California election results

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72.5% reporting statewide. Looking at which counties have what to report, it looks like I can call the races. There are still a lot absentees, but it probably won't change anything.

Gov: Schwarzenegger (R) wins 57-38
Lt. Gov: Garamendi (D) wins 48.7-45.8
Sec. of state: Bowen (D) wins 47.6-45.7
Controller: Chiang (D) wins 50-41
Treasuer: Lockyer(D) wins 54-37
Attorney Genera: Jerry Brown (D) wins 56-39
Insurance Commissioner: Poizner (R) wins 51-38
Senator: Feinstein won 59-36

As expected the RINO won the Insurance Commissioner race. Poizner gave money to Gore and Kerry.

Props:
1 A - E the bond props all pass
83 - sex offender landslides
84 - water gets 53.3%
85 - parental notification gets about the same as last time, 46.1%
86 - cigarette tax gets 47.4%
87 - alternative energy gets 44.7%, sigh
88 - regressive education tax loses horribly
89 - campaign finance fund gets 25% - i guess californians like dirty elections
90 - horrible eminent domain trojan gets 47.8%

Let's make fun of all the counties that voted for Prop. 90.

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What were the Dems thinking in this one, running one of the most boring people imaginable against Arnold Schwarzenegger?

Given the size of the victory, I'm not sure we could have won the governor race. The Insurance Commissioner race is different, a lot of liberals voted for the RINO (Poizner) over the terrible candidate (Bustamante). Bustamante is finished politically.

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Jfern,

When is Boxer's senate seat up for grabs? And how decent or poor of a chance do you think Arnie has of taking it?

NEVER!

Haha, she's up again in 2010.
Anyways, I think California is a lot more willing to elect Republicans as governor than to US Senate. A similar situation is in Rhode Island, moderate Chafee lost 47-53 while his party retained the governorship 51-49.

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Parental notification redux ran 1.4 points worse this time.
Not popular in those rural mormon counties, of course.

2005:


2006:

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Mormon...you mean Mono and Alpine?  Can you explain that for a tired and medicated person?

Obviously rural mormon counties are strongly against parental notification. Isn't that obvious?

Arnies a RINO Really though?

I always wondered why he became a Republican when you look at his wifes family.

Poizner is a RINO, not Arnold.