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Archive of Elections on Thursday May 08, 2008
At-risk gubernatorial seats increase
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Candidates look to final five states and Puerto Rico for victory
Even before polls closed in Indiana and North Carolina, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were shifting their attention to the five states and one territory that have yet to vote. Read More
Perata pulls plug on bid to recall Denham
Citing the prospects of another lengthy state budget stalemate, state Senate leader Don Perata on Wednesday dropped his recall campaign of Sen. Jeff Denham ? a development that surprised even Denham. Read More
New stamps won't stop votes being delivered
Although the U.S. Postal Service's new postage increase will hit smack in the middle of the voting in Oregon's May 20 primary, it won't affect voting, officials say. Read More
Will states fix 2012 primary process?
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Proposal to cut alien benefits gets go-ahead
Backers of a proposed initiative aimed at cutting state benefits to illegal aliens are in a hurry to round up thousands of petition signatures after Attorney General Dustin McDaniel approved the proposal's ballot wording Wednesday. Read More
Beebe -- Ark. party leader right to urge stop to GOP help
Gov. Mike Beebe said Wednesday that he supports the state Democratic Party chairman sending a letter admonishing lawmakers in his party to avoid supporting Republican lawmakers in campaigns. Read More
Beeb -- Democratic leader right to rebuke members who help GOP candidates
Gov. Mike Beebe said Wednesday he supports state Democratic Party Chairman Bill Gwatney in his effort to discourage elected Democrats from supporting Republican candidates. Read More
Democrats, Green Party seeking opponent for Dobbins
Several potential write-in candidates have surfaced to possibly challenge a former state House member seeking to return after resigning his seat amid allegations he fondled a teenage girl, the Democratic Party of Arkansas said Wednesday. Read More
McDaniel approves wording of illegal immigration measure
After rejecting two previous versions, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel on Wednesday approved the name and ballot title of a proposed ballot initiative that would make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to receive public benefits in Arkansas. Read More
Perata drops bid to recall GOP legislator Denham
After millions of dollars raised and a long trail of acrimonious campaigning, Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, said Wednesday he is dropping his controversial bid to recall state Sen. Jeff Denham, saying he worried it would get in the way of fixing the state's precarious fiscal condition. Read More
Perata ends campaign to recall GOP senator
In an abrupt political reversal, State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata ends his campaign to recall Sen. Jeff Denha, a Merced Republican. Read More
Democratic leaders push uncommitted superdelegates
WASHINGTON ? The fight for the 268 uncommitted Democratic Party superdelegates shifted into a higher gear Wednesday, but few of the party insiders were ready to pledge their allegiance to Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton. Read More
Critics call crime initiative a ploy to lure 'ultraconservatives' to polls
They turned up the heat on the politics of crime Wednesday over an initiative likely to appear on the November ballot aimed at gangs and guns. Read More
Counting Florida's votes won't close Clinton-Obama gap
Every time Hillary Clinton is on the ropes -- as she was Wednesday after lackluster showings in Indiana and North Carolina -- her fallback is always the same: Count Florida's votes. But even her campaign acknowledges that the state can't deliver her the Democratic nomination. Read More
Idaho superdelegate Roark uncommitted
Idaho Democratic Party Chairman and presidential superdelegate Keith Roark said Wednesday he still hasn't backed a presidential candidate, but said Sen. Barack Obama's 14-point victory in the North Carolina primary Tuesday helped address his concerns. Read More
Idaho Dems miffed at Bill Clinton's comments
Idaho Democrats sounded off Wednesday against former President Bill Clinton and his campaign comments about Gem State politics. Read More
Only one superdelegate in Idaho is undecided
R. Keith Roark still isn't picking sides, but an overwhelming win by Sen. Barack Obama Tuesday night in the North Carolina Democratic primary and a closer-than-expected showing in Indiana erased some doubts for Idaho's one uncommitted Democratic superdelegate. Read More
Senate Democrats try to take heat off Halvorson
Senate Majority Leader Debbie Halvorson (D-Crete) was removed as chairperson of the powerful rules committee Wednesday by Senate President Emil Jones (D-Chicago) after she clashed with Republicans over her handling of a bill that could have allowed voters to create a recall provision for elected officials. Read More
Randolph wins nail-biter
Lonnie Randolph struggled Wednesday to come up with a metaphor for the 222-vote victory he eked out a day earlier. Read More
Concession seals bid for top state job
Nearly 24 hours after the polls closed, Jim Schellinger conceded that he had lost the Democratic gubernatorial nomination to Jill Long Thompson after a roller-coaster night of election returns. Read More
Chaos comes to Indiana?
