C4L: Election Night Results and Successes

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Election Night Successes

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Posted by Don Rasmussen on 11/04/08
Last updated 11/05/08

Liberty PAC Wins - Ron Paul, Paul Broun, Roscoe Bartlett, Doug Lamborn, Denny Rehberg, Scott Garrett, John Culberson, Michelle Bachman, Walter Jones

Jeff Flake also won in Arizona.


Virgil Goode is too close to call. He has a 466 vote edge, but faces a recount.


Tom McClintock has a 451 vote advantage with mail-in votes left to be counted.


Medical Marijuana is now the law in Michigan and Massachusetts became the first state to effectively decriminalize small amounts. MPP has a chart of all related initiatives here.


3rd Party Performances, Presidential (97% reporting, subject to change):

Libertarian Party - 485,325 (+18% over 2004)

Constitution Party - 173,166 (+17% over 2004)

Green Party - 141,319 (+15% over 2004)

All Voters - 120,638,000 (-1% under 2004)

It has been a rough night for the forces of liberty as well as for the forces of Bush. Personal possession of marijuana has passed in Massachusetts and right to die has passed in Washington State, although the merits of these votes will undoubtedly be hotly debated for some time.


Walter Jones won in North Carolina and, of course, Dr. Paul will be returning to congress as well. To all of the Republican Reform candidates that fought for freedom, thank you. B.J., Michael, Barb, Collins and all of the others, you all have our gratitude for standing up for us! Your sacrifices are neither in vain, nor unappreciated.


I will continue to update as more information comes in.


UPDATE: Ralph Nader, the Libertarian Party, the Constitution Party, and the Green Party will all substantially increase their raw vote totals over 2004.


UPDATE 2: It now appears that Obama will win NC and IN by less than the number of votes that Bob Barr received in those states. It also appears he will win Montana by less than the number of votes that Dr. Paul received. These 3 states contain a combined total of 29 electoral votes. Rossi/Gregoire and McClintock/Brown remain to close to call. Polls close in Alaska in a few minutes.


UPDATE 3: Dr. Paul's 2.1% (51% reporting) in Montana is the highest state total of any 3rd party candidate. He also finished 3rd in Louisiana (99% reporting). Virgil Goode appears to have lost in Virginia. Michelle Bachman is poised to win in MN. Jeff Flake won easily in AZ 6.


UPDATE 4: Maine has rejected taxes on drinks and insurance. North Dakota voted to reduce or eliminate the state income tax and South Dakota has voted not to ban abortion. Nebraska has banned affirmative action. It now appears that Dino Rossi will lose the Washington State Governor race.


UPDATE 5: McCain likely to hold Montana (McCain 49.3% Obama 47.5% Paul 2.1% 65% reporting). Ron Paul Democrat Bob Conley pulls 42% in SC. Barkley 15% as independent in MN senate race.


UPDATE 6: Gay marriage ban looks likely to pass in California. Ted Stevens and Don Young both appear to be headed for re-election in Alaska despite corruption concerns.


UPDATE 7: Barr likely to break 500,000, but far short of expectations. C. +23% over 2004 LP candidate. Baldwin to finish near 190,000, +24% over 2004 CP candidate. Nader at 679,000 is an increase of 32% over 2004 and McKinney's 139,000 votes is 14% better than the Green total from 2004. Overall, total voters nationwide increase c. 5%. Indiana has been called for Obama by .9%, Barr gets 1.1%. The awful Republican congressman from WA, Dave Reichert, appears to be going down in flames. McClintock holds razor-thin lead with 58% reporting in CA 4.


LAST UPDATE: McCain holds Montana, Paul 2.2%. Rossi loses in Washington. North Carolina and Missouri remain to close to call. McClintock 50.7%, Brown 49.3%, 76% reporting.
Probable final counts: Obama 364, 52%, 28 states, McCain 175, 47%, 22 states

enjoy. Sadly in my district all Ron Paul reps lost by a margin of 1 or 2% I think the fact they had an "R" next to their name hurt them this time around. Sununu got his ass handed to him by a tax and spend dem.

 

[Printo]

We did pretty well. Thats a nice chunk of candidates to have in Congress. 9 plus Flake plus 2 more possible candidates if they win their recounts/absentee ballots. Not a bad start for for the movement, especially considering that having an R next to your name was a huge handicap. In 2 years, we can win another good chunk of candidates & we could form a significant voting block.

 

[Nate K]

wait a minute, we got 10 liberty candidates to Congress or is this state politics?

 

[jrich4rpaul]

Thanks for the summary.

I'm upset that here in Mass we couldn't end the income tax... but at least we got the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana.

 

[Shotdown1027]

The amount of "Liberty Congressmen" depends on what you use to mark who is or isnt a liberty congressman. I use the Liberty Committee. All incumbents (8 of them) from the Liberty Committee won re-election,except MAYBE Virgil Goode. However, some of the people endorsed by Liberty PAC (Bachman, etc) maybe now join the Liberty Committee and Tom McClintock IS going to.

So we at least maintained 8 seats. In a Democratic tsunami like this---that is great.

 

[Nate K]

The amount of "Liberty Congressmen" depends on what you use to mark who is or isnt a liberty congressman. I use the Liberty Committee. All incumbents (8 of them) from the Liberty Committee won re-election,except MAYBE Virgil Goode. However, some of the people endorsed by Liberty PAC (Bachman, etc) maybe now join the Liberty Committee and Tom McClintock IS going to.

So we at least maintained 8 seats. In a Democratic tsunami like this---that is great.

which site is the Liberty Committee?

www.thelibertycommittee.com or www.libertycommittee.com ?

 

[TheTyke]

I'm too lazy to look it up, but I think Ron's endorsement helped a bunch of his friends keep their positions. They're not "Ron Paul Republicans" and they're not new to congress. But they have reason to be grateful to us, and all of them voted against the bailout if I remember right.

 

[Shotdown1027]

which site is the Liberty Committee?

www.thelibertycommittee.com or www.libertycommittee.com ?

TheLibertyCommittee.com

 

[Nate K]

TheLibertyCommittee.com

very nice indeed

 

[Shotdown1027]

That's just the Grassroots advocacy site. The Liberty Committee meets in Ron Paul's office every Thursday.

 

[speciallyblend]

dude doug lamborn is not a ron paul supporter. he was only endorsed because ron paul didnt go against incumbents.
doug lamborn is a neo-con bush lover, he has so much brown on his nose.

doug lamborn is no ron paul supporter. he supports bushes policies including the war!

don you need to remove doug lamborn from this success list , doug lamborn is no supporter of this revolution.

it is called a suck up endorsement, doug lamborn should of never been endorsed, doug lamborn supports bigger government policies , he supports war and the patriot act. this is called kissing ass and it is worthless, kinda like kissing bushes azz!!

by even listing doug lamborn the cfl loses credibilty with many Colorado Republicans that were for Ron Paul if ron paul endorsed doug lamborn ,then ron paul should of endorsed mccain ,the same dam thing!

 

[mstrmac1]

I'm too lazy to look it up, but I think Ron's endorsement helped a bunch of his friends keep their positions. They're not "Ron Paul Republicans" and they're not new to congress. But they have reason to be grateful to us, and all of them voted against the bailout if I remember right.

You Need to quit being lazy!