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Rossi concedes Wa. senate race
- Thread starter muleman
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The incumbent democrat will be returned.
That still leaves 1 Senate seat that is still in limbo. ALASKA. The Democrat has already conceded. The race is between Miller, the official GOP (Tea Party) candidate and Murkowski, the write-in GOP (RINO) candidate.
Either winner will chalk up another SENATE win for the GOP, making the total GOP seats 47 (pick up of 7 seats).
BY THE WAY . . . over at the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
There are also 10 Democratic HOUSE incumbents who are in races that remain undecided. No doubt that some of those seats will be retained by the Democrats, but its also just as likely that some of them will flip parties and move over to the GOP side of the aisle. It will be interesting to see where this whole thing ends.
AND IN THE GOVERNORS RACES
The Connecticut race just gets more interesting. An entire bag of ballots was found today, uncounted. The GOP has asked the police to put the bag into evidence and keep it guarded until an election official can take official possession of the bag.
The incumbent democrat will be returned.
Rossi was less than an ideal candidate. I hope he gives up on politics and lets someone else have a chance now. He's tried for Governor once or twice and now Senator.
The really sad part is when you look at Washington and Oregon Red v. Blue by county. In both states the big races were won by Democrats who only won about 7 counties. The losing Republicans won over 20 counties.
It pretty much mimics the country. The big liberal cities dominate the politics which isn't really an accurate representation of how the geography wants to be governed.
jpr62902
Jeanclaude Spam Banhammer
You do realize that what they're complaining about is the urban population centers vicariously dictating what should occur over the rest of the state?
nixon
Boned
Is this where the much talked about redistricting would come in ?
Not to Hi jack , but could any one explain the process ,and why this election brought it to the fore front ?
BigAl
Gone But Not Forgotten
Yes , I as a "dumb ass" would also like someone to explain this in simple english to me too .
nixon
Boned
Yes , I as a "dumb ass" would also like someone to explain this in simple english to me too .
Jeez Al , You could have just come out and called Me that name !!!!! No inference
required !!!
muleman
Gone But Not Forgotten
Exactly!
Those who vote for the big government actually believe they need all these programs. Folks around here get by without paved roads everywhere and sure don't want the taxes that pay for all the city conveniences. Heck they actually try to tell you what kind of wood stove you can use. Have not seen any state boys with the balls to come around here trying to enforce that. Last week my neighbor and I surrounded 2 game wardens parked near the bottom of my lane watching for poachers. Scared the piss out of them when he came up the lane while I came in behind them. Country boys can survive.
nixon
Boned
How do You spell it ?
muleman
Gone But Not Forgotten
jpr62902
Jeanclaude Spam Banhammer
i. t.
muleman
Gone But Not Forgotten
Basically yes. The talk since the elections is who got in the governor slots. Most districts are redrawn to suit the party with the most registered in that area. There is no sense to a lot of them. Out near you and Bczoom has some of the worst in all of Pa. They literally hopscotch over areas and have little clusters that are not adjacent to each other. Al to suit the whims of the local party.
jpr62902
Jeanclaude Spam Banhammer
All gerrymandering isn't illegal\unconstitutional. Some just automatically equate the term with improper voting district redrawing (IIRC).
jpr62902
Jeanclaude Spam Banhammer
Having state representatives vote for them? That strikes me as adding another layer of easy corruption to the process.
loboloco
Well-known member
but it created a check on the process that we have given up. Originally, the House represented the people directly and the Senate represented the States. By going to at-large elections for Senate, we lost that balance of the states as an entity having input into the federal level. Many of the abuses that are complained about can be traced back to this.
BigAl
Gone But Not Forgotten
Jeez Al , You could have just come out and called Me that name !!!!! No inference
No No No !!! I been one ( Dumb Ass) long before I knew you existed . Its a title I worked damn hard for over the years and I refuse to give it away to just some "wanna be"
joec
New member
Sam I just saw the map and being a bit familiar with the area was just wondering is all. You could simply look up the word Gerrymandering as to why but enjoy your laugh guys.
As for you Sam sorry for jumping in on this then if you didn't understand what I was saying. I will let you guys have your good time bitching then.
jpr62902
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Joe, if I misunderstood your post, please feel free to explain it more.
joec
New member
What I was attempting to point out is each state after the last census sets up the voting districts. Now if so inclined the governor or state legislature based on the census can set up these districts based on population pretty much as they see fit. They don't follow natural geographic lines but can be miles apart even divided in to multiple parts to represent a given district as long as the population can be equalized. So the problem I see is the way the state is redistricted, basically to cut out the rural areas. Now Texas is a great example of how to district to give power to one party or the other. It comes down to which party controls the state the year after the last census. I lived in Miami most of my early life which had the largest population in Florida however northern Florida with the least amount of people ran the state due to the way the state was divided up every 10 years. Hence South Florida has toll roads while none exist past Orlando. This is just an example. I now live in Lexington which has little power though the second largest city in the state, in states politics either. Kentucky is mostly controlled by every thing other than Lexington.
jpr62902
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This is a marked departure from, if not a direct contradiction of, your original post in this thread.