Following Hillary Clinton's razor-thin victory in Indiana, some Republicans were claiming victory Wednesday for supporting her in large enough numbers to keep the Democratic slugfest going. Read More
Tuesday's primary turnout highest in 20 years
If Tuesday seemed like a busy day at your local polling place, there's a reason: Just over 39 percent of Indiana's registered voters cast ballots in the presidential primaries on Tuesday -- nearly double the turnout of recent comparable elections. Read More
She's ready for a fight
It took close to 24 hours after Indiana's polls closed for Jill Long Thompson to sew up her win as the Democratic nominee for governor, but she wasted no time Wednesday homing in on her next target: Mitch Daniels. Read More
Long Thompson readies for race against Gov. Daniels
Lake County played a huge role Tuesday in deciding -- and delaying -- the Democratic nomination for Indiana governor. Read More
Official -- Shortage of ballots unforeseeable
The high number of unexpected crossover voters -- Republicans voting on the Democratic ballot -- was the reason many polling places ran out of ballots during Tuesday's high-profile primary election, officials said. Read More
Late vote results criticized, explained
The nation watched Tuesday night as Lake County election officials held the fate of the Democratic presidential primary in their hands -- and held it, and held it and held it. Read More
Many Republicans crossed party line
In traditionally staunch Republican Hendricks County, results of Tuesday's party primary elections show voters favored local government in GOP hands though many crossed over to vote for a Democratic president. Read More
By the numbers -- how Clinton won
The race in Indiana between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama was decided by fewer than 15,000 votes, but the gap between them was much wider among some groups. Read More
Gubernatorial candidates? positions on key issues
With Hoosiers paying record prices at the gas pump and oil prices climbing, what would you do as governor to provide some short- and long-term relief? Read More
Lake County, Ind., to re-evaluate process after delayed primary results
Election-day shenanigans are nothing new in Lake County, Ind., where absentee ballots have been found stuffed in a car trunk, voters have been offered new sidewalks in exchange for allegiance and vote fraud investigations evoke thoughts of nearby Chicago. Read More
Vehicle registration fees likely to go up
Fees to register a vehicle in the state would increase by $4 under a compromise bill sent to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. Read More
State's superdelegates urged to pick and repick
Kentucky's Democratic superdelegates are holding firm in their positions after the North Carolina and Indiana primary results, although one prominent supporter of U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said pressure is being applied to that group to end the campaign soon. Read More
House Whip Wilkey frustrated, to leave seat
House Democratic Whip Rob Wilkey plans to withdraw from the November election and give up his seat at the end of the year, his office confirmed yesterday. Read More
Public urged to report any suspected vote fraud May 20
State and federal officials warned yesterday that they will crack down on vote fraud when national attention focuses on Kentucky's primary election May 20. Read More
Legislators eye Congress
Three prominent black state legislators say they are seriously considering a run for three different U.S. Congress seats this fall as independents instead of as Democrats. Read More
Running for Office -- State House of Representatives District 18
OSCAR, La. - Pointe Coupee Parish businessman and School Board member Major Thibaut announced he will be a candidate for the District 18 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Read More
State's superdelegates stay on fence
Despite mounting pressure for Hillary Clinton to yield to front-runner Barack Obama in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, most of Louisiana's superdelegates remain uncommitted. Read More
Deval - Only Hill can decide her fate
Gov. Deval Patrick said yesterday that Hillary Clinton should not be pressured by outsiders yet to leave the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Read More
O'Malley stresses need for slots
Gov. Martin O'Malley said yesterday that if a referendum on slot machine gambling fails in November, "it'll be back to the drawing board with a lot of unpopular choices, and I don't think any of us wants to go there." Read More
Miller might not be the retiring type
A year and a half after Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. announced that this term would be his last, the heavy betting among his colleagues is that the Annapolis titan will seek reelection in 2010. Read More
Senator -- 16-year-olds should vote in school elections
A constitutional amendment has been introduced to let 16- and 17-year-olds vote in Michigan school board elections. Read More
Dems press fight for Michigan delegates
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign Wednesday pinned its increasingly thin hopes for the Democratic nomination on winning full delegate slates from Michigan and Florida -- but the hard reality of delegate math makes victory nearly impossible. Read More
Error slows bid to oust mayor
The first request to Gov. Jennifer Granholm urging her to invoke rarely used powers and dump Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick seems destined for failure because the petitioner cited the wrong law in his complaint. Read More
Mich. Dems agree on a delegate split, need national party's OK
Michigan's lost Democratic delegation may be a step closer to this summer's convention in Denver. Read More
RNC -- good for some businesses, but not all
As the Republican National Convention draws near, many Twin Cities business are sizing up how much of a sales kick they may get out of the convention this September. But being close to the convention is no guarantee of a boost in sales. Read More
