Saturday, September 4, 2010

Wow....Interesting Elections



A few surprises from this year's round of primary elections:

**Senator Specter, the Democratic incumbent famous for switching from the Republican party, is out of a job in Pennsylvania in the primary race.
**Republican Fiorina is in a tight race with incumbent Democrat Senator Boxer in California.
**Senator Reid (Democrat) looks to be out a job in Nevada against Republican Angle.
**Alvin Greene--a total unknown with criminal charges--won the Democratic nomination for Senate against a known candidate in South Carolina
**Mr. Joe Miller will be the Republican candidate for senator in Alaska, after defeating long-time incumbent Murkowski, who supported cap-and-trade legislation.
**Senator Bennett (Republican, Incumbent)--who voted for TARP-- lost the primary against contender Mike Lee.
**Representative Mollohan of West Virginia (Democrat, Incumbent)--with questions of ethics violations and his support of Obamacare--lost to his challenger Oliverio.
**Another party-switcher, Republican Representative Griffith of Alabama, lost the primary to Mr. Brooks.
**Representative Inglis (Republican in South Carolina) lost to Tea Party candidate Gowdy in the Republican primary.

Stay tuned for more primary election results!

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