(Called for KERRY B!) Field Report From Bentivolio Race / Official Results Thread

eleganz said:
whats the difference between today and 9/5?
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today was the primary for the seat, the election on 9/5 is just for a temporary seat for a couple months to finish out mccotters abandoned term. then we have the general election in november where it will be kerry vs. a democrat.
 
eleganz said:
whats the difference between today and 9/5?
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This district has two sets of elections:

1. For the partial term through January 2013 (because McCotter resigned)
2. For the full two year term beginning in January 2013

This means that there are two primary elections and two general elections.

Today's primary was for #2 above. The 9/5 primary will be for #1 above.

The general elections for #1 and #2 will be on 11/6.

Five Republicans will be listed on the 9/5 primary ballot, including Kerry and Nancy.
 
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AP finally shows 100% reporting:

Republican

Bentivolio, Kerry 41,665 66%
Total Write-In 21,791 34%


Democratic

Taj, Syed 21,730 59%
Roberts, William 15,094 41%
 
tsai3904 said:
AP finally shows 100% reporting:

Republican

Bentivolio, Kerry 41,665 66%
Total Write-In 21,791 34%


Democratic

Taj, Syed 21,730 59%
Roberts, William 15,094 41%
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Which means that Kerry won more votes then both deems combined.
 
specsaregood said:
today was the primary for the seat, the election on 9/5 is just for a temporary seat for a couple months to finish out mccotters abandoned term. then we have the general election in november where it will be kerry vs. a democrat.
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it's 7 weeks to be exact. And Nancy comes out of this looking pretty bad costing the taxpayers $650,000 for a special election to hold office a mere 7 weeks when she lost this race by such a HUGE margin.
 
FSP-Rebel said:
I was at an eastern Livonia triple precinct between 7 & 8 mile from 7-4 and turnout was lite until it picked up after lunch. It was basically me and another Kerry supporter who mostly campaigning for the 3 in his fam that were running in a contested precinct delegate race where there were 8 candidates for 5 slots. Starting in the morning I was talking it up with some of the head honchos running the dems congressional campaign and we all seemed to get along quite well as they were well aware of what the establishment was trying to do to our guy. The guy was really cool with me as I straightened him out on what the Tea Party was and what it has become and how we were trying to restore the GOP to its liberty roots and take it away from the Bush wing. He and many other supporters that showed up to help were really pleased that I didn't defend Bush on anything but maintained we were in house-cleaning mode. It was really warm out plus we were all posted on the pavement leading up to the school, so as the sun started beating down around 9 they set up a canopy for us to chill under.

Then around noon, Nancy and hubby show up with their lit and bracelets and is was the leader of the dem candidate that was calling around to the clerk to see if what they were doing was legit. Anyways, Nancy and hub weren't allowed in under the canopy so they were baking in the sun and thus they left after about an hour. However, a few other Nancy "supporters" came in relief but they were constantly mobbing people as they walked up which is a bad tactic. I hung back with the other sane campaigners (the dems and circuit court judge pushers) and casually reminded those republicans that showed up to vote that Kerry "The Combat Vet" was the bonafide conservative nominee of the party. Problem for the elderly Nancy pushers is that they would just tell voters to write in her name under Kerry's on the ballot but they never once mentioned to fill in the bubble next to the line :eek:, lol. I let them do that for a couple hours and then the dems and I got a major kick out of it after they left knowing they had completely wasted their time. So, I left around 4 once my reliever came and all the others were telling me that there is no way that we'd lose. I'm damned tired after being out in the heat all day, probably my longest day of activism in a long time. Pretty sure we got dis.:cool:
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Your place in Valhalla is reserved sir!
 
specsaregood said:
No, this was the Ron Paul guy that just happened to be on the ballot as a long shot when Rep. McCotter was caught using fake signatures for his ballot access and was disqualified. when we win this seat, it will be by just being there at the right time and loads of luck.
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I love the fact that Paul supporters are wily and opportunistic.
 
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