With nearly three-quarters of the county’s precincts (175) plus early votes in, we are calling most of the primaries. The winners are:
D14 House: Kaiser, Zucker, Luedtke
D15 House: Feldman, Dumais, Miller
D16 House: Frick, Lee
D17 House: Barve, Gilchrist, Simmons
D18 Senate: Madaleno
D18 House: Carr, Gutierrez, Waldstreicher
D19 Senate: Manno
D19 House: Kramer, Cullison, Arora
D20 House: Hixson, Hucker, Mizeur
D39 House: Barkley, Reznik, Robinson
Council At-Large: Elrich, Floreen, Riemer, Leventhal
Council 1: Berliner
Council 2: Rice
Not Called:
D14 Senate – Montgomery 3,232 vs. Kramer 3,108
D17 Senate – Forehand 2,506 vs. Kagan 2,499
D39 Senate – King 3,051 vs. Ali 2,813
D16 House 3rd Seat – Kelly 3,009 vs. Lierman 2,689
Update: We hear that Lenett and Ali have conceded.
Update 2: With all precincts counted, Forehand leads Kagan 3,830 to 3,522; King leads Ali 3,514 to 3,287; and Kelly leads Lierman 4,817 to 4,443. We are calling those races for the leaders. In the District 14 Senate race, Montgomery leads Kramer 4,740 to 4,639. That race will go to absentees and provisionals.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
We’re Calling Them! (Two Updates)
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You have the Kramer and Montgomery totals reversed.
Currently:
Kramer, Rona E. 3341 49.38%
Montgomery, Karen S. 3425 50.62%
Saqib played a hard race, but total vindication here for Nancy and her much maligned (and totally stellar) campaign manager Amy Hartman. The whole D-39 slate did well, and I'm looking to four more years of responsible leadership from D-39.
Hamza:
Vindication?
I think not.
The King campaign went dirty hardcore...but with Senate President Miller's deep pockets she managed to pull out a win by a bit under 300 votes.
Now the question will be what sort of long term damage she did to her reputation in this campaign...and I think the answer is "substantial".
Don:
It's good to see you're back. I missed our little comment exchanges. Ali spent around a quarter of a million dollars to beat King, whose financial situation did not improve into late in the race.
Furthermore, as the Business Gazette reports: Delegate Ali spent $96,000 more than Senator King. (http://bit.ly/cTz5YQ) Ali was better funded, did victory laps with congressman (Ellison and Carson were at at least one event), and was blessed with volunteer ground operation that would have made OTPOR blush (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otpor!). but came still came up 227 votes shy. I think we need to accept that Ali's time hadn't come, and that Amy Hartman is a credible and intelligent campaigner. Kudos to her.
While Senator Miller may have had an influential role in this race, facts are facts: the good people of D-39 were exposed to both candidates, saw and read about both of their gaffes, realized King was a more responsible and reliable partner in the Legislative Assembly, and elected her and her Dream Team delegation.
We should all be proud that it was such a vibrant race.
*Again, I disclose that I have endorsed, supported, and donated to Nancy King's campaign for re-election*
There can be no debate that the people spoke and former Delegate Ali came up just short.
What I'm interested in seeing is how the negative ads affect Senator King (and even more interestingly the MCEA Apple Ballot) going forward.
I can't recall a time in MoCo history that the teachers went negative on someone...
Oh...and thank you for the kind words, Hamza.
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