2018 Presidential Election

[Marky Bunny]

So Hunter is lapping the field on the Republican side but if I'm not mistaken, he's never specifically said he was running.

No one has announced yet.

 

[lord caedus]

New page, new collection of gubernatorial maps. This time: the Santos era of state chief executive elections.

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Gubernatorial Election Maps (1985-2023)
Reagan/Bush (1985-1986) • Newman (1987-1990) • Lassiter (1991-1998) • Bartlet (1999-2006) • Santos (2007-2010) • Walken (2011-2018) • Seaborn (2019-2023)
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Santos (2007-2010)
2007

Spoiler: 2007 elections

Kentucky: Allison Marshall (R) defeated Sam Dunlap (D) – R GAIN
Mississippi: Bill Williams (R) re-elected
Oregon: Harris Ryan (D) re-elected
South Carolina: Christine Taylor (D) defeated Tony Hammonds (R) – D GAIN
Vermont: Jim Donnet (R) retired; Janet Lorton (D) elected – D GAIN

2008

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Spoiler: 2008 elections

Alaska: Ted Bickford (R) lost re-nomination; Joe Wheeler (R) elected – R HOLD
Arkansas: Bobby Rimmer (D) re-elected
Delaware: Joe Byers (D) term-limited; Rachel DeBoer (D) elected – D HOLD
Florida: Eric Swenson (R) re-elected
Idaho: David Arkin (R) re-elected
Illinois: Andrew Cordy (D) re-elected
Kansas: Mitch McCall (R) re-elected
Maine: Lionel Thompson (D) re-elected
Maryland: Joe Derrick (D) re-elected
Minnesota: Michael Jack (R) re-elected
Missouri: Henry Shallick (R) re-elected
Nebraska: John Moore (R) defeated Roger Tribbey (D) – R GAIN
North Dakota: George Simms (R) re-elected
Oklahoma: Peggy Wade (R) re-elected
Pennsylvania: Mark Kellner (D) re-elected
Rhode Island: Billie Atkins (D) re-elected
Texas: Barton Hopkins (R) retired; Phil Prior (R) elected – R HOLD
Utah: John Elderton (R) re-elected
Washington: Alex Folan (D) defeated Howard Johnson (R) – D GAIN
West Virginia: Ray Sullivan (R) term-limited; Stan Hale (D) elected – D GAIN
Wyoming: Rick Vincent (R) term-limited; Brad Elton (R) elected – R HOLD

2009

Spoiler: 2009 elections

New Jersey: Dan Pritchard (R) defeated John Treyman (D) – R GAIN
Virginia: Mark Renton (D) term-limited; Rob Buchanan (R) elected – R GAIN

2010

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Spoiler: 2010 elections

Alabama: John McCrory (R) retired; Stock Kinsey (R) elected – R HOLD
Arizona: Mike Lawson (D) re-elected
California: Kevin Clarkson (D) re-elected
Colorado: Oliver Moseley (R) defeated Jack Wallace (D) – R GAIN
Connecticut: Chris Casey (D) retired; Louise Northman-Paige (R) elected – R GAIN
Florida (special): Eric Swenson (R) retired; James Ritchie (R) elected – R HOLD
Georgia: Charlie Forrester (R) term-limited; Mike Schofield (R) elected – R HOLD
Hawaii: Lorraine Larvey (D) term-limited; Joanne White (D) elected – D HOLD
Indiana: Stephen Kendrick (R) re-elected
Iowa: Laura Connolly (D) retired; Carl York (R) elected – R GAIN
Louisiana: Mick Johnson (R) retired; Cole Quigley (R) elected – R HOLD
Massachusetts: Isaac Sidley (D) re-elected
Michigan: John Brennan (R) defeated Ruth Hutchins (D) – R GAIN
Montana: Gerald Vance (R) term-limited; Kurt Carner (D) elected – D GAIN
Nevada: Randy Broughton (D) defeated Dan Carrington (R) – D GAIN
New Hampshire: Kurt Breech (D) re-elected
New Mexico: Rudi Vansen (I) defeated Henry Gomez (R) – I GAIN
New York: Bill Parker (D) retired; Matthew Lewis (D) elected – D HOLD
North Carolina: Andrew Wu (R) re-elected
Ohio: Simon Halley (R) re-elected
South Dakota: Chuck Rollins (R) term-limited; Tim Masters (R) elected – R HOLD
Tennessee: John Roberts (D) retired; Shane Denham (R) elected – R GAIN
Wisconsin: Mark Katzenmoyer (D) re-elected

 

[Marky Bunny]

Friday May 3rd, 2024

Labour inflicts heavy local election defeats on Conservatives but fail to win West Suffolk by-election​

The Conservative's have suffered a string of defeats in the local elections in England and Wales which where held yesterday. Labour have so far won several of it's target council's including Redditch, Thurrock, Hartlepool, and Rushmoor but lost Blackburn, Oldham and Rochdale to no overall control with the Socialist Alliance picking up seats on each council.

In the West Suffolk by-election local Conservative Council leader Michael Gordon defeated Labour's Claire Berry by 481 votes, holding on despite a 19% swing to Labour, it was not enough to overturn the Conservative majority of 23,111 from last years general election.

Counting across the country will continue through out the day.

West Suffolk By-election

No	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	+/- %
1	Conservative	Michael Gordon	14,577	32.52%	-27.88%
2	Labour	Claire Berry	14,096	31.44%	10.64%
3	National Peoples	Terrance Forbes	10,002	22.31%	9.12%
4	Liberal Democrat	Peter Jacobs	4,183	9.33%	3.33%
5	Green	Susan Tucker	1,010	2.25%	0.14%
6	Anglia First	Wayne Randell	508	1.13%	-0.41%
7	Save The NHS	Robert Davis	262	0.58%	N/A
8	Happy Sunshine Party	William "Big Willy" O'Connell	124	0.28%	0.04%
9	English Independence	Steve Lucas	51	0.11%	N/A
10	Ban Horse Racing	Dorothy Murray	18	0.04%	N/A
			44,831	100.00%
		Majority	481	1.07%

19.26% swing from Con to Lab

 

[lord caedus]

Likely Republican Senate nominee claims he asked military superiors for permission to shoot feral cats in Qumar

Friday, May 9th, 2024

Congressman Tim Johnson (R-FL), the likely Republican Senate nominee in Florida, attracted outrage after a video of a Thursday town hall was released where the sophomore congressman expressed his distaste for cats after discussing a viral photo that compared him to a cat with large ears and a large nose, claiming to have asked military commanders to shoot feral cats while stationed in Qumar.

"I'm a dog guy," Johnson is recorded saying in the clip. "I don't like cats. Some people might like them, but I don't...I can tell you how much I don't like them: I think I was the only American officer who asked permission to designate feral cats as hostiles." After attendees laugh, Johnson adds. "I really did. They of course said 'no', but if it had been up to me, there wouldn't have been a single feral [cat] within ten kilometers of my company's position."

Johnson, the clear frontrunner in the Republican primary to oust Alicia DeSantos (D-FL), commanded a Marine company during the first few months of the occupation of Qumar, before leaving the military to care for his ailing mother following his father's death in 2017. He frequently invoked his military service during his first run for elected office in 2018, when he defeated incumbent Maria Garcia Trenton (D). In Congress, Johnson has compiled a conservative voting record, notably opposing the inclusion of gender identity into civil rights protections, among other culture war issues.

Both the DeSantos campaign and liberal political action committees have already responded with attack ads using clips from the video, while the Johnson campaign says the video clips were "taken out of context" after previously claiming the video was edited using artificial intelligence. Polls taken before the video was released had have the Sarasota-based congressman leading his nearest Republican opponent by 30 percent ahead of the August primary, while tied with DeSantos in a hypothetical head-to-head match-up.

The photo that prompted Johnson (right) to discuss his violent dislike of cats (photo: A. Driver)​

 

[lord caedus]

Tim Johnson in Qumar, 2016:

 

[lord caedus]

OOC: Yes, this is obviously based on Kristi "Cricket Had It Coming" Noem being a complete sociopath and expecting to be politically rewarded for it.

It's important to point out, though, that Johnson didn't actually kill any cats, unlike Noem taking out any unfortunate pets and petting zoo creatures who displeased her.

 

[WestWingNut]