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[NewYorkExpress]

November 21st, 2008

Spitzer's Folly?



Governor Eliot Spitzer says he will appoint New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to the Senate to succeed President- elect Hillary Clinton. Many experts, as well as those in Congress believe that if Quinn wishes to finish Clinton's term after the 2010 elections she will need to dodge a challenge both from the GOP and from a Long Island/Upstate Democrat.

December 3, 2008
Clinton names Patti Solis Doyle Chief of Staff

December 5, 2008
Clinton announces UN ambassador Zalmay Khalizad will stay on.

December 7, 2008
Clinton announces Carol Browner will be her nominee for the position of EPA administrator

December 11, 2008
Clinton announces Micheal Froman will be her nominee for the Position of U.S Trade Representative

December 14, 2008
Clinton announces Mary Landrieu as her nominee for FEMA administrator

December 15,2008
Clinton announces James B. Peake will remain Secretary of Veteran's Affairs

December 20, 2008
Clinton announces Steven Chu as her nominee for Energy Secretary

January  1

New Congress Sworn in

Leaders are

Democrats; House

Nancy Pelosi

Democrats Senate; Harry Reid


Republicans; House

John Boehner

Republicans- Senate

Richard Lugar

January 4,2009

Clinton announces nomination of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education. Landrieu and Browner are confirmed by their respective committees.


January 7, 2009

Clinton announces nomination of Saxby Chambliss to serve as Secretary of Agriculture. Peake is again confirmed. Froman is confirmed in committee.

January 11, 2009

Clinton announces nomination of Warren Buffett as Secretary of Commerce.

January 13, 2009

Clinton announces nomination of Olympia Snowe as Secretary of the Interior.

January 19, 2009

Governor Baldacci announces that should Sen. Snowe be confirmed as Interior Secretary, he would appoint former State Senator Ethan Strimling to the Senate. Despite this most Republicans say they will vote for Snowe.

January 20, 2009
Clinton announces nomination of Bill White as Secretary of Transportation. Snowe, Chu and Duncan are confirmed in committee.

January 22, 2009
Clinton announces nomination of Mark Pryor as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Chu and Duncan are confirmed by the full Senate.

January 24,2009
Snowe is Confirmed by the full Senate.

Strimling sworn in.


January 25, 2009
Clinton announces nomination of Thomas Menino as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the nomination of Former AFL-CIO head John Sweeney as Labor Secretary.

January 27,2009
Clinton announces nominations of Ben Bernanke as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen as Federal Reserve Chair.

February 1, 2009
Menino is confirmed in committee, Sweeney is confirmed by one vote in committee.

February, 2 2009

Yellen and Bernanke are confirmed in committee, Menino is confirmed by the full Senate.
Clinton announces Lisa Madigan as nominee for Attorney General.

February 4, 2009
Sweeney is confirmed 55-43 by the full Senate. Yellen and Bernanke are Unanimously  confirmed by the Senate.

February 10, 2009
Madigan is confirmed in committee and by the full Senate.

February 11, 2009
Clinton announces that Dianne Feinstein will be the nominee for Defense Secretary and David Petraeus will be the nominee for CIA director.

February 14, 2009

Feinstein and Petraeus are confirmed by both committee and the full Senate.

February 15, 2009
Clinton announces Rudy Giuliani as her nominee for Department of Homeland Security.

February 17, 2009 Angering Republicans, Governor Schwarzenegger appoints Gavin Newsom to the Senate Seat vacated by Rep. Feinstein. Schwarzenegger also indicates he is interested in running for the seat.

February 19, 2009

Clinton announces nomination of Joe Biden as Secretary of State. Newsom sworn in. Giuliani confirmed in committee.

February 20, 2009
Biden confirmed in committee and full Senate. Giuliani Confirmed in Full Senate.

February 21, 2009
Like Schwarzenegger Gov. Castle angers Republicans by picking former Governor Ruth Ann Minner to replace Biden. His excuse is that there aren't any other viable republicans in the state that could hold the seat... and it seems awfully accurate.

