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November 4, 2009
WEDNESDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP....Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers. * Yesterday's least successful Democratic candidate, Virginia's Creigh Deeds, was also the least progressive Democratic candidate. * Anthony Foxx was elected mayor yesterday of Charlotte, N.C. He'll be the city's first Democratic mayor in a quarter-century. * Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D), the leading candidate to succeed Ted Kennedy in the Senate, launched her first television ad of the campaign yesterday. The Democratic primary is Dec. 8. * Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, best known in political circles for being an awkward McCain/Palin surrogate throughout last year's presidential campaign, formally launched her U.S. Senate campaign in California today. Fiorina, a Republican, hopes to take on incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), but will first face far-right state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R) in a primary. * In Florida, state Sen. Paula Dockery (R) kicked off her gubernatorial campaign yesterday and will face state Attorney General Bill McCollum in a Republican primary. The winner will face state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink (D), who does not face a primary challenger. * Speaking of Florida, Senate hopeful Marco Rubio's fundraising website features a homepage with a single image: President Obama with Charlie Crist. * And in Kentucky, the Republican establishment has rallied behind Secretary of State Trey Grayson's (R) Senate campaign, but a new poll shows him trailing in a GOP primary against ophthalmologist and first-time candidate Rand Paul, 35% to 32%. Paul is best known for being the son of Texas Rep. Ron Paul (R). —Steve Benen 12:00 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (13)Comments
Amazing that anything good can come out of Charlotte, North Carolina. Congrats to Anthony Foxx! Posted by: neill on November 4, 2009 at 12:03 PM | PERMALINKI guess you mean the least successful Democratic Gubernatorial candidate, since Bill Owens is certainly less progressive than Creigh Deeds. In Houston, the openly lesbian city comptroller won a plurality of the vote for mayor, and will be in a runoff with an African-American council member. The rich-white-guy-spending-the-wife's-inheritance candidate came in third and is out of the running. Although city elections are nominally non-partisan, all four candidates are Dems. Posted by: Just When You Had Texas Politics Figured Out on November 4, 2009 at 12:20 PM | PERMALINK* Speaking of Florida, Senate hopeful Marco Rubio's fundraising website features a homepage with a single image: President Obama with Charlie Crist. -- Steve Benen Nice; Christ and Antichrist together at last. Posted by: exlibra on November 4, 2009 at 12:25 PM | PERMALINKCarly Fiorina What virus infects these heads that don't have an obvious clue? Inquiring minds want to know. Posted by: Kevin on November 4, 2009 at 12:29 PM | PERMALINKDeVore is going to make Fiorina take stands she wish she hadn't taken, provided she makes it past the primary. Either way, Boxer will win if she gets young/minority voters to the polls. Posted by: bdop4 on November 4, 2009 at 1:10 PM | PERMALINK"Senate hopeful Marco Rubio's fundraising website features a homepage with a single image: President Obama with Charlie Crist." Pavlov would be proud. Posted by: Joe Friday on November 4, 2009 at 1:30 PM | PERMALINKWhat kind of name is "Rand." Was he named after Ayn Rand? Posted by: b on November 4, 2009 at 1:50 PM | PERMALINKI guess you mean the least successful Democratic Gubernatorial candidate, since Bill Owens is certainly less progressive than Creigh Deeds. That can't possibly be true, since all the happy talkers are telling us that only the DINOs lost yesterday, whereas all the progressives won.... Speaking of Florida, Senate hopeful Marco Rubio's fundraising website features a homepage with a single image: President Obama with Charlie Crist. That's awesome. Hey, Steve, can you see if you can get me an autographed copy of that photo? You get Obama to sign it, I'll get Crist. 'Cause a popular President and a popular Governor, wow that'll look great on my fridge! Amazing that anything good can come out of Charlotte, North Carolina. Congrats to Anthony Foxx! Posted by: neill on November 4, 2009 at 12:03 PM
These results are encouraging for Kentucky. We really need a principled candidate in the Senate. Newt Gingrich called Ron Paul the conscience of the House. Perhaps Rand can be the conscience of the US Senate. Tracy Posted by: Tracy Saboe on November 4, 2009 at 11:01 PM | PERMALINKPost a comment
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