Democrat Janice Hahn wins Calif. US House race

[alp227]

Source: Associated Press

(07-12) 23:40 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) --

Democrat Janice Hahn has won a hotly contested race to fill a vacant U.S. House seat in Southern California, beating Republican Craig Huey.

An unofficial tally of ballots in the 36th Congressional District special election showed Hahn had 41,585 votes, or about 55 percent, to Huey's 34,636, or about 45 percent, with 100 percent of precincts reporting.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/07/11/national/a175004D34.DTL

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More to come in a few hours or so, this story is just a few sentences long, but congratulations Janice!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. What a relief!

I know the odds were supposedly in our favor........but.

I am so relieved!

Yes...Congratulations, Janice!

:yourock:

[freshwest]

26. +100; I was worried, the attack ads were awful.

[21st Century FDR]

2. Hope she's a significant upgrade from the previous occupant of that seat.

Couldn't possibly be any worse. Good riddance to that piece of garbage.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Oh, she will be.

Both she and Debra Bowen are way more liberal than Jane Harman. WAY MORE.

[Retrograde]

18. self delete

Note to self: coffee first, then post.

[RBInMaine]

8. "Piece of garbage"? C'mon. That is very rough. Would you have preferred a RePUKE? Lighten up.

[No Elephants]

13. Repukes with an (R) after their names don't disgrace the Party as

much as Repukes with a (D) after their names.

In any event, we got a Democrat. So much for the myth that our only choice is a Repuke with a (D) after the name or a Repuke with an (R) after the name. The political fear game is played out.

[KamaAina]

20. She'll be that for sure.

Of course, so would the checkout lady on line 4 at Safeway. :eyes:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

4. the West Coast's "Scott Brown moment"

that's what GOP activists were calling this race.
so much for that idea.

[EFerrari]

17. Ooops. n/t

[pinto]

5. Yeah!

:thumbsup:

[eridani]

6. Should we have expected a larger spread than 55/45? n/t

[RBInMaine]

7. Remember, it was a low turnout mid-summer special, and Huey fought hard. 10 points is SOLID.

[SoapBox]

16. YES! The spread should have been even bigger for the area.

It's insane that the Thug got what he got for votes.

AND...next year (remember, this is election was simply to fill Jane "DINO - WarHawk" Harman's spot after she, like Palin, QUIT) will be another vote. NOTING that it will be a reshaped district, then to include the Palos Verdes Peninsula (Palos Verdes Estates and Rancho Palos Verde), HEAVILY Republican.

THAT will be a problem. They have power and money and the rest of us "flat landers" make up the majority and are much, much poorer.

Hahn almost blew this...she attacked Debra Bowen (Dem) and that is how we ended up with a Hahn and Huey race, instead of a Hahn and Bowen race (we in CA now have a system where the top two vote getters do the runoff, regardless of party).

Make no mistake...I'm happy a Dem got the spot. WE are not happy with Hahn...we've lived in her district for 25+ years...we've seen folks come and go...I personally think she's worthless (after multiple attempts to work with her office on local problems).

This was no Dem Miracle...and get ready for next year...that's gonna be a problem.

[eridani]

19. I was afraid of that

Didn't know Bowen was running. She was outstanding as SecState, AFAIK.

[PuffedMica]

9. K&R

[RBInMaine]

10. Another example of how to beat a TeaPuke: FIGHT ! Hahn and her team SPANKED this guy HARD in ads

and mailers. LABELED the asshole as the RIGHT WING EXTREMIST that he is. GOOD JOB ! So much for the West Coast's "Scott Brown Moment." In fact, Scott Brown would have LOST too hadCoakley and her team not run such a SHITTY campaign. Regardless of the slow economy, IF Dems form the right narrative for 2012, we will do very well. The RePUKES have FUCKED themselves with their crazy right wing policies, and they have ZERO plan for the economy except their old standby of giving the country away to the greedy rich.

[xchrom]

11. Awesome! Nt

[annabanana]

12. OH NOES!!1!!1!!

Now all our money will be spent on gangsters & hookers!

lololololol

[alp227]

25. in case people don't know what you're talking about

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ3B8WvVjL4

[No Elephants]

14. Congratulations, Representative Hahn. Please remember who elected you and why.

[SemperEadem]

15. Dems are making advances in WI and CA

interesting how the msm is deafeningly quiet about this.

[harvey007]

21. Democrats in CA hold House seat after tough race

Source: San Jose Mercury News

LOS ANGELES—What was the surprise in a coastal California congressional election?
The Republican won 45 percent of the vote.
Democrat Janice Hahn survived a scare Tuesday and grabbed the vacant 36th Congressional District House seat, but her nine-point winning margin over Republican Craig Huey was less than impressive in a district that often delivers big victories for Democrats.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18470412

[Auggie]

22. *whew*

:bounce:

[RandySF]

23. "Tough", my ass.

The only thing tough about it was the mud thrown by Huey and his tea-bagger friends. The best they could manage was an 8-point loss in a special election. If the district remains mostly unchanged, we'll win by a bigger margin in 2012.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. It was a very tough race.

Even though the Dems hold the advantage as to registered voters, they tend to not turn out well in special elections.

We managed to keep to the high road, higher at least than that fucking tea-bagger Huey with his scummy mailers did.

It was hard-fought, and we conquered him.

After re-districting next year, it will be a lot tougher to beat him, and I'm pretty sure he'll be back.