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Primary and Filing Status Last night, Georgia conducted its party primaries.  Its incumbent Democrats were re-elected with varying percentages. At the top of the ticket, former governor Roy Barnes was one of several ex governors (the others are in California, Iowa, Maryland, and Oregon) who want their old job back. Democratic primary voters agreed, giving [...]

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Primary and Filing Status On the primary front, it has been relatively quiet this month. The Alabama runoff has been the only election held since June 22, and it provided yet another example of voters (in this case, in the Republican runoff for governor) choosing someone other than the preferred candidate of the local political [...]

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Utah Primary, North Carolina/South Carolina Runoffs Tonight, history was made in South Carolina. For the GOP runoff for Governor, state representative Nikki Haley (who is of Indian descent) benefitted in the primary from a backlash against racial slurs used against her (she was referred to as a “rag head”), as well as unproven allegations that she was [...]

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If there is one predominant theme from “Super Super Tuesday”, it’s that while incumbents are down, they’re certainly not out.

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                This upcoming Tuesday will be one of two “Super Super Tuesdays” between now and the November elections (the other will be on September 14). Ten states will be holding primaries, while Georgia is holding an all Republican Congressional special election, and Arkansas is holding runoff elections. Below are [...]

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Today was a bad day to be an incumbent or an “establishment” candidate. The bad news started yesterday, when the New York Times revealed that Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) fabricated his Vietman experience in speeches with voters (in fact, he received multiple deferments). Suddenly an open seat race thought to be safe for the [...]

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Tomorrow is primary day in Arkansas, Kentucky, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. Three of the states have significant intraparty primaries that feature an establishment candidate facing an insurgent candidate, and the outcomes of these races will be a good test of the depth of anti-incumbent sentiment:

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Scorecard

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Maybe it’s us, but does this look like a man in control? President Barack Obama, descending into Los Angeles to speak at a fundraiser on behalf of endangered Sen. Barbara Boxer, was repeatedly heckled by gay activists who want the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy repealed.

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…by one vote. Mitt Romney’s total of 439 votes topped Ron Paul’s 438. Each had 24 percent of the vote, while Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin each had 18 percent. Mike Huckabee was next with four percent, Mike Pence and Tim Pawlenty had three percent each, with Rick Santorum at two percent and Gary Johnson [...]

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