Word: balloters
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...fell to Republican Chris Christie, a former U.S. Attorney. It marked the first time in 12 years that New Jersey has elected a Republican statewide. In Virginia, Bob McDonnell, a former state attorney general, handily defeated Democratic State Senator Creigh Deeds for governor; meanwhile, GOP victories down the Virginia ballot brought to a halt the gains that Democrats had made over the past few election cycles...
...fact, Obama still enjoys favorable approval ratings in both Virginia and New Jersey. And according to the exit polls, he wasn't much of a motivator for the relatively small number of voters who actually bothered to cast a ballot. In New Jersey, 60% said the President was not a factor in their decisions; among those who said he was, nearly as many were there to show their support (19%) as their opposition (20%) to Obama. In Virginia, the results were similar. Weighing far more heavily were concerns about the economy. (Read "What's Still Wrong with Wall Street...
...being threatened by teenage hoodlums, one of them wielding an iron bar. Their would-be victim, Franny Armstrong, director of the film The Age of Stupid and founder of the 10:10 campaign to persuade governments, organizations and individuals to cut carbon emissions 10% in 2010, actually cast her ballot for Johnson's rival, Ken Livingstone, in last year's election. But after Johnson's daring rescue, she told the British daily Guardian, "If you find yourself down a dark alleyway and in trouble, I think Boris would be of more use than...
...Among all the local races and ballot measures, three contests stand out as potential indicators of how Democrats and Republicans will fare in the 2010 midterms, and how much (or how little) Obama has changed the contours of American politics. (See an Election Day primer...
...overturn New York City's term-limit law and spending tens of millions of his own money to bury his Democratic opponent. The only lessons to be drawn from New York City's mayoral race involve smart, free-spending, billionaire incumbents - none of which will be on the ballot...