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11/11/05 So let us take a closer look at what really happened on 11/08/05 Election Day- an off year. To summarize: nothing much; no surprises.

Virginia Summary: GOP gains against the previous configuration: 1, possibly 2, key positions. Dems no gains.

Governor: Timothy Kaine (D) (52%) wins over Jerry Kilgore (R) (46%). Unfortunate, yes, but not a net loss. Virginia already had a popular outgoing Democrat Governor in the name of Mark Warner. There are those who fault the last minute visit of President Bush as a negative, but that is a subjective, not an objective, call. Perhaps yes and perhaps no. There are also those in Virginia who fault the GOP candidate with weaknesses and mistakes of his own. Those who finger Bush as the problem may be piling assumptions and wishful thing on top of bad data about the President himself. The bottom line is that a Democrat replaced a Democrat.

From the Virginia State Board of Elections: As of 06:57 PM Friday, November 11, 2005.

T M Kaine	Democratic	1,025,456	51.71%
J W Kilgore	Republican	912,006	45.99%
H R Potts Jr	Independent	43,909	2.21%
Write Ins		1,554	0.08%
	Total: 1,982,925

Lieutenant governor: Bill Bolling (R) (51%) Leslie Byrne (D) (49%). This was a pick up position for the GOP, with a Conservative Republican defeating a very Liberal female largely on the issue of illegal immigration.

From the Virginia State Board of Elections: As of 06:57 PM Friday, November 11, 2005.

W T Bolling	Republican	978,965	50.49%
L L Byrne	Democratic	955,949	49.30%
Write Ins		4,047	0.21%
	Total: 1,938,961

Attorney general: Robert McDonnell (R) (50%). R. Creigh Deeds (D) (50%). Key position in a state so divided. Slim enough to force a re-count by law at the request of Deeds, but if it holds, another pick up for the GOP. The issue here was over hunting rights.

From the Virginia State Board of Elections: As of 06:57 PM Friday, November 11, 2005.

R F McDonnell	Republican	970,583	49.97%
R C Deeds	Democratic	969,963	49.94%
Write Ins		1,790	0.09%
	Total: 1,942,336

Virginia House of Delegates: Still firmly in GOP control: 60-38. Dems picked up 1.

New Jersey Summary: Things are more like they are today than they’ve ever been before.

Governor: Jon Corzine (D) (53%); Doug Forrester (R) (44%); This is news? No, This is New Jersey, and the corruption continues as usual.

California Summary: California is dominated by far left Liberalism, and Schwarzenegger, himself a social Liberal will never get anywhere. I spent much time on this at the time of his original election to office. None of this can be laid on Bush, or Conservatives.

Proposition 74 (teacher tenure) Would have required 5 years instead of 2 to qualify.

Proposition 75 (union dues) Would have barred Union use of dues for political advocacy without specific individual written consent

Proposition 76 (state spending cap) Would have capped state spending to average over the last 3 years, given the Governor additional power to make cuts, and reversed some school funding set on automatic.

Proposition 77 (redistricting) Would have attempted to depoliticize the process with a panel of retired judges.

Texas Summary: Voters re-enforce the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman by a wide margin.

Ohio Summary: In a state with one of the most dysfunctional GOP Party organizations in the country (worse than Illinois) the voters reject a massive attempt by Democrats to monkey with voting procedures, re-districting and contribution rules and limits, wisely sensing foul play afoot. This is not to says that things don’t need to be fixed, but rather, whose hands are on the levers. George Sores need not apply. Somehow, the Ohio GOP needs to straighten itself out, but it ducked a bullet this time.

New York Summary: Again, things are more like they are today than they’ve ever been before. Michael Bloomberg, Republican in Name Only (RINO) wins re-election in the City. That’s the best the GOP can do in a state swamped with the same cultural viruses that infect California.