State GOP has its own bookkeeping woes
The Minnesota Republican Party has scored a series of body blows against DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken over business irregularities that Franken attributes to his accountant?s mistakes. Read More
Mo. voters may decide on photo ID requirement
Voters could decide whether to enact a photo ID requirement for voting under a proposed constitutional amendment given first-round approval Wednesday by the Missouri House. Read More
Voter ID measure moves ahead in Missouri
Missouri lawmakers gave preliminary approval to voter ID legislation on Wednesday, reopening a deeply partisan issue with scant time remaining in the session. Read More
Attorney general candidate John Parker -- State needs manpower, treatment for meth
Montana law enforcement needs more manpower in the battle against methamphetamine, and addicts need more treatment, says John Parker, a Democratic candidate for attorney general. Read More
4 booted from House
At least four state House members apparently won't be back next year after losing primary elections Tuesday. Read More
Labor post might take runoff
Determining who is the Democratic nominee for state labor commissioner could take more than a month and cost taxpayers millions of dollars. Read More
Primary prods a few superdelegates
Barack Obama's decisive victory Tuesday in North Carolina's Democratic presidential primary began to loosen the logjam of uncommitted Tar Heel superdelegates, with two supporting Obama and one committing to Hillary Rodham Clinton. Read More
Perdue, McCrory get set for Nov.
Not even 12 hours had passed after their gubernatorial primary victories before Democratic Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and Republican Mayor Pat McCrory of Charlotte started the long race to the November election. Read More
McCrory, Perdue signal new campaign, new rules
Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, the Republican nominee for governor, offered a preview Wednesday of the campaign that lies ahead. Without mentioning her name, he jabbed at Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, the Democratic nominee, as "old style," inaccessible, overpromising and divisive. Read More
N.C. shatters voter turnout record
North Carolina's primary has shattered voter turnout records. More than 2.1 million people cast a ballot in Tuesday's election, and most voted in the Democratic primary that featured the historic race for the White House. Read More
Governor election pits two old pros
Beverly Perdue and Pat McCrory, the winners of the Democratic and Republican primaries for governor, are very good at winning elections. Read More
Jersey Democrats call for party unity
June Fischer of Scotch Plains has been to every Democratic National Convention since 1972 and will be in Denver this August as a superdelegate. She had been supporting Sen. Hillary Clinton, but said yesterday that after Tuesday's primary results, she is "in flux." Read More
Nevada Supreme Court sets hearing on judge's term argument
The Nevada Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments July 1 on Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Halverson's claim that she doesn't need to run for re-election in November. Read More
Maverick Voinovich could be problematic for McCain
John McCain clearly can't count on Ohio's liberal U.S. senator to help him win the presidency. But can he count on the maverick Republican one? Read More
Ohio congressional hopefuls swift to rebuke attorney general
As Ohio's attorney general sex scandal becomes the butt of national jokes, Democratic congressional candidates who will face the state's voters this fall are scrambling to distance themselves. Read More
For once, Oregon primary may be extremely relevant
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Oregon presidential primary, an irrelevancy for so many years, may now be the last contest that means anything in the long and increasingly bitter race between Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Read More
Oregonians weigh in on gas-tax suspension
Talk to drivers as they're filling up at the pump, and many say it'd be great if, as Hillary Clinton proposes, the federal gasoline tax were suspended this summer. Read More
2 similarly worded crime measures confound Oregon voters
The wondrously complicated Oregon Constitution is doing it again to voters: confusing them. The latest confusion stems from two ballot measures on the May 20 primary ballot. Measures 51 and 52 deal with crime victims' rights, contain similar language and, on the surface, appear to do the same thing. Read More
Clinton and Obama heading for Oregon this week
Oregon swings into the national glare of presidential politics over the next three days as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama swirl through the state, bringing hordes of media, raucous supporters and the sense of an approaching endgame. Read More
Ritter vows to beat leukemia, win 187th District in state House
Democratic state House candidate John R. Ritter is undergoing treatment for leukemia but plans to stay in the race for the 187th District seat, his campaign said Wednesday. Read More
Judge urged to reject Dougherty immunity
Federal prosecutors yesterday urged a judge to reject a request for immunity for labor leader John J. Dougherty, saying such a move could jeopardize the "possible future prosecution" of the electrical workers' union boss. Read More
5 superdelegates in Pa. remain uncommitted
WASHINGTON -- Looking for a flood of superdelegates to jump off the fence now that only six Democratic presidential primary contests remain? Don't expect it from Pennsylvania. Read More
Bill Napoli pushed to run for governor
A Rapid City gun shop owner believes state Sen. Bill Napoli should run for governor in 2010. The outspoken Republican, who announced earlier that he will not seek re-election to the Legislature, may be interested. Read More
Clinton heads to S.D.
