Election Night
A few races worth watching tonight in this off-off-year election. The big prize is the Governor's mansion in Virginia, where Republican Ed Kilgore was favored early on but has fallen behind Democrat Tim Kaine in recent polling. With President Bush visiting Virginia last night to campaign for Kilgore, whichever side wins is certain to tout it as a referendum on his Presidency. Unofficial returns will be available here:
http://sbe.vipnet.org/index.htm
New Jersey also has a Governor's race, with incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Corzine the favorite over former GOP Senate candidate Doug Forrester. Polls have vacillated between showing Corzine with a comfortable lead in the high single or low double digits, and some showing Forrester closing the gap. While Republicans would certainly like to pull off an upset here, it would likely be significant for the '06 New Jersey Senate race only: at the Presidential level, New Jersey is probably not likely to turn red in '08, and I don't think Bush has been involved in this one. This New York NBC site will carry real-time results:
http://www.wnbc.com/politics/index.html
In Rhode Island, we have a competitive mayor's race in the city of Woonsocket, with Todd Brien challenging incumbent Mayor Susan Menard. (The election is officially non-partisan; both are Democrats.) The local NBC station will be covering the race here:
http://www.turnto10.com/politics/index.html
Finally, back in my "other home," namely St. Louis County, my State House district is having a special election to replace the deceased Richard Byrd, a Republican. His widow is facing a challenge from Democrat Jane Bogetto. This district is traditionally Republican (in Kirkwood, the municipality where I grew up and am still registered to vote, the joke used to be that the Kirkwood Democratic Party had its meetings in a telephone booth), but has trended more Democratic recently. In 2004, for example, Byrd's Democratic opponent pulled in a percentage in the mid- to high-forties, which is not bad in a district where the Democrats sometimes didn't even bother to run anybody. Dissatisfaction with GOP Gov. Matt Blunt (and with President Bush) runs high in Missouri, so this is a chance for a Democratic pickup. Returns will be posted here:
http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/
http://sbe.vipnet.org/index.htm
New Jersey also has a Governor's race, with incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Corzine the favorite over former GOP Senate candidate Doug Forrester. Polls have vacillated between showing Corzine with a comfortable lead in the high single or low double digits, and some showing Forrester closing the gap. While Republicans would certainly like to pull off an upset here, it would likely be significant for the '06 New Jersey Senate race only: at the Presidential level, New Jersey is probably not likely to turn red in '08, and I don't think Bush has been involved in this one. This New York NBC site will carry real-time results:
http://www.wnbc.com/politics/index.html
In Rhode Island, we have a competitive mayor's race in the city of Woonsocket, with Todd Brien challenging incumbent Mayor Susan Menard. (The election is officially non-partisan; both are Democrats.) The local NBC station will be covering the race here:
http://www.turnto10.com/politics/index.html
Finally, back in my "other home," namely St. Louis County, my State House district is having a special election to replace the deceased Richard Byrd, a Republican. His widow is facing a challenge from Democrat Jane Bogetto. This district is traditionally Republican (in Kirkwood, the municipality where I grew up and am still registered to vote, the joke used to be that the Kirkwood Democratic Party had its meetings in a telephone booth), but has trended more Democratic recently. In 2004, for example, Byrd's Democratic opponent pulled in a percentage in the mid- to high-forties, which is not bad in a district where the Democrats sometimes didn't even bother to run anybody. Dissatisfaction with GOP Gov. Matt Blunt (and with President Bush) runs high in Missouri, so this is a chance for a Democratic pickup. Returns will be posted here:
http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/
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