OH Special Congressional primaries; new polls; GOP tries to knock Constitution nominee for Gov off ballot
August 20th, 2006
MONDAY NEWS UPDATE.BY THE NUMBERS: LATEST INDEPENDENT NUMBERS.
MARYLAND - GOVERNOR: Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley (D) - 50%, Governor Bob Ehrlich (R) - 43%. (Rasmussen Reports).
MARYLAND - US SENATE: Congressman Ben Cardin (D) - 47%, former Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele (R) - 42%. (Rasmussen Reports).
MARYLAND - US SENATE: Former Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D) - 46%, Steele (R) - 44%. (Rasmussen Reports).
VIRGINIA - US SENATE: US Senator George Allen (R) - 47%, former Navy Secretary Jim Webb (D) - 42%. (Rasmussen Reports).
WISCONSIN - GOVERNOR: Governor Jim Doyle (D) - 45%, Congressman Mark Green (R) - 44%. (Strategic Vision-R).
WISCONSIN - GOVERNOR: Governor Jim Doyle (D) - 49%, Congressman Mark Green (R) - 41%. (Rasmussen Reports).
WISCONSIN - US SENATE: US Senator Herb Kohl (D) - 59%, attorney Robert Gerald Lorge (R) - 31%. (Rasmussen Reports).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 08.21.06
OREGON: GOP TRYING TO REMOVE CONSTITUTION GOV NOMINEE FROM BALLOT.
The most prominent Constitution Party candidate in the nation this election year may lose her ballot status. The AP reports that Republican lawyer and former State Representative Kelly Clark filed a state election complaint against anti-abortion activist and former local TV news anchor Mary Starrett, the CP's candidate for Oregon Governor. Clark said that the Oregon Constitution Party failed to file the required notice in a general circulation newspaper publicizing the party's June 3 nominating convention where Starrett was nominated, thereby violating state election laws related to ballot qualifying. "If we are right, and the party didn't follow proper process, then Mary Starrett doesn't belong on the ballot," Clark told the AP. If the Secretary of State rejects the complaint, Clark plans to file a lawsuit in the Circuit Court to invalidate Starrett's nomination. Clark -- a prominent anti-gay rights activist -- denies that the suit has any direct links with Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron Saxon or that he is trying knock out a potential "spoiler" in Saxon's race against Governor Ted Kulongoski (D). However, Clark confirmed to the AP he filed this complaint on behalf of "several individual voters, some of who are supporters of Saxton" who were concerned about the integrity of election laws. Recently, the Democrats lost their own potential "spoiler candidate" when moderate State Senator Ben Westlund (Independent) dropped out of the race.
Writer: David Jimenez - 08.21.06
OHIO: TWO SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES SET.
Last Friday we mentioned how eight Republicans filed to run in the special election primary in Ohio's CD-18 next to replace retiring Congressman Bob Ney (R) on the November ballot. The GOP special primary is set for September 14. In Ohio's CD-3, veterinarian Stephanie Studebaker (D) abruptly ended her campaign last week just days after both she and her husband were arrested on domestic violence charges for hitting each other. In a quickly called filing period -- open for only one day -- four Democrats filed to compete in the September 15 special primary. Click here to view all of the CD-3 and CD-18 candidates.
Posted by Ron Gunzburger; Cindy Zawadzki of AsOhioGoes.com also contributed to the story - 08.21.06
FREE SPEECH ZONE.
The DNC confirmed the early Nevada caucus and South Carolina primary dates, as previously reported ... and US Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) is yet again criticizing his own party as having lost the values it formerly represented ... So, what else is going on?
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 08.21.06
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