2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumVirginia State Board of Elections Certifies Democrat Mark Herring as Attorney General-Elect
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http://www.bluevirginia.us/showDiary.do?diaryId=10655UPDATE: Republican Mark Obenshain issues statement which says he's considering demanding a recount, will take his sweet time apparently. http://bluevirginia.us/showComment.do?commentId=37045
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,637 posts)Thanks for the link!
katmondoo
(6,457 posts)FarPoint
(12,409 posts)Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)a lawsuit. It's the Republican way.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)Let the investigations begin.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)underpants
(182,829 posts)Obenshain will request the recount and frankly he should. 164 votes out if 2,000,000? He'd be crazy not too.
The Obenshains are huge in the Va GOP - there office in Richmond is named after the father- this would be very embarrassing if they can't get a legacy elected. oh well that's what nominating The Cooch and the other guy Jackson who makes Cooch seem a little less whackjob
sofa king
(10,857 posts)I was so disgusted at having to vote for a certain governor-elect that I was determined to enter my own name on the downticket elections (most of which were going to be won by unopposed Republicans). I actually opened the write-in part of the AG race, then realized I had a Democrat on that ticket, so I backed out and voted for Herring. Then I voted for myself as delegate.
I'm pleased that we came away with what we did, but we screwed up in Virginia really bad. The Commonwealth's legislature, mostly Republican, had a walk-in election because Democrats did not run a candidate in every district, and now we're screwed for at least another four years. We could have snipped off a lot of those chumps if people like me had been more diligent in putting together a coherent statewide campaign.
I'll try harder next time.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)That was close.
merrily
(45,251 posts)I've written in people, but never myself. I bet the poll watchers where I vote would yell it out if I did. They do whenever I write in anyone. It's not so embarrassing if the name that I write in is not my own.
You think they'd know better. They've been doing that job for as long as I've been voting! Same faces every time.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)was a close squeaker though, I so wish more Ds would vote please.
polichick
(37,152 posts)rocktivity
(44,576 posts)Special props to Rachel Maddow for keeping Cuchinelli and Co. in her headlights, and cue the Vonage theme!
rocktivity
merrily
(45,251 posts)JimboBillyBubbaBob
(1,389 posts).....hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!