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Archive of Elections on Tuesday October 27, 2009
NJ: Poll -- Corzine by 9
A Suffolk University poll released today shows New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine with a 9-point advantage over Republican Chris Christie, his biggest lead of the campaign and a result that would have been unthinkable just a few months ago. Read More
VA: McDonnell's edge over Deeds grows stronger
Republican Robert F. McDonnell carries a double-digit lead over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds in the final week of the campaign for Virginia governor, according to a new Washington Post poll. Read More
FL: Chillier political climate for this Obama visit to Florida
Last time President Barack Obama visited America's biggest battleground state, our unemployment rate was nearly two points lower and his approval rating in Florida nearly 20 points higher. It was February, and he was in Fort Myers touting the $787 billion stimulus package. Read More
FL: Obama gives Florida Democrats a pep talk at Miami Beach fundraiser
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- In his second trip to Florida since his election, President Barack Obama told backers at a Miami Beach fundraiser not to worry about his critics: "I don't rattle." Read More
FL: Florida gubernatorial candidates take plenty of time off
Bill McCollum and Alex Sink, both running for governor, have schedules most citizens can only dream of -- though both say they work longer hours than their schedules indicate. Read More
IA: Culver causes stir by congratulating Iowa, but not Iowa State
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver pledged Monday to attend bowl games of both the Iowa and Iowa State football teams after being asked why he sent out a statement congratulating Iowa for their win on Saturday, but not Iowa State. Read More
IA: Iowa's first lady back on campaign trail
Iowa first lady Mari Culver hit the campaign trail again Monday now that her two children are getting over a bout of the seasonal flu. Read More
IA: Slash newer programs, Republicans propose
Republicans weighing a campaign for governor suggest reducing state employee pay and eliminating newer Democratic priorities, such as certain economic development and education programs, when asked how they would balance the troubled state budget. Read More
IL: Ex-attorney general Ryan in governor's race
Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan is set to officially enter the race for governor. Read More
IL: Hynes gets support from electrical, pipe trades
Democratic governor candidate Dan Hynes got the backing today of the state council of electrical union workers and on Tuesday gets the endorsement of the pipe trades in his battle against Gov. Pat Quinn. Read More
IL: Judy Baar Topinka announces run for state comptroller
Three years ago, Republican Judy Baar Topinka was vilified by then-Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich in an expensive series of TV campaign ads that ended with the political punch line, "What's she thinking?" Read More
IL: Former GOP chairman joining Ill. governor race
Andy McKenna plans to formally enter the race on Tuesday. Read More
IL: Politicians line up for top spot on primary ballots
Hundreds of politicians and staffers lined up outside the State Board of Elections office in Springfield on Monday to get a spot on Feb. 2 primary ballots, launching a 2010 campaign season that already features competitive contests for dozens of federal, statewide, legislative and county offices. Read More
MA: Summit stiffs candidates
Organizers of today's economic summit, billed by Gov. Deval Patrick as a non-partisan effort to map out recovery for Massachusetts, deliberately snubbed Treasurer Tim Cahill and two other gubernatorial candidates vying for Patrick's job. Read More
MA: Senate debate misses 'moment'
The hotly anticipated Democratic debate among candidates vying for the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's historic seat turned out to be a clunker, with the four hopefuls spewing scripted spin that a moderator struggled to enliven. Read More
ME: Opposition to ballot questions grows
A poll released Monday suggests that supporters of gay marriage have pulled further ahead of opponents, but voter sentiment for two tax-related initiatives may be souring as the campaigns enter the final week. Read More
ME: Pingree's No on 1 role challenged
The organization working to overturn Maine's same-sex marriage law accused the opposition and House Speaker Hannah Pingree on Monday of failing to fully disclose her role in the campaign to defeat Question 1. Read More
MI: Poll -- Voters divided over next governor's party
Michigan voters are evenly divided about whether they want the state's next governor to be a Democrat or Republican, but negative perceptions about the performance of Gov. Jennifer Granholm appear to be depressing her party's prospects, according to a new poll from Rasmussen Reports. Read More
NJ: Candidates for N.J. governor mount final push
With one week to go until Election Day, Democratic Gov. Corzine is bringing back the national star power, Republican Christopher J. Christie is planning to get on the air, and independent Chris Daggett is firing up the tour bus. Read More