[NewYorkExpress]

March 21, 2009

Daschle announces rematch bid against Thune
Former Senator Tom Daschle announced today in Rapid City, South Dakota that he would run against Senator John Thune in 2010 saying that "Thune's Presidential Bid has undermined his credibility as a Senator"

April 7, 2009

Minner will not run to finish Biden's term
Appointed Senator Ruth Ann Minner said she would not attempt to finish the term of Secretary of State Joe Biden, and delivered an early endorsement to Rep. Beau Biden.

April 20, 2009
Bloomberg to run for NY- Governor as a Republican
NYC Mayor- Michael Bloomberg announced today from City Hall that he would run in the Republican primary for Governor.

April 26,2009

Hutchison will not run, for Governor
Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced she would not run for Governor, however she did not endorse incumbent Rick Perry.

May 1, 2009
Bennett to Retire
Utah Senator Bob Bennett joins Ruth Ann Minner, Tom Coburn and Evan Bayh as retiring Senators this cycle. His announcement, from Provo, Utah cited the likely threat of a primary challenge.

Huntsman will run for Senate
Just hours after Sen. Bennett's retirement Gov. Jon Huntsman announced he will run for the now open Senate seat.

[NewYorkExpress]

May 6, 2009

Virginia State Primaries

Gubernatorial- Democrats


Terry McAuliffe 37%
Creigh Deeds 35%
Algie Howell 17%
Paul D. Fraim 9%

GOP Convention/Primary

Bob McDonnell 47%
Kirk Cox 32%
Walter Stosch 9%
E.W Jackson 7%
Anne Petara 5%

[NewYorkExpress]

June, 27,2009

Peake resigns as Secretary of Veterans affairs pending confirmation of a successor.

July 3, 2009
Clinton nominates Michele Flournoy to the post of Secretary of Veterans Affairs. She will be confirmed on September 2, 2009 by a voice vote.

July 17, 2009
David Souter announces retirement from Supreme Court.

July 25, 2009
Clinton nominates Eliot Spitzer to Supreme Court

Despite become weighted down by a prostitution scandal, Spitzer is confirmed 62-37 on October 29, 2009.

August 12, 2009

New Jersey Primaries.
Democrats-Governor

Sheila Oliver 51%
Jon Corzine 48%

Republicans- Governor

Andrew Cisela 17%
James J. Mccullough 15%
Kevin O'Toole 14%
Christopher Bateman 13%
W. Hunt Dumont 12%
David Wolfe 12%
Diane Allen 9%
Steve Lonegan 8%

[NewYorkExpress]

Election Day 2009

Governor Races
New Jersey

Sheila Oliver/Jeremiah Healey 55%
Andrew Cisela/David Wolfe 43%


Virginia

Governor

Bob McDonnell 52%
Terry McAuliffe 47%

Lt. Governor

Bill Bolling 56%
Jody M. Wagner 41%

Attorney General

Ken Cuccinelli 54%
Rev. Dwight Clinton Jones 44%

[NewYorkExpress]

November 13, 2009
UN ambassador Khalzad resigns, citing political differences with the amdminstration.

November 21, 2009


Ryan Crocker is nominated to replace Khalzad. He will be confirmed on March, 28,2010.

January 24,2010

Illinois Primaries

Governor

Republicans

Bill Brady 37%
Jim Ryan 25%
Alan Keyes 19%
Dan Proft 18.6%

Democrats

Michael Madigan 45%
Jacqueline Collins 28%
Robert F. Flider 14%
Dan Reitz 7%
Marc Miller 6%

[NewYorkExpress]

January 31, 2010

Clinton Finally appoints a new DNC chair selecting Steve Hildebrand for the position... in response Republicans vote in Governor Schwarzenegger of California, as RNC chair, claiming that despite his "moderate" positions he was the person with the best attitude towards winning over undecided voters.


