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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTim Kaine ends up second in line behind 99-year-old voter
Senator Tim Kaine
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I wanted to be first at my polling place, but 99-year-old Minerva Turpin beat me to it. Looks like I need to get used to being number two!
https://twitter.com/timkaine/status/795978916045451265/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine displayed a time-honored trait for a vice president -- preparedness -- showing up at his Richmond, Virginia, polling place 15 minutes early on Tuesday.
Despite his planning, Kaine ended up second in line -- perhaps also appropriate for the potential vice president.
Kaine told CNN's "New Day" that he "got to my polling place about a quarter until 6," and that "there was already a line" when he arrived.
The Virginia senator was beaten to the polls by 99-year old Minerva Turpin.
"Well, Ms. Turpin gave me reason to believe that I might win her vote. I voted at a senior center that's two blocks from my house. She is the president of the residents' association. So she welcomed me -- she was the first voter, I was the second voter. She pinned my 'you voted' stick on after I completed my ballot," he said.
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http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/08/politics/tim-kaine-minerva-turpin-voting-election-2016/index.html
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Tim Kaine ends up second in line behind 99-year-old voter (Original Post)
Renew Deal
Nov 2016
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Fahrenthold451
(436 posts)1. Number 2 comment made me immediately think of Austin Powers
Just me? I love Tim y su corazon.
Idle thought....Perhaps best to never refer to oneself as number 2. Andrea Mitchell will let Kellyanne discuss the gaffe for the next hour.
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underpants
(182,830 posts)2. Tim is awesome.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)3. Great Story!
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)6. Another fine foursome to put into the White House...
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)7. Great story...
...and even better picture!
Rorey
(8,445 posts)8. I love Tim Kaine
And on the other side there's that very odd (and radical) Pence.
niyad
(113,348 posts)9. lovely pic!!
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)10. So...Ms Turpin was born before women won the right to vote!!
It's bout time to make some more history!
bigtree
(85,998 posts)12. sweet!
TonyPDX
(962 posts)13. The next 4-8 years won't be easy, but I'm glad Tim Kaine is on our side.
He knows how to fight (and he plays the harmonica).
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)14. K&R
Great story!
NNadir
(33,526 posts)15. Tim Kaine has made an election season made awful by the orange tyrant bearable.
Gotta love that guy! A wise choice. I hope President Clinton will treat him the way President Obama treated Joe Biden, another wonderful guy, as an intimate and valued member of the team.