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Man these are some super flimsy locks/90%+/goofball 100% projections if all it takes is a worthless zomg new hillary email revelation to move them into tossup land.

11-04-2016 , 12:52 PM

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adanthar

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that's pretty simple tbh: I have 1/100th as much money on the Senate as I do on the topline and focus appropriately lol

11-04-2016 , 02:43 PM

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mutigers

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Originally Posted by seattlelou

The MO GOP Governor candidate was a Navy Seal. That his entire campaign and credentials. I think he will lose (the dem candidate recently switched parties) but if not my Governor can def beat up your Governor.

i hope he wins but i really hate chris koster he just oozes sleazebag. greitens has fantastic credentials and i know a few of his campaign staff from law school and they are reasonable people but his insane ads are a turn off for me although i guess that is what the base wants. still,i think he is probably at least a relatively reasonable republican

11-04-2016 , 02:45 PM

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Namath12

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Some FL peeps are suing to get Amendment 1 (the anti-solar pro-solar amendment to the FL Constitution) off the ballot. No earthly idea how that could be accomplished 4 days before election day

11-05-2016 , 01:14 AM

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rjoefish

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It would just toss the vote out as if it never happened.

11-05-2016 , 08:12 AM

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seattlelou

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I am voting for Koster. Somebody needs to be a check on the MO legislature. I fear they will pass "required carry" legislation without a Dem on top to veto the most nonsensical stuff.

11-05-2016 , 05:45 PM

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goofyballer

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I've somehow gotten three voicemails today (is this **** even legal?) for the state senate race in SF (Jane Kim vs. Scott Wiener, democrat vs democrat). How does this wind up being the most contentious thing here?

Like, the Jane Kim recording was Bernie Sanders giving a 30 second endorsement of her, they brought the big guns out for this ****!

11-05-2016 , 06:39 PM

#83

microbet

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Originally Posted by goofyballer

The State Assembly race in my area is about 10 times as contentions as the next most contentious race. (which is a County Supervisor race)

11-06-2016 , 04:11 AM

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Howard Beale

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If anybody's getting more robo-calls than I am in Arizona I feel damn sorry for them.

11-06-2016 , 06:26 AM

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seattlelou

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Any thoughts on the WA State Carbon tax proposal?

11-06-2016 , 11:15 PM

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zikzak

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Chuck Schumer (D, NY) is running TV ads for his 4th term in the Senate. The buy is so large I'm seeing them in MA. He has a 40 pt lead in the polls.

11-07-2016 , 12:50 PM

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champstark

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Originally Posted by zikzak

Chuck Schumer (D, NY) is running TV ads for his 4th term in the Senate. The buy is so large I'm seeing them in MA. He has a 40 pt lead in the polls.

I guess maybe he thinks they will help Hillary in Pennsylvania or something? Seems a bit ridiculous, obviously.

11-07-2016 , 12:52 PM

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seattlelou

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I guess maybe he thinks they will help Hillary in Pennsylvania or something? Seems a bit ridiculous, obviously.

Might help build support for Senate leadership? I don't know if he expects a challenge.

11-07-2016 , 02:29 PM

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Darrell Issa's house race (CA-49) is one of 43 targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's "Red to Blue" program. The opponent is a retired Marine colonel who "firmly embraces a progressive agenda that closely mirrors that advocated by Bernie Sanders during his presidential bid". Latest polling from the DCCC is 48-46 Issa.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/i...-campaign.html

Issa is a grade-A deplorable, would love to see him out on his ass.

11-07-2016 , 02:50 PM

#90

champstark

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So Vermont is going to elect a Republican governor and West Virginia a Democrat?

WTF IS GOING ON

11-07-2016 , 03:46 PM

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seattlelou

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So Vermont is going to elect a Republican governor and West Virginia a Democrat?

WTF IS GOING ON

WV democrat is standard. It's been 15 years since they elected a GOP governor despite being reliably red for President. MO is not much different in that regard.

11-07-2016 , 04:31 PM

#92

master3004

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Originally Posted by seattlelou

Any thoughts on the WA State Carbon tax proposal?

It was fairly confusing. I voted yes based solely on who was backing it in the state government

11-07-2016 , 04:32 PM

#93

seattlelou

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It was fairly confusing. I voted yes based solely on who was backing it in the state government

It has gotten mixed reviews from environmental groups. I hope it passes it would be nice to have a US test case.

11-07-2016 , 06:29 PM

#94

microbet

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It has gotten mixed reviews from environmental groups. I hope it passes it would be nice to have a US test case.

Without doing any research that was my thought. Good to test some stuff out in puny states first.

11-07-2016 , 08:52 PM

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seattlelou

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Every other ad in MO is Blunt or Kinder. Blunt is a WA insider with (gasp) a 1.6M mansion and Kinder is a liberal trial lawyer, nuff said.

11-07-2016 , 08:54 PM

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ShouldI

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What's the word on question 2 in Nevada? The last news I saw was 53/47 and narrowing.

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11-07-2016 , 11:52 PM

#97

CharlieDontSurf

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Yes on Prop 205...one time dealer!

11-09-2016 , 12:27 PM

#98

master3004

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Pretty bummed WA didn't pass the carbon tax initiative.

11-09-2016 , 12:28 PM

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What's the word on question 2 in Nevada? The last news I saw was 53/47 and narrowing.

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It passed

11-09-2016 , 12:37 PM

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CA did some good things last night including legalizing weed, but somehow we failed to repeal the death penalty and in fact probably made it stronger by approving a ****ty measure designed to speed up the time before executions. Really bummed about that one.

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