I’m still waiting for results from California on Ah-nold’s referendums
By ROBERT TANNER AP National Writer
The Associated PressNov 8, 2005 — Democrats swept both governors’ races Tuesday, with Sen. Jon Corzine easily winning New Jersey and Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine taking Virginia despite a last-minute campaign push for his opponent from President Bush.
In Texas, voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on gay marriage, while Republican Mayor Mike Bloomberg surged ahead in his bid for a second term in heavily Democratic New York. Voters also picked mayors in Detroit, Houston, San Diego and Boston.
Kaine had 860,719 votes, or 51 percent, to Kilgore’s 789,273 votes, or 46.8 percent, with 88 percent of precincts reporting.
Bush put his shit on the line for the GOP candidates in NJ and Va. and the Dems still kept the seats with new faces. The chattering class will chew that to death by the end of the Sunday gabfests. Two steps forward and then Texas takes us a step back; no same sex marriage under TX constitution after today’s purge … er … polls. Then ya got Kansas with their idiotic curriculum decision. Erg! Of course, Hillary and Bill put their shit on the line for Ferrar against Bloomberg in NYC and the Dem was drowned in $75 million of the billionaire’s chump change. Quel Suprise! In Jersey, they play hardball; the Repug drug out Corzine’s Xwife to trash him in a TV ad right at the wire. Richard Nixon’s legacy lives on. The big deal about Jersey is that Corzine will resign his U.S. Senate seat and then pick who will fill out his term from some Congressmen and/or state legislators. He gets to be a kingmaker for someone who will have a year’s seniority when he/she runs for a full term next year, and the Senate Dems keep their raw numbers in the meantime.