island. (this is all from the NY Times page)
Suffolk County Legislature:
1. Independent re-elected w/o opponent
2. Looks like a legislator was elected solely on the Working Families ballot line in District 3, although I’m not sure
3. Independent lost re-election to Republican
A Green versus a Communist? Where’s McCarthy when you need him?
XD
The Green Party’s best chance for a win is not looking good in New York City. Lynne Serpe, who raised over $100,000 with public financing, is only getting 23% of the vote w/ over 50% of precincts reporting. She had a Democratic and a Populist Party opponent – the Populist is getting about 2% of the vote.
Indy Greens always say, “Winning is participating.”
“On the ballot and in the debate helps define the debate.”
So far tonight, no Indy Greens have been elected.
They are pleased with the positive progress, and every improving results…
NY Times has some great breakdowns and maps of races. NYC mayor race:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2009/results/index.html
We need a paper trial.
The sobering fact remains. 9 years after Diebold election theft…
We still have no paper trail. It has been proven in court these computer voting machines can, and are being hacked.
Yet the two larger parties with the power to remedy this, go quietly along.
…Silver Persinger is with the Free Party…
This is the second election cycle the INdy Greens have endorsed him.
The highest Daggett has is 10% in Warren County, NJ with 63% reporting.
Very good county-by-county breakdown of NJ:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2009/results/new-jersey.html
Isn’t Silver Persinger with the Free Party?
Did any Independent Greens win?
Independent Greens in Virginia with a record number of endorsee/nominees in Virginia for House of Delegates had an outstanding election day.
Sherman Witcher received over 20% of the vote in two way race.
Craig Ennis has over 24% of vote in two way race with 50% of votes reported.
Gail for Rail Parker, Monique Berry, Anna Marie Choi, Col. Jim Leslie, Col. Albert Burckard, Shirley Harvey all received between 2 and 4% in three, or four way races.
Matt Carson received over 26% in two way race.
French Mackes got 17% of vote.
Robert Smith nearly 20%.
Gordon Hesel came in 2nd in three way race with about 34%.
Otis Brown is over 20% of vote.
Silver Persinger is nearing 20% with about 50% of votes counted.
Todd Jacks got about 18% with 60% of votes counted.
Paul Cornett is at about 30% of the vote.
Will Smith at 15% of vote in two way race.
UPDATE…Anna Marie Choi is up to 7% as votes continue to be counted…
Gary R. Reinhardt nearing 30% …
William K. “Bill” Grogan also at 30%
John O. Parmele, Jr. at 4%
Anthony J. “Trip” Triplin 17%
John W. Smith, Jr 1%
….Virginia’s Indy Greens with their best election night ever….
Results from my county (Montgomery County, PA):
East Norriton Supervisor
4/8 50.00%
Under Votes 288
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
Dem – John A. Zurzola 744 22.38%
Dem – Harris A. Dainoff 724 21.77%
Rep – Barry Papiernik 782 23.52%
Rep – Kevin T. McDevitt 747 22.47%
Ind – Kevin D. Dyson 328 9.86%
Total 3,325 100.00%
Upper Merion School Director At Large
13/18 72.22%
Under Votes 690
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
Dem – Joan M. Kellett 3,045 88.39%
Ind – Robert S. Krutsick 400 11.61%
Total 3,445 100.00%
Upper Pottsgrove Commissioner
0/1 0.00%
Under Votes 72
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
Dem – Julie Gallisdorfer 85 8.10%
Dem – Armando Johnson 94 8.96%
Dem – Herbert C. Miller Jr. 216 20.59%
Rep – Peter J. Dolan 167 15.92%
Rep – Russell F. Noll 167 15.92%
Ind – Rich Ball 108 10.30%
Ind – Joe Kaminski 99 9.44%
Ind – Robert Sloss 113 10.77%
Total 1,049 100.00%
Trent, I’m about to go to bed. I could just do a quick, no effort post on it if you’d like me to.
“It looks like Green Party member Brian Cummings is beating Communist Party’s Rick Nagin in Cleveland’s 14th ward, 57%-43%”
Ross–if you get a chance, do a blog on this. It’s the most interesting race tonight from a third party perspective, I think. Make the headline something like “Green beating Communist in Cleveland, Ohio election” Something that will grab attention =)
Also–Id like to thank Eric Garris, of Antiwar.com and Lewrockwell.com, for linking us on the LRC blog–we’ve gotten about 4000 hits from that in two days.
Looks like the Libertarian-turned-Republican will win. Anyone know if he’s a Ron Pauler?
