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Virginia's 33rd Senate District.
Virginia Board of Elections - Election Night Results - January 21st, 2014
On the ballot:
John C. L. Whitbeck, Jr. (R)
Jennifer T. Wexton (D)
Joe T. May (write-in)
Joe T. May, the write-in candidate, is actually a Republican who used to serve in the Virginia House. Here is his bio:
Joe T. May - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He lost in the primary for HD-33 in 2013 to a Tea Party candidate, and so he is running for SD-33 as an independent. Notice the interesting combination of endorsements he is getting for his campaign: both from a conservative leaning group buy also from a form of the Green Party. He describes himself as a moderate. And btw, the guy is also an inventor with 20 patents in electrical and electronic engineering. So, the guy is also a creative guy.
I have no idea if this guy is making for a spoiler effect or not. [MENTION=45104]WelfareQueen[/MENTION] - can you add some information about him and the race?
The election follows on the heels of the one from 01/07, which is going into a recount.
The importance of these two elections is already explained here:
http://www.usmessageboard.com/elect...-elections-of-2014-have-already-happened.html
No predictions as to the outcome. Could be a big R or D win, or a tossup. No polling was taking of this SD that I know of. It went heavily for Obama in 2008 and 2012, but that doesn't say much in an off election, in the middle of winter. Wait and see.
I will be reporting the results later tonight.
The fate of the Virginia Senate hangs on these two seats: SD-06 (from the earlier thread) and SD-33. The Democrats must win both in order to achieve a tie in the Virginia State Senate, which would then be broken by Democratic Lt. Governor Northrup.
Special elections are always weird things - with a whole different dynamic. But these two relatively small races could have a big impact on Virginia state politics.
Watch and see.
Virginia Board of Elections - Election Night Results - January 21st, 2014
On the ballot:
John C. L. Whitbeck, Jr. (R)
Jennifer T. Wexton (D)
Joe T. May (write-in)
Joe T. May, the write-in candidate, is actually a Republican who used to serve in the Virginia House. Here is his bio:
Joe T. May - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He lost in the primary for HD-33 in 2013 to a Tea Party candidate, and so he is running for SD-33 as an independent. Notice the interesting combination of endorsements he is getting for his campaign: both from a conservative leaning group buy also from a form of the Green Party. He describes himself as a moderate. And btw, the guy is also an inventor with 20 patents in electrical and electronic engineering. So, the guy is also a creative guy.
I have no idea if this guy is making for a spoiler effect or not. [MENTION=45104]WelfareQueen[/MENTION] - can you add some information about him and the race?
The election follows on the heels of the one from 01/07, which is going into a recount.
The importance of these two elections is already explained here:
http://www.usmessageboard.com/elect...-elections-of-2014-have-already-happened.html
No predictions as to the outcome. Could be a big R or D win, or a tossup. No polling was taking of this SD that I know of. It went heavily for Obama in 2008 and 2012, but that doesn't say much in an off election, in the middle of winter. Wait and see.
I will be reporting the results later tonight.
The fate of the Virginia Senate hangs on these two seats: SD-06 (from the earlier thread) and SD-33. The Democrats must win both in order to achieve a tie in the Virginia State Senate, which would then be broken by Democratic Lt. Governor Northrup.
Special elections are always weird things - with a whole different dynamic. But these two relatively small races could have a big impact on Virginia state politics.
Watch and see.