Special Election Tonight
December 11th, 2007 at 08:48pm Matt Margolis
In Virginia, Republican Rob Wittman easily defeated Democrat Philip Forgit to fill the House seat vacated by the late Rep Jo Ann Davis.
Still waiting on the OH-5 race… Results rolling in…
Precincts Reporting: 43.2%
Latta, Robert (R) 18,340 (54.62%)
Weirauch, Robin (D) 15,158 (45.14%)
Green, John (WI) 79 (0.24%)
UPDATE: Associated Press calls the race for Latta!
UPDATE:
Precincts Reporting: 76.4%
Robert E. Latta (R) 43,459 (56.23%)
Robin Weirach (D) 33,684 (43.58%)
UPDATE: Post-election reaction.
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8 Comments
1. Diana Powe | December 11th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Congratulations to Mr. Latta! However, it’s worth noting that the Democrat in the race is currently pulling in 44% of the vote in a district that hasn’t been won by a Democrat since the Great Depression. Also, the National Republican Congressional Committee spent about 20% of their cash on hand to maintain control of the one seat.
2. Brian Gregory | December 11th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Overall, good news for us. Losses here would be catastrohpic. Congratulations and good luck to Congressman-elects Latta and Wittman!
3. David Aulds | December 11th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
These are 2 big wins for us even if they are only holds. It seems as if the GOP voters are firmly back in the boat and are saying loudly this isnt 2006 anymore.
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5. keef--Not Cruisin--Yet!!! | December 12th, 2007 at 5:48 am
It does not behoove the GOP electorate to sit out 2008. A Clinton/Obama/Edwards WH, and a solid Donkaroach majority in both houses will doom this country. All the lefy rhetoric about loss of civil liberties will come to fruition under these neo-Stalinists–the (un)Fairness Doctrine, activist justices, food police, radical environmentalism, and taxes out the ying-yang.
Is this what you want? Have at it; I’ll be a-watchin’ from afar…
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