Primary Thread: Results

[Crapshoot]

So far, it looks like the fall of the incumbency - it seems as if Joe Lieberman is losing in Conn, and that Cynthia McKinney is getting whupped by a 3 to 1 margin in Georgia. An interesting night, since in many of these places, this is more of an election than the real one will ever be.http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/...ies/index.html


Update- from article:
With 35 percent of precincts reporting, Johnson led McKinney 62 percent to 38 percent, according to Georgia's Secretary of State.

It doesn't specifiy which precints.

[Ben E Lou]

With Cynthia, it matters TREMENDOUSLY which precincts are reporting. If she's only losing 3 to 1 and it is all the northern end of her district reporting, she's likely to win fairly handily.

[Crapshoot]

Fair enough Ben - it appears its only the first 5-10% or so. By all accounts from the debate, didn't Johnson "win" and point out that Cynthia's done nothing to help who she said she would ? Now, I got my analysis from the National Review which isn't exactly non-partisan, but that was my impression.

[Crapshoot]

One more update on the McKinney race:

With 66 percent of precincts reporting, Johnson led McKinney 58 percent to 42 percent, according to Georgia's Secretary of State.

[wbatl1]

BUT...it appears that Dekalb had problems with their machines, and all of the Gwinett and Rockdale Precects have reported. So, there is still hope for McKinney. But I bet Johnson wins...

[ScottVib]

Lieberman just conceded, but will remain in the race.

BTW the rumor on the radio networks up here was that the Republicans will offer Lieberman cash and support to remain in the race. (He will run as a member of the "Connecticut for Lieberman" party)

[ScottVib]

Dola, The other interesting thing, in the CT Gubinatorial primary is that it looks like the opposite governor / lt. governor candidates will win.

(Malloy / Glassman) vs. (DiStefano / Slifka) - It looks like DiStefano and Glassman are both going to win, so they better meet each other and work together pretty quickly.

Edit - Update... the race has tightened significantly for governor DeStefano leads but now by only 1 percent.

[Radii]

cnn.com breaking news: Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia has lost her Democratic primary runoff election to foe Hank Johnson, The Associated Press reports.

[ScottVib]

Weird speech.

Malloy is conceeding, but not conceeding: It appears that I have lost, but its close enough that I can't make it "official". He congratulated DeStefano, if in fact he did win.

Weird.

[SirFozzie]

Lieberman will probably win the general because he will split the democrat vote and win the Repub vote.

[SackAttack]

Foz, are the Republicans running anything more than a token candidate out there? It would seem weird for him to win the Repulican vote unless they think that Lieberman as Senator is better for them than voting Republican and having a 'true' Democrat win the seat.

[SirFozzie]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

Foz, are the Republicans running anything more than a token candidate out there? It would seem weird for him to win the Repulican vote unless they think that Lieberman as Senator is better for them than voting Republican and having a 'true' Democrat win the seat.

From what I understand, not only are they not running any candidate, a lot of the CT Repub party machine in CT is volunteering time and materials for the "Conneticut for Lieberman" party (which of course, has only one candidate, JL himself.

[Klinglerware]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

From what I understand, not only are they not running any candidate, a lot of the CT Repub party machine in CT is volunteering time and materials for the "Conneticut for Lieberman" party (which of course, has only one candidate, JL himself.

Actually, the republicans are "running" Alan Schlesinger--who was unopposed in the primary. He doesn't really have too much name recognition and not too much support from the Republican party (they have concerns over skeletons in his closet, etc).

But yes, Lieberman's moderation is very popular with republicans in Connecticut, who (much like much of New England) tend to a bit less conservative than republicans in other regions of the country. Lieberman has a very good shot at winning a three way race if he can at least split the democratic vote and win the majority of the republican and independent vote...

[Toddzilla]

The good news - if any - should Lieberman run and win the general election is that the Democratic leadership in the Senate will make sure he loses all of his committee posts.

Oh, by the way, Lieberman is a dirty rotten scumbag for running as an independent after losing the primary.

[ScottVib]

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

The good news - if any - should Lieberman run and win the general election is that the Democratic leadership in the Senate will make sure he loses all of his committee posts.

That simply makes it easier for what has been rumored to be in the planning stages to occur.

That is the Republicans throwing some resources to him and asking him to caucus with them come January, potentially making it more difficult for the Democrats to retake the Senate. (They could throw a chairmanship at a pretty solid committee to get him to throw his lot with them)

[ScottVib]

dola, Schlesinger thinks he needs to poll around 25% and then get the benefit of a substantial coat tail from Republican Governor Jodi Rell (who right now is a heavy favorite to win re-election). He thinks that would give him 37% of the vote and with the democrats splitting the vote would be enough to get him the Senate seat.

This is the same exact scenario that saw CT's last Republican Senator be elected. (1970 Lowell Weicker eventually was defeated by Lieberman in 1988)