2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumForget Chris Christie: 5 under-the-radar races to watch today (from pot to schools)
From legalizing marijuana in the northeast to a $15 minimum wage out west, these votes have national consequences
BY JOSH EIDELSON
We pretty much know what tomorrow mornings post-election headlines will be. Bill de Blasio will cruise to a landslide and become the first Democrat to lead our largest city in two decades. Chris Christie will boost his case to 2016 presidential primary voters and donors by scoring a decisive re-election in a solidly blue state. And Terry McAuliffe will best Ken Cuccinelli in a race between two of the most unlikeable candidates in American politics.
But while those marquee and at this point largely suspense-free races steal the spotlight, Americans will head to the polls in a slew of city races and referenda with national implications. Here from East to West are five to watch.
Portland (Maine) Pot: Residents of Portland, Maine, will vote on making their city whose metro area includes over a fifth of the states population the first on the East Coast to legalize marijuana.
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Boston Mayor: The race to replace twenty-year Boston Mayor Thomas Menino pits State Representative Martin Walsh, a longtime union official, against attorney and former teacher John Connolly, whos centered his campaign on a push for education reform.
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Bridgeport School Board: This Connecticut city became an education reform battleground in 2009, when the labor-backed Working Families Party seized two seats on its school board and started aggressively challenging the bipartisan reform consensus. As Ive reported, top city (and state) Democrats twice tried to eliminate school board elections, first in a vote overturned in court, then in a Rhee
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Colorado School Board: Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Koch-backed Tea Party hub Americans for Prosperity have sunk cash into Douglas County, Colorado, in hopes of defending four right-wing school board members whom unions are out to oust in todays election.
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$15 in Sea-Tac: While President Obamas proposal for a mere $9 minimum wage appears headed nowhere fast in this Congress, one small airport town may make history tonight by passing a $15 an hour wage law.
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Full article
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/05/forget_chris_christie_5_under_the_radar_races_to_watch_today_from_pot_to_schools/
gopiscrap
(23,725 posts)it's 17 miles from where I live
marmar
(77,049 posts)Touche!, but true.
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(108,954 posts)BillyRibs
(787 posts)easy for you to say, you don't have to live with him.