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...time, Pr?val has profited from the support of Aristide partisans, many of whom are armed gang members that live in the poorest sections of the capital. Polls show Pr?val leading the field of 33 candidates, but if no candidate achieves a majority, the top two finishers will contest a runoff on March...
...said outgoing co-chair Kaartiga Sivenasan