Also from Erie County, PA:
TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR WATERFORD TOWNSHIP
VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN 1
(WITH 2 OF 2 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
FLORY A. KONDZIELSKI (DEM). . . . . 354 46.34
WILLIAM BRACE (REP) . . . . . . . 351 45.94
PEGGY BEEMAN (LIB) . . . . . . . 58 7.59
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1 .13
STRAIGHT PARTY
VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN 1
(WITH 148 OF 154 PRECINCTS COUNTED 96.10%)
DEMOCRATIC (DEM) . . . . . . . . 5,670 58.19
REPUBLICAN (REP) . . . . . . . . 3,919 40.22
GREEN (GRN). . . . . . . . . . 9 .09
INDEPENDENT (IND). . . . . . . . 39 .40
LIBERTARIAN (LIB). . . . . . . . 107 1.10
(I believe those percentages are out of total straight party votes – in PA there is a button that automatically casts your votes for everyone of a certain party on the ballot)
JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN 4
(WITH 148 OF 154 PRECINCTS COUNTED 96.10%)
ROBERT J. COLVILLE (DEM) . . . . . 18,948 11.91
KEVIN FRANCIS McCARTHY (DEM) . . . . 19,853 12.47
ANNE. E. LAZARUS (DEM) . . . . . . 19,930 12.52
TERESA SARMINA (DEM). . . . . . . 18,237 11.46
JUDY OLSON (REP) . . . . . . . . 23,654 14.86
SALLIE MUNDY (REP) . . . . . . . 20,338 12.78
TEMP SMITH (REP) . . . . . . . . 14,375 9.03
PAULA OTT (REP) . . . . . . . . 19,426 12.21
MARAKAY J. ROGERS (LIB). . . . . . 4,272 2.68
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 111 .07
(those are just the results of that race from Erie)
The results for this race: https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/10/green-democrat-turned-independent-and-libertarian-turned-republican-face-off-in-erie/
are interesting.
There is a Lib-turned-Rep running, the incumbent Rep is running a write-in campaign, a Green is running, and an independent and Democrat are both running as well.
Results:
http://www.eriecountygov.org/dept/voter/pdf/2009/election/election953.pdf
COUNTY COUNCIL 6TH DISTRICT
VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN 1
(WITH 19 OF 23 PRECINCTS COUNTED 82.61%)
GERALD D. PRICE, JR. (DEM). . . . . 1,643 29.01
EBERT G. BEEMAN (REP) . . . . . . 1,864 32.91
ALBERT Bert TAYLOR (GRN) . . . . . 164 2.90
STEVEN PORTER (IND) . . . . . . . 698 12.32
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1,295 22.86
The independent previously ran for Congress as a Democrat in 2006 and then Congress as a write-in independent last year.
It looks like Green Party member Brian Cummings is beating Communist Party’s Rick Nagin in Cleveland’s 14th ward, 57%-43%
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/elections/elections.html
(click cuyahoga county)
In Lorain county, both Libertarians are losing their respective Lorain City Council races (this is one of the very few cities in Ohio to use partisan ballots for city council races).
In Marion County, Libertarians Angela Williams and Spencer Phelps are losing their respective races.
In Gahanna, Libertarian City Councilman John McAlister is running unopposed for a fourth term.
PEACE
PA election results:
http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/
The only statewide race with a third party candidate was superior court, with Libertarian Marakay Rogers running. Four candidates win in that race, with maybe eight or nine running. Rogers is in last with 53% of precincts reporting and about 2% of the vote.
An independent got about 12% for Atlantic City mayor. I’ve only seen one independent victory tonight so far and that’s in Hoboken, NJ – although there must be a story behind that.
Gene Baldasseri, the first Modern Whig Party candidate to run for office with the party’s name on the ballot next to his, only has 1% of the vote in New Jersey’s 14th Assembly district. There are two winners in this race and five people running, and 41% of precincts are reporting.
Apparently in Hoboken, NJ only independents were running for mayor. Maybe that’s just how they list a non-partisan race on the website I linked to.
Statewide results from NJ-Gov with every candidate listed (other races also available):
http://elections.nj.com/dynamic/files/elections/2009/by_state/NJ_Governor_1103.html?SITE=NJNEWELN&SECTION=POLITICS
Daggett has just over 5% of the vote, with 60% of the precincts reporting.
That’s not that many votes at all for such a big city. Darcy, do you have a link to where you’re getting that info?
In Pittsburgh’s mayoral contest, independent candidates Franco “Dok” Harris and Kevin Acklin are combining for approximately 44% of the vote against incumbent Democratic Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.
With 200 of the city’s 404 precincts reporting, Ravenstahl, whose name is listed on both major-party tickets, has 13,633 votes to 5,892 for Harris and 4,836 votes for Acklin.
Doug Hoffman is well on his way to a win, Ken Cuccinelli, the Ron Paul endorsed candidate for Attorney General in Virginia, has won. It’s going to be an interesting night for the Republican establihsment.