09/17/2002 Archived Entry: "Primary Results"
Oklahoma Run-Offs
Democratic Governor: Mr Liberal was the only one to forecast Henry as the upset winner.
Vince Orza 47.6
Brad Henry 52.4
Democratic US Senator: Ced(55-45); Mississippidem(59-41); RParker(55-45)
David Walters 57
Tom Boettcher 43
Washington 2nd CD: Mississippidem and MyDD were the only ones to forecast Smith the winner.
Republican Primary
Herb Meyer
Norma Smith-- Winner
Warren Hanson
Mass. Governor
Democratic Primary
1,953 of 2,157 precincts - 91%
x-Shannon P. O'Brien 221,598 - 33%
Robert B. Reich 167,861 - 25%
Thomas Birmingham 164,228 - 24%
Warren E. Tolman 120,114 - 18%
Steven Grossman 5,328 - 1%
Mass. Lt. Governor
Democratic Primary
1,954 of 2,157 precincts - 91%
x-Christopher Gabrieli 276,147 - 46%
Lois G. Pines 188,373 - 31%
John P. Slattery 137,440 - 23%
Republican Primary
1,956 of 2,157 precincts - 91%
x-Kerry Murphy Healey 144,976 - 64%
Jim Rappaport 80,748 - 36%
In the MA contests, the final results are not yet in. RUDY (55-45) came the closest to the forecasting Healey's victory; Mississippidem picked Gabrieli with 45 percent; many chose O'Brien correctly.
Contest Standings
MyDD 5-1
RUDY 4-2
Mississippidem 4-2
Michael Le Flore 3-2
Ced 3-2
Mr. Liberal 3-2
ROC-Indy 3-3
CA Pol Junkie 2-1
Jim Dallas 2-1
RogueDem 2-1
RParker 2-3
JoeyJoeJoe 1-5
RogueDem 1-0
Real Michaud 0-1
Congratulations to the winners. The final contest will come in November, not for individual races, but the final margins for the partisan control of the Senate and the House.
Replies: 25 comments
For massachusettes election results http://www.turnto10.com/politics/1672262/detail.html
Posted by Real Michaud @ 09/17/2002 05:02 PM PST
I prefer this one:
http://www.boston.com/politics/results/democrats.htm
It gives you more at once. :)
Posted by RParker @ 09/17/2002 05:44 PM PST
It looks like Mr. Liberal has a chance at getting his upset with Henry over Orza.
Posted by RParker @ 09/17/2002 06:14 PM PST
Good Evening, everyone. Did any of you get 6 hours of homework a night? Now I know what you felt...
Anyway, I'm hoping that Henry's lead over Orza holds, and that O'Brien can stave off Birmingham's second place-and-rising numbers.
Here's the returns with 8% in:
O'Brien-34%
Birmingham-26%
Reich-20%
Tolman-19%
Grossman-1%
Posted by Mr. Liberal @ 09/17/2002 06:21 PM PST
Shannon P. O'Brien 47,053 - 33%
Thomas F. Birmingham 35,619 - 25%
Robert B. Reich 33,160 - 23%
Warren E. Tolman 25,472 - 18%
Steven Grossman 1,345 - 1%
If trends keep up....It will be between Reich and O'Brien
Posted by Real Michaud @ 09/17/2002 06:31 PM PST
In Oklahoma, with 78% in, David Walters has defeated Tom Boettetcher, by a 57-43 margin. The victory has been called by Channel Oklahoma, ABC news for OK City.
78% in,
Henry-53
Orza-47
Henry's lead is getting bigger as the night progresses (if slightly). The trend would be towards a 5-6 point Henry victory.
Posted by Mr. Liberal @ 09/17/2002 06:36 PM PST
WARREN TOLMAN 46,924 18%
THOMAS BIRMINGHAM 65,332 25%
SHANNON O'BRIEN 86,918 33%
STEVEN GROSSMAN 2,319 1%
ROBERT REICH 63,175 24%
Reich has been inching up all night
Does anyone know if the big cities have been counted or what???
Posted by Real Michaud @ 09/17/2002 06:54 PM PST
Any news on Healey-Rappaport?
Good to hear about Walters holding off Boettcher. Now we can focus on the real objective-ridding the Senate of Jim Hooky Inhofe.
Posted by AVADem @ 09/17/2002 06:59 PM PST
KOTV-Tulsa has called for Henry.
Posted by AVADem @ 09/17/2002 07:05 PM PST
Man,Mass must be a pretty monolithic state.Doesnt matter if youve counted 5% or 50% so far,everybody seems to be voting the same.
That means Reich wont win,which makes me VERY sad,but hopefully he closes a 10% gap,33%-23% now.Hell,Ill take Birmingham I guess but he is 8% behind O Brian.Romney wins!
Only good news is that this confirms the GOP will never win a seat in MASS,there just arent any conservative enclaves left.Funny(scratch:SAD) though that in a liberal state,we will have 2 conservatives(Romney and O Brian)facing off.
Posted by MLM @ 09/17/2002 07:11 PM PST
Healey is killing Rappaport 2-1 at this point (64 - 36)
http://www.boston.com/politics/results/republicans.htm
not sure where the results are from, but that may not make any difference in this race
Posted by JP @ 09/17/2002 07:13 PM PST
How is O'Brien a conservative?
Posted by AVADem @ 09/17/2002 07:14 PM PST
Mitt will face O'Brien and gets his wish running mate - Kerry Murphy Healey - both have just been declared the winners by the AP.
http://www.boston.com/news/daily/17/mass_gov_race.htm
http://www.boston.com/news/daily/17/mass_lt_gov_race.htm
Posted by JP @ 09/17/2002 07:23 PM PST
I expected more anti-establishment here in MA. The economy is sucking utterly. But the few state reps and state sens who had competitive races won with big margins.
O'Brien was endorsed by the evil speaker of the house and won. The reform candidates got trampled. Reich could have done better but his ads were bad.
I wonder if this has implications for the national mood of the country, basically not able to pin the blame for the economy on anybody in particular.
Posted by Eric M @ 09/17/2002 07:36 PM PST
O Brian has held conservative views on almost every issue you can think of.She switched on the "important issues"(DLCs version of important)like abortion and guns, but anyway I just hope she doesnt win a Senate seat in the future.Reich better put his passions up for election when Kerry or Kennedy steps down.
I also worry Romney could get popular if he wins,and thus be a prime prospect for replacing Kennedy in the future.
Its a lose lose situation here.
Posted by MLM @ 09/17/2002 07:47 PM PST
I am disappointed Reich lost. The last few months proved he can't campaign.
Disappointed that Rappaport didn't win as well. This would have made it much easier on the Dem ticket to have an enemy in Mitt's camp.
Guess I'll vote for Shannon now.
You're right Eric - no anti-establishment vote here.
Posted by JP @ 09/17/2002 07:51 PM PST
Just say no to Rommney!
Posted by Deborah @ 09/17/2002 07:52 PM PST
I wouldn't worry too much about either of them moving to the Senate. With all 10 Democratic Congressmen-and of those, 3 under 50 and 3 more shy of 55 (only Frank and Olver are over 60)-filling the seat should be no problem-and anyway, Teddy has laready said he's running again in '06.
Posted by AVADem @ 09/17/2002 08:01 PM PST
I can't beleive Orza lost. I thought he had it! Congrats to Mr. Liberal for calling it right!
Here's the link for OK Elections:
http://www.state.ok.us/~elections/02run.html
Posted by RUDY @ 09/17/2002 09:39 PM PST
I just realized the link I posted is unoffical so they might still be counting. But it looks like they counted up all the votes already in OK.
Posted by RUDY @ 09/17/2002 09:42 PM PST
This is the second time Ozra has lost in a run-off. His first was in 1990 as a Republican and now here in 2002 as a Democrat. I am shocked he lost. Does anyone think Henry has a chance to beat Largent?
Posted by Ced @ 09/18/2002 03:35 AM PST
Hey great news for Wellstone fans. He leads in the latest Star Tribune poll
46 Wellstone
42 Coleman
Posted by Ced @ 09/18/2002 03:56 AM PST
d'oh
Posted by JoeyJoeJoe @ 09/18/2002 10:06 AM PST
I'd say, from looking around the scene in this state, Marty Meehan is the next Bay Stater elected to the Senate. And things are looking pretty good for O'Brien at the moment- she did some adept political manouvering last night (challenged Romney to weekly debates among other things) and yet did the Irish Lass role to perfection.
My guess polls will show her and Romney in the low 40s in the next ten days. It'll be grueling but she should have a 5-10% cushion by election day.
Posted by C.D. @ 09/18/2002 11:53 AM PST
In case it hasn't been posted yet I checked Mcbride's Site and it has been announced that State Senator Tom Rossin is Mcbride's Lt. Governor Pick! What a shocker he's from my district! Jebs a gonner; Mcbride's doing everything right so far!
http://www.mcbride2002.com/
Look for Mcbride to reopen the wounds of redistricting and cut further into Jebs lead. Collier County wasn't to happy about being thrown together with Dade- With Rossin on the ticket Jeb Fans might look the other way or vote Mcbride to get even.
Posted by RUDY @ 09/18/2002 08:22 PM PST