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton becomes only the second presidential candidate in the 2008 election to visit South Dakota with a stop in Sioux Falls today. Read More
Convention delegates seek challenger to state's popular Republican governor
Democrats seeking to replace Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. must choose between a man who promises rentable electric cars for all, one who strives to redo the state's income tax structure and one who vows to make diligent use the governor's veto pen. Read More
Six Utahns among superdelegates who may pick Dems' presidential choice
The biggest remaining race for the Democratic presidential nominee doesn't involve any state primaries. Now it's about wooing superdelegates, including six party leaders from Utah. Read More
Matheson waiting out Demo race
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, still hasn't made up his mind about which Democratic presidential candidate to support -- even though the party's state chairman sees the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama winding down. Read More
Virginia superdelegate Del. McClellan switches from Clinton to Obama
A Virginia Democratic superdelegate yesterday switched her support from Sen. Hillary Clinton to Sen. Barack Obama, saying it seems unlikely that Clinton can catch up with Obama for the presidential nomination. Read More
State's undecided delegates stay mum
Some of Washington's uncommitted Democratic superdelegates are staying neutral in the presidential nomination process until June, but after Tuesday's vote in Indiana and North Carolina, one top party official says she is ready for a group huddle. Read More
Superdelegates may be deciders
A day after edging closer to the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama notched at least four superdelegates Wednesday, including one who switched from Hillary Rodham Clinton. Read More
Teach about judiciary, O'Connor urges
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor urged more than 700 members of the legal and business community Wednesday afternoon to help educate the public about the need for an accountable and independent judiciary. Read More
W.Va. Democratic race considered 'wide open'
WHEELING, W.Va. - West Virginia Democratic Party Chairman Nick Casey said it was just two days ago he thought U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton had a lock on winning the Democratic presidential nomination in West Virginia. Read More
Poll shows high court race close
Two challengers are leading in a tight race for two spots in the Democratic primary race for state Supreme Court, according to a poll to be released today. Read More
Sen. Clinton to hold rally at the Capitol on Thursday
Former President Bill Clinton will campaign through five West Virginia counties as his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, rallies in Charleston Thursday, Sen. Clinton's campaign announced late Tuesday night. Read More
Lawyers, coal, docs help fuel Supreme Court races
Lawyers remain the most generous source of campaign cash for West Virginia's Supreme Court races, with the coal industry and physicians also contributing significant sums to this year's candidates, the latest finance reports show. Read More
Governor won't try to match Clinton's rhetoric
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Gov. Dave Freudenthal said he's curious about what Bill Clinton might have to say -- but won't be intimidated by the former president's oratorical skills -- when they square off on behalf of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton in Montana this weekend. Read More
WORTH NOTING: Voters' guide promotes phone sex
An Oregon voters’ guide lists a very wrong number. California’s governor insults rural legislators. And Pennsylvania considers selling wine in vending machines. In case you missed those stories this week, “Worth Noting” fills you in. Read More
Seeds of social issues dot 2008 elections
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With justices' OK, voter ID moves ahead
A decision Monday (April 28) by the U.S. Supreme Court to let Indiana demand photo identification from voters paves the way for other states to do the same during November’s presidential election, experts say. Read More
Will Democrats grow legislative edge in '08?
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'Purple' states turn a little more 'blue'
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Obama's friends in unlikely places
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Commentary: Govs beat White House hopefuls as agents of change
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A tale of two comebacks
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AG contests attract serious attention
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Iraq casts shadow on 2008 state races
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W.Va. projects a split personality
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List of popular govs is full of surprises
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Strickland leading Ohio Dems' resurgence
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Q & A with Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D)
“Out There” columnist Louis Jacobson spoke by telephone with Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D). Here are excerpts from that Oct. 5 conversation. Read More
Democratic mid-term gains affecting policy
So complete was the Democratic rout in the 2006 midterm elections that the party even gained legislative influence in Alaska, Idaho, North and South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming – states long dominated by the Republicans. And those gains, though small, are translating into policy achievements. Read More
2006 interactive elections guide
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