February 9, 2010

Wyoming Primaries

Governor- Democrats

Mike Massie 56%
Larry Clapp 36%
Pete Gosar 8%

Governor- Wyoming


Rita Meyer 22%
Matt Mead 21%
Colin Simpson 15%
Phil Nicholas 12%
Mary Cheney 12%
Rosie Berger 10%
Allen Jaggi 7.6%

[NewYorkExpress]

February 22,2009

Vermont Primaries

GOP Senate



Jim Douglas 65%
Neale F. Lunderville 19%
Charles Plympton Smith 16%

Democrats- Senate


Patrick Leahy 77%
Richard Marek 12%
Kate Webb 11%


Republicans- Governor

Donald Turner Jr. 44%
Brian Dubie 42%
Kevin Mullin 13.7%

Democrats- Governor

Matt Dunne 34%
Doug Racine 30%
Peter Shumlin 16%
Deborah Markowitz 10%

[NewYorkExpress]

March 14, 2010

New Hampshire

Senate
Democrats

Sylvia Larsen 38%
Carol Shea-Porter 25%
Catherine Provencher 24%
Glenn Normeandeau 13%

Republicans


Judd Gregg 88%
John Graham 11%
Ovide Lamontange 1%

Governor


Republicans

Kelly Ayotte 98%
Bill Binnie 2%

Democrats


John Lynch 56%
Maggie Hassan 37%
Donnalee Lozeau 7.7%

[NewYorkExpress]

March 21, 2010

Alabama

Governor-Democrats


Artur Davis 52%
Ron Sparks 36%
Parker Griffith 12%

Republicans

Roy Moore 30%
Tim James 22%
Robert J. Bentley 21%
Bradley Byrne 17%
Samantha Shaw 10%

Republican Runoff (Held April 30, 2010)

Roy Moore 55%
Tim James 45%

Alabama-Senate

Republicans-

Richard Shelby 58%
Young Boozer 40%

Democrats


Bernard Kincaid 44%
William G. Barnes 37%
Simione De Moore 19%

Runoff (April 30, 2010)

William G. Barnes 51%
Bernard Kincaid 49%

[NewYorkExpress]

March 28, 2010



RIP Sen. Robert Byrd.

April 2, 2010

Hawaii Primaries

Governor

Republicans

James "Duke" Aiona 77%
Adrianne King 23%

Democrats

Robert Bunda 31%
Neil Abercrombie 25%
Brian Schatz 21%
Gary Hooser 15%
Lyle Berg 7.7%

Senate (Daniel Inyoue retiring)

Republicans

Linda Lingle 69%
Cam Cavasso 30%
Eddie Pirkowski 1%

Democrats

Colleen Hanabusa 41%
Suzanne Chun Oakland 27%
Marcus Oshiro 20%
Ed Case 12%

[Enderman]

Got the Florida results yet?

[NewYorkExpress]

Got the Florida results yet?

No, next is Oklahoma...

[NewYorkExpress]

April 11, 2010

Oklahoma Primaries

Governor

Democrats
 Dan Boren 49%
 Jari Askins 31%
 Drew Edmonson 20%

Republicans

Don Nickles 42%
Mary Faillin 37%
Mick Cornett 14%
Randy Brogden 7%

Senate (Tom Coburn)
Democrats

Brad Henry 57%
Andrew Rice 42%

Republicans

Frank Lucas 43%
Todd Lamb 27%
Ken Miller 18%
Brian Crain 11%

Maine- Primaries
Governor

Democrats

G. Steven Rowe 39%
Tom Allen 37%
Elizabeth "Libby" Mitchell 24%

Republicans

Kevin Raye 43%
Paul LePage 39%
Roger Katz 12%

Senate- Special

Republicans

William Schneider 28%
Charles Summers 24%
Debra Plowman 21%
Brian Langley 17%
Peter Cianchette 10%

Democrats-


Mike Michaud 48%
Ethan Strimling 37%
Micheal F. Brennan 15%

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

NH looks fine, but Hassan and Lynch are roughly the same ideologically.

[NewYorkExpress]

NH looks fine, but Hassan and Lynch are roughly the same ideologically.

The DGA endorsed Lynch and unfortunately for Hassan she didn't get the support she needed from EMILY's list or Planned Parenthood... She was also under pressure to switch to the Senate race, a primary which she would have won, but she would have faced a very uphill climb against Gregg.

BTW, like 2008 the NH Governor's race is currently a Tossup as Lynch exited office relatively popular, while Ayotte has middling approvals and some in the state are accusing her of focusing more on a possible 2012 Presidential run...

[NewYorkExpress]

April 19, 2010
Kansas Primaries

Governor
Republicans

Todd Tiahrt 39%
Derek Schmidt 21%
Sandy Praeger 17%
Stephen Brunk 13%
Carla Stovall 9.1%

Democrats

Stephen Six 32%
Julie Mebghini 27%
Tom Holland 21%
Annie Tietzie 13%
Kelly Kultala 7%

Senate

Republicans

Sam Brownback 79%
Bob Londerholm 21%


Democrats

Kathleen Sebelius 68%
David Haley 27%
Patrick Wiesner 5%

Missouri Primaries
Senate
Republicans

Ann Wagner 51%
Christopher "Kit" Bond 48%
Chuck Purgason 1%

Democrats


Jay Nixon 38%
Emmanuel Cleaver 34%
Robin Carnahan 28%

[NewYorkExpress]

April 30, 2010

Georgia Primaries

Governor
Republicans

Max Burns 29%
John Linder 27%
Chip Pearson 16%
David Sahfer 16%
Jeff Mullis 13%
Deborah Honeycutt 2%

Runoff (held June 3, 2010)

John  Linder  53%
Max Burns 47%

Democrats

Thurbert Baker 52%
Terry Coleman 33%
Rahn Mayo 11%
David Adelman 4%

Senate

Democrats

Jason Carter 52%
Roy Barnes 48%

Republicans

Johnny Isakson 55%
John Oxendine 45%

Kentucky Primaries

Senate (Bunning)

Democrats


Jack Conway 41%
Todd Hollenbach 36%
Scotty Baesler 21%
Jim Newberry 2%

Republicans

Rand Paul 54%
Geoff Davis 36%
Julie Denton 10%

[NewYorkExpress]

May 6, 2010
Arkansas Primaries- Governor


Democrats
Mike Beebe 71%
Mark Stodola 29%

Republicans

Missy Irvin 45%
Bob Johnson 36%
Jim Keet 12%
Jake Files 7%
Robert Dale 2%

Senate- Democrats

Bill Halter 37%
Blanche Lincoln 32%
Vic Snyder 31%

Runoff (held June 3,2010)

Blanche Lincoln 50.01%
Bill Halter 49.98%

Republicans

John Boozman 43%
Donna Hutchinson 32%
Davy Carter 23%

South Dakota Primaries

Senate

Democrats

Tom Daschle 87%
Rick Weiland 12%

Governor

Republicans

Dennis Daugaard 61%
Dave Knudson 27%
Jason Gant 12%

Democrats

Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin 55%
Scott Hediprim 44%

Alaska Primaries

Governor
Republicans

Sarah Palin 53%
Don Young 32%
Verne Rupright 13%

Democrats

Scott McAdams 76%
Frank Vondersaar 24%

Republicans

Mike Hawker 43%
Lisa Murkowski 42.87%
Kyle Johansen 11%

[NewYorkExpress]

May, 9 2010
Disappointment for Democrats; Murkowski endorses Hawker

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, defeated in the Republican primary endorsed state Rep. Mike Hawker as the Republicans candidate for Senate and said that running in a write-in would be "splitting our party in two". State Sen. Hollis French is the Democratic nominee

Bond endorses Nixon, says Ann Wagner could ruin the GOP

Sen. Kit Bond was defeated in the Missouri Primary for Senate by Ann Wagner, and today at a rally in Jefferson City, Missouri endorsed Jay Nixon for Senate, stating that candidacies like Ann Wagner, Mike Hawker and others are "tearing the Republican Party apart at the seams".

May 16, 2010
Pennsylvania Primaries
Governor
Democrats

Sam Rohrer 36%
Tom Houghton 33%
Sean Logan 19%
Willam Stewart 11%

Republicans

Todd Platts 49%
Beverly Mackereth 32%
Randy Vulakovich 17%

Senate (Specter)
Republicans

Pat Toomey 49.77%
Tom Corbett 45. 33%
Mark Gillen 3%

Democrats

Frank Dermody 43%
Jack Wagner 27%
Michael Nutter 19%
Joesph Sinnott 6%

[NewYorkExpress]

May 16, 2010

Arizona Primaries
Governor
Republicans

Cindy McCain 40%
John McComish 16%
Nancy Barto 15%
Gary Pierce 14%
Vanessa Hickman 11%
Bob Walkup 3%

Democrats

Phil Gordon 56%
Paul Johnson 24%
Bruce Wheeler 9%


Senate (McCain)

Republicans

J.D Hayworth 36%
John Huppenthal 31%
Brenda Burns 29%

Democrats

Ed Pastor 49%
Paul Newman 36%
Johnthan Rothschild 13%

[NewYorkExpress]

June 5, 2010
Indiana Primary (Bayh)

Senate
Republicans

Mitch Daniels 59%
Todd Rokita 26%
 Luke Kenly 13%

Democrats


Jim Arnold 55%
Bart Peterson 33%
Steven Sternler 9%

Massachusetts Primary
Governor

Republicans

Charlie Baker 50%
Jane Swift 49%

Democrats

Niki Tsongas 47.67%
Deval Patrick 47.67% (Patrick ends up winning by a total of 16 votes)

Delaware-Special (Minner)

John Carney 47%
Matthew Denn 44%
James Baker 7%

Republicans

John Brady 27%
Catherine Cloutier 25%
Christine O'Donnell 24%
Ruth Briggs King 22%

[NewYorkExpress]

June 12, 2013

South Carolina Primaries

Governor

Republicans

Joe Wilson 36%
Tom Davis 33%
Nikki Haley 30%

Runoff (Held July 30, 2010)

Joe Wilson 57%
Tom Davis 43%

Democrats

John Spratt 39%
Jim Hodges 35%
Phil Levantis 23%

Runoff (July 30,2010)

John Spratt 50.07%
Jim Hodges 49.87%

Senate

Republicans


Jim DeMint 57%
Andre Bauer 22%
Leighton Lord 15%
Larry Richter 5%

Democrats

Vincent Sheehen 49%
Vic Rawl 31%
Alvin Greene 17%

Colorado Primaries

Governor
Democrats

Ken Salazar 44%
Bill Ritter 41%
Barbra O'Brien 14%

Republicans

Jane Norton 59%
Scott McInnis 33%
Josh Penry 7%

Senate (Salazar)
Democrats

John Hickenlooper 45%
Andrew Romanoff 38%
Samuel H. Cassidy 16.2%

Republicans

Bill Owens 41%
Bob Beauprez 37%
John Suthers 21%

Texas Primary

Governor

Republicans


Ted Poe 51%
Rick Perry 49%

Democrats


Annise Parker 52%
Carlos Uresti 25%
Eddie Lucio III 21%

[NewYorkExpress]

June 21, 2010

Utah Primaries/Conventions
Senate (Bennett)

Republicans


John Huntsman 68%
Chris Cannon 32%

Democrats

Christian Burridge 59%
Peter Corroon 41%

North Dakota Primaries

Senate (Dorgan)

Heidi Heitkamp 70%
Sarah Vogel 15%
Kristin Hedger 10%

Republicans

Kelly Schmidt 27%
Jim Poolman 20%
Robert R. Peterson 18%
Susan Wefald 14%
Dale Sandstrom 13%
Tony Clark 7%

Ohio Primaries
Governor
Republicans

Jim Jordan 42%
John Schilcter 33%
Frank LaRose 24%

Democrats

Ted Strickland 67%
Dennis Kucinich 32%

Senate (Voinovich)

Republicans

Mary Taylor 47%
Todd McKenny 31%
Jim Thome 19%

Democrats

Peter Lawson Jones 55%
Tyrone Yates 30%
Yvette McGee Brown 14%

[NewYorkExpress]

July 1 ,2010

Oregon Primaries

Governor
Democrats

John Kitzhaber 55%
Mitch Greenlick 39%
Paul Holvey 5%

Republicans

Frank Morse 51%
Chris Dudley 44%
Doug Whitsett 6.8%

Senate



David B. Frohnmayer 52%
Jim Bunn 43%
Jim Widener 3%

New Mexico Primary
Governor
Democrats

Diane Denish 57%
Rick Miera 43%

Republicans


Doug Turner 39%
Pete Domenci Jr 30%
Allen Weh 21%
Janice Arnold-Jones 6%
Greg Zanetti 4%


Wisconsin Primaries
Governor
Republicans

Dick Leinkugel 52%
Terrence Wall 47%

Democrats

Jim Doyle 88%
Kathleen Vinehout 12%

Senate
Republicans

Scott Walker 44.21%
Scott Klug 44.09%
Paul Jadin 10.4%

Democrats


Russ Feingold 57%
Kathleen Falk 42%