NJ: Corzine -- Using 'weight' in Christie ad was poor word choice
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Governor Corzine said Monday night that it may have been a "good idea" to use different wording in a campaign commercial that spawned accusations he was calling Chris Christie overweight. Read More
NJ: Codey's star dims as Senate president, but still shines brightly as campaigner
Even as members of his own party seek to oust him as Senate president, Richard Codey is in high demand these days as a Democratic Party star on the campaign trail. Read More
NM: Group wants Johnson on presidential ballot
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson had little to say Monday about a new "grassroots" Web site promoting a Johnson candidacy for president. But Johnson said he soon will be launching a new Web site of his own as a platform "to speak out on the issues of the day." Read More
NV: Governor's staff chief takes unusual step of fundraising
The governor's chief of staff, Robin Reedy, is hitting up his supporters for money to help finance his reelection bid. Read More
OH: Lance Armstrong gets visit from Strickland
Gov. Ted Strickland stopped at cyclist Lance Armstrong's house in Texas last week in between fund-raising events in Austin on Thursday and Dallas on Friday. Read More
OH: Issue 2 opponents slow to mount campaign
The battle over the treatment of farm livestock animals has so far been decidedly one-sided with opponents showing little sign of raising funds to counter TV ads promoting the ballot issue. Read More
OH: Ohio casino backers and foes debate at Xavier
NORTH AVONDALE -- Concerned citizens got a chance Monday night to ask last-minute questions about Issue 3, the issue before voters next week that would amend the state constitution to legalize construction of one casino in each of Ohio's four largest cities, including one at Cincinnati's Broadway Commons. Read More
OH: Questions and answers on Issue 3, the amendment to allow casino gambling in Ohio
It is not as big of a draw as a presidential election, but voters will go to the polls one week from today with a critical question to answer: Should casinos be allowed in Ohio? Read More
OR: PERS is a gift that keeps on giving
One number leapt off the page of Ted Sickinger's report in The Sunday Oregonian on the exploding cost of the Public Employees Retirement System: Higher pension costs facing state agencies over the next two years could equal 60 percent of the $733 million in new taxes that voters will consider in January. Read More
PA: Trial lawyers' donations become issue in state Supreme Court race
A candidate for an open seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Monday her opponent may have been unduly influenced by donations from trial lawyers, although she has received lesser amounts from the same sources. Read More
PA: Supreme Court candidate hits rival over contributions
Superior Court Judge Joan Orie Melvin has launched a sharp attack on Judge Jack Panella, her Democratic opponent for a state Supreme Court seat next Tuesday, claiming it was unethical for him to take $1 million in campaign contributions from trial lawyers, whose cases he rules on regularly. Read More
SC: Bid to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford begins Tuesday
WASHINGTON -- Remember Mark Sanford, Republican governor of South Carolina, who tearfully admitted last June that he had disappeared for five days because he was having an affair with a woman in Argentina? Read More
TN: Rep. Mike Bell to run for Senate seat vacated by Dewayne Bunch
Republican state Sen. Dewayne Bunch of Cleveland has told House colleagues who share his East Tennessee district that he won't seek re-election next year, Rep. Mike Bell said Monday. Bell, a Riceville Republican, announced he would run to replace Bunch in the upper chamber. Read More
TX: What the Willingham case is really about
The ex-wife of Cameron Todd Willingham now alleges that he confessed to murdering their three children in her last death row meeting with him, shortly before his 2004 execution. At last, the truth comes out in the high-profile case of a questionable arson-murder conviction. Right? Read More
TX: Rep. Terri Hodge to be tried in Dallas City Hall corruption case days after March primary
Rep. Terri Hodge's trial on public corruption charges has been scheduled to begin March 8, just days after the Democratic primary in which Hodge will attempt to retain her statehouse seat. Read More
VA: McDonnell leads Deeds in tally of contributions
Both campaigns have accelerated their spending in recent weeks as they saturate the airwaves with ads. McDonnell spent $6.7 million in the first three weeks of October while Deeds spent $4.9 million. Read More
WI: Lawton's exit increases pressure on Barrett
Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton's surprise decision Monday not to run for governor leaves Democrats with no major announced candidate for the state's highest office and shines the spotlight even more brightly on the biggest of the unannounced candidates, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Read More |
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