Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Indiana Recap

The Republicans sweep the Secretary of State, State Treasurer and State Auditor races.

Indiana Republicans take a beating in the congressional races, losing three incumbents, Rep. John Hostettler (R) to Brad Ellsworth (D), Rep. Chris Chocola (R) to Joe Donnelly (D) and Rep. Mike Sodrel (R) to Baron Hill. Rep. Carson tops Eric Dickerson in a tight 7th District race in which he was outspent 8 to 1. Rep. Carson proved what a pathetic person she is in victory as she denounced her opponent as former car salesman who lies a lot, interrupted only by her sickly coughs.

Indiana Senate Republicans shut down Democrats and hold their insurmountable 33-17 lead.

Indiana House Democrats will regain control of the House--it would appear by at least a 52-48 margin. There are a few outstanding races, including two Marion County races. Jon Elrod clings to a very narrow lead over Rep. Ed Mahern (D), while Rep. Larry Buell (R) holds a small lead over John Barnes (D). David Orentlicher (D) coasted to re-election over Kathryn Densborn (R).

Marion County Republicans suffered a blood bath. Carl Brizzi limped to victory. Every other countywide Republican lost.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am very pleased with the outcome of the elections nationwide, but particularly in Indiana. There was only one candidate I voted for who didn't win, and that one I didn't expect to win anyway. I think the voters of Indiana did a wonderful job.

It was terrific to see so many people out voting. It was also quite telling that so many people voted for the candidate themselves rather than sticking to party lines. What needed to happen... happened.

Anonymous said...

It was also quite telling that so many people voted for the candidate themselves rather than sticking to party lines.

No. That was mindless, straight ticket Dem voting. Period. At least in Marion County. Genghis Khan and Atilla the Hun could have run as Dems yesterday and won.

A bit of "scratching" to keep Carl Brizzi in office but that's it.

Give the Dems a couple years to really foul things up and the voters will be begging the GOP to come back into power.