Dems win Virginia and New Jersey Governorships
Democrats kept their grip on the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey in Tuesday's off-year elections, while New York City's Republican mayor easily secured a second term in the Democratic stronghold.
CNN projected that Democratic Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine will win the Virginia governor's race over Republican Jerry Kilgore, the state's former attorney general, despite a late-minute appearance on Kilgore's behalf by President Bush.
In the race for New Jersey governor, CNN projected Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine would defeat Republican businessman Doug Forrester, culminating the most expensive race in the Garden State's history.
And as an interesting side story which may have deeper implications for Republican (and right-leaning Dem's) prospects in the future, we have this about St. Paul's Bush-supporting Dem mayor... well, EX-mayor.
posted by The Inside Dope @ 11/08/2005
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YoungRIDem... Democratic Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine scored a clear victory over Republican Jerry Kilgore, a former state attorney general, in Virginia, not West Virginia. Current Virginia governor Mark Warner was unable to run due to term limits in the state.
I am contantly amazed at how anyone could continue to consider John Richardson as a viable candidate.
He's even more wishy washy than the right tried to portray Kerry as, and he's got the horrible and intelligence-insulting "I was for the war because I believed all the unbelievable crap the administration told me about their having WMDs, but if I had known they didn't exist, I never would have supported it" BS hanging around his neck, and he just seems sloppy and way, way, way too establishment, right wing Dem to even be seriously considered, in my humble opinion.
Likewise Bayh is hamstrung by his "republican-light" positions, which I'm sure many Dems strategists consider a big plus. I don't agree.
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