California District 04

[cboy4]

McClintock the asshole (R) 156,002

Charlie Brown (D) 155, 561


You have got to shittin me. 441 votes?!? :puke:

HEARTBREAKING

[LeftyMom]

1. Damn.

He's lost in heartbreakers like that twice now. :(

[Greyskye]

2. Isn't that close enough for an automatic recount?

They don't seem to have officially called it yet. :shrug:


Obama, Prop 8, and Charlie were my top 3 ballot measures. One out of three is bad. :cry:

[XemaSab]

3. That sucks

:(

[Greyskye]

4. It's NOT over yet! Please read.

https://www.charliebrownforcongress.org/contribute.php


I just received this email from the Brown Campaign:

A record number of voters turned out for Tuesday's election.

And, after more than 300,000 ballots were cast in CA-04, the race is tied. The current difference stands at less than half of 1% (less than 500 votes).

The race is way too close to call. And there are more than 40,000 vote-by-mail and provisional ballots still to be counted.

Once all the votes are tallied, we are confident that Charlie Brown will be the 4 th District's next Congressman, but we need your help to make sure every vote is counted.

Please Contribute to our Election Protection Fund.

Yesterday, Tom McClintock hired an election attorney and brought in a team of lawyers to "watch" the locations where absentee and provisional ballots are being counted.

With McClintock's massive fundraising list, he has the financial ability to hire as many lawyers as he needs to challenge the votes of thousands of people who faithfully cast their ballots.

We need to combat this, but that takes resources.

Please click here to make a donation to help us fight for every last vote.

McClintock has history with recounts, and was on the short end of a fight with Steve Westly in 2002 after a similar situation, so we know he's going fight.

But rest assured that we will not give up - we will not surrender - we will not rest until we make sure that every single vote is counted.

Please donate right now to ensure a fair process to count the remaining votes.

Many of us have looked forward to this post-election day for such a long time - as a country we are headed in a new direction, with so many new and excited voters participating in the process, we cannot afford to allow new voters to become disenchanted with the system already.

We all remember what happened the last time a right-wing politician started challenging election results. Your additional contribution of $25, $50 or whatever you can afford will go a long way to helping prevent a repeat of history.

Thank you,

Todd Stenhouse
Campaign Manager

P.S. - Please contribute today , and forward this email to friends, neighbors, family and all those interested in maintaining the integrity of our electoral process.

https://www.charliebrownforcongress.org/contribute.php

I just donated more. Please donate to help turn district 4 BLUE!

[goodgd_yall]

6. Good luck to you all in Dist. 4

Here in Dist. 3, Durston was defeated by the incumbent Lungren. I'm disheartened by this. It wasn't however as close as in your district. I was hoping that if Durston lost, at least Charlie Brown would win.

[Greyskye]

7. Thanks! If you could K&R this thread over here --->

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7809166

I'd really appreciate it! :hi:

Condolences on Durston's defeat. :(

[trashcanistanista]

5. I am literally sick over this.

We won't know until around Thanksgving or Dec 3rd (or 5th - not sure) at the latest. The Brown campaign worked so hard and McClintock did absolutely nothing. Today (Fri) there are over 20,000 left to count and it is a 0.4% lead for the rethug. If this holds, they do a random recount of 10% of the precincts. The Brown volunteers are monitoring the counting with McClintock's lawyers.

[proud patriot]

8. oh man that's close

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