House may pick up 9 Democratic seats, too
Here is a list of projected Democratic pickups in the State House Of Representatives:
6th LD #1 - Don Barlow Do these pickups mean a 2/3 Democratic Majority in the House? I'm too tired to do the math, but things look very good for the 2007 session for legislation. Up to 8 Dem pickups in the State Senate
As of 10pm, here are my projections on State Senator seat pickups for Democrats:
State Senate: Wow. There is a real potential to go from 26-23 to 34-15 in the State Senate. Next up, the House projections. State Legislative District Election Update #1
An amazing number of Repubs are in danger (8:35pm):
2nd LD #1
2nd LD #2
9th LD #1
10th LD #2
20th LD #1
23rd LD #2
31st LD Senator
31st LD #1
31st LD #2
39th LD #1
44th LD Senator
45th LD Senator
45th LD #1 Washington State Legislative Election Results
Some exciting early returns (8:19pm):
24th LD #1
17th LD #1
18th LD #2
6th LD Senator
6th LD #1 Rob McKenna OKs fake Attorney General letterhead for partisan mudslingingBright Mind broke the story on Washblog yesterday. Washington State's Republican Party has sent out a letter on official-looking but fake Attorney General letterhead that slams a Democratic candidate here in the 47th Legislative District -- and extols the virtues of the Republican candidate. McKenna misrepresents the Democrat's employment and accuses her of preying on the vulnerable. Relevant to note here is the fact that the candidate in question, Claudia Kauffman, has spent her career helping and protecting the vulnerable.
Here's a jpg of McKenna's letter. Interesting that Mr. McKenna would choose to denounce campaign literature of a local Democrat -- literature that stays on the issues and is respectful and ethical -- while he has repeatedly ignored illegal and questionable Republican behavior. Last year, there were the fake sex offender notices coming from Republican campaigns. In 2005, there was the use of illegally modified voter challenge forms to purge legitimate voters from Democratic areas from the rolls right before an election. In 2004, there were the illegal ads run against Deborah Senn by the US Chamber of Commerce. Here, David Goldstein quixotically calls on Mr. McKenna to tell his party to stop its dirty tricks. Here, Steve Zemke on Majority Rules blog tells us that McKenna is conspicuously absent from the list of state Attorney Generals suing to protect Washington citizens from rising gas prices and global warming. This past Saturday, Darryl Holman of Hominid Views revealed that Mr. McKenna has recorded robocalls containing misleading statements about Rodney Tom's legislative attendance record. (1192 words in story) Full Story Bankrupting the Republican Party by Fighting back on their Illegal Robo CallsVote suppression RoboCalls from Republicans are being made in the millions. The calls seem to be from Democrats -- unless you listen past the introduction, and ring 6-7 times late night and early morning. Peter Goldmark's race is a target. Here's the Goldmark's response. If you get one of these calls, you can call WA State Democrats' hotline -- (recommended ASAP): 1-877-336-7492. See Eridani's diary on Washblog on how to save the calls to your harddrive.
According to info on Daily Kos and TPM Muckracker.com, this is a coordinated national campaign conducted by the NRCC and Conquest Communications, 2812 Emerywood Parkway, Suite 103, Richmond, Virginia 23294. - PHONE (804) 358-0560 - FAX (804) 213-0797, and active in at least 20 Districts. G2Geek on KOS says this could result in widespread civil and criminal sanctions that could bankrupt the Republican party. He's got specific advice. See below the fold for that & more. (2 comments, 313 words in story) Full Story Alternate voting locations for flooded voters!
Everyone by now knows there is massive flooding and more rain expected, so King County Elections is planning for several polling locations to be closed. For expediency's sake, I'm excerpting the Seattle Times article in its entirety (apologies to the Times) below the fold. Mucho importante if you live in East King County - if you are in another flooded county and have similar info, please add in the comments thread and post to your own blogs if ya got 'em.
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I am hoping that we will be able to provide on Washblog up to the minute results on all LD and Federal races tomorrow evening after the polls close, but would like to consider other local races that people will be interested in - like Snohomish County PUD for example.
If people have a preference, please list it in the comments to this post and we'll put updates in for the local races you requested. As for tomorrow, most people will be very busy with GOTV - if you have something you want to share - a problem at a precinct, or any story you would like to pass along and don't have the time to post, then send us an e-mail (info@washblog.com) and we will post it for you. Here's to a big win tomorrow night! (4 comments) Comments >> What to do on Tuesday if you experience voting problemsWhat do you do if you see or experience something you think is illegal or questionable on election day -- or if you just have a question? Well, I hear that Common Cause has ranked Washington State as a low risk for election cheating. However, from my past poll judge and doorbelling experience, I know that there is sometimes confusion and error. I called Washington Elections just now. The very nice person there told me (in an email update) that their hotline # is 1-800-448-4881. Calling that # on election day will result in a referral to the appropriate county auditors office. She sent me this link: County Auditors in Washington State. Then I called King County Elections. They have a very useful site for general info and, if you experience problems in King County on election day, you can call them here: 1-206-296-VOTE (8683).
Then I called Washington Democrats. They do have a hotline -- and it's open for business now. 1-877-336-7492. It's staffed by an attorney and other volunteers. They have a network of attorneys and others who will be on call to help on Tuesday. Hotline hours: 9am - 8pm today and Monday 11/6; 10am-5pm on Saturday and Sunday; and 6:45am- 9pm on Tuesday, 11/7. More info over the fold, including links to a number of election protection sites (I like the "Video the Vote" idea), and two important points that some people are unclear on that can keep them from voting. BTW, if you live in the Seattle area, don't forget there's an Emergency Post-Election Meeting at Trinity United Methodist Church. (8 comments, 1104 words in story) Full Story Darcy Burner We Need You!
We have witnessed a remarkable phenomenon recently. In the face of a corrupt, inept, and dishonorable national leadership, citizens like Darcy Burner, Peter Goldmark, and Richard Wright have stepped out of successful private lives into the bruising business of running for national office to lead us back to honor and strength. This strikes me as akin to the sacrifice that soldiers make when they volunteer to fight, a sacrifice that this administration dishonors by mistreating soldiers and veterans, running an inept war, selling out our military to corrupt private contractors, sponsoring torture, and suspending habeus corpus. Soldiers like Washington's Ricky Clousing and Ehren Watada have made the sacrifice twice: first volunteering for service and second speaking up against the dishonorable way this war is being run.
True to the nature of American media, public focus has settled more on the scandals and outrageous behavior of the Republicans that triggered this wave of citizen action -- than it has on the Americans who are sacrificing to restore our honor.
Lynn Allen at Evergreen Politics just now has a very insightful post up on Darcy Burner: We Need Darcy in Congress that helps redress this imbalance. Lynn writes from her experience as a consultant and trainer in the high-tech industry, as well as a political activist/ organizer and close observer of the Burner campaign. It's well worth the visit. Reichert Caught in Outright Lie about Bus Driver IncidentI just see now on Horses Ass that we can all confirm Reichert's untruths on the bus driver incident for ourselves. The scoop comes from Greg Sargent's TPM Cafe piece: WA-08: Reichert Caught In Lie About Driver Who Flipped Bird To Bush. Here's the sound file of Reichert speaking. And here's the text of what he said:
As the motorcade went by the President and I drove by on I-5. The President was having a great time. He was waving at everybody. And waving at the kids he got the biggest kick out of the kids leaning out the window to say hello to the President of the United States. The sad part of it is, though, we got to the last bus...the bus driver flipped the President off. [Loud boos.] So the very next day, you know what I did? I called the superintendent of that school district. And that bus driver no longer works for that school. [Loud cheers.] That's the old sherriff part of me still around. What's saddest to me about this sound file is how Reichert rouses the crowd to celebrate that the busdriver lost his job. President Bush got off scott free for flipping off the media (see Youtube clip below). And Cheney is allowed to say "F* yourself" to Senator Patrick Lehey on the floor of the Senate. They don't get fired or even reprimanded for their scorn and dishonor of their offices and the whole country. But Reichert feels perfectly free to rouse a crowd to celebrate that he got a busdriver fired for political self-expression. Maybe the district had to fire the driver. I'm not blaming the district. Reichert's actions, on the other hand, are morally immature and, in their effect, hurtful to all of us. (2 comments, 322 words in story) Full Story I side with school bus drivers on both these doofuses ...
I can't help myself but in the spirit of true democracy and school bus drivers, I'm making a well-recognized gesture of assessment at both Bush and 8th District Marionette Reichert. Some things are worth passing on and are so true that it would be sinful not to shout it out. The following is one of those things that someone sent Lietta who forwarded it to me. ... and I'm playing it forward
-Arthur Things you have to believe to be a Republican today..... or, as I would have titled it 15 Dumbass Beliefs of Highly Dumbass People
Republican Belief # 1 Republican Belief #2 Republican Belief #3 (4 comments, 549 words in story) Full Story I-933: Outsiders Feed on Washington's PainWashington has land use troubles. New York City real estate developer Howie Rich noticed and he's paired up with in-state pro-sprawl developers to feed on our pain with a de facto repeal of our zoning and environmental laws through I-933. It'll cost us environmental quality, neighborliness, and, according to Washington's office of Financial Management, $7- $9 billion. Rich's Illinois organization is I-933's biggest funder, having given $360,000 to the cause. Oregon voters, who approved Howie Rich's similar (but less extreme) Measure 37 in 2004, now say 2-1 in a poll that they'd vote NO The Oregonian tells us: Don't do it, Washington!.
What do Washingtonians say? All our living governors joined together last week to warn us against I-933. Seattle Times calls I-933 an expensive hoax. All of Washington's major faith organizations and environmental organizations say no. Major civic organizations, including firefighters, farmers, and chambers of commerce warn us: NO ON I-933.
(8 comments) Comments >> Emergency Post-Election Meeting at Trinity United Methodist ChurchThis is from an email that is making the rounds. I hope to have more details in a few days.
There will be a gathering Wednesday evening, November 8th, 7pm at Trinity United Methodist Church, 6512 23rd Ave. NW 98117. (3 comments) Comments >> Maria Cantwell Stands Up for KYRS FM -- Spokane Community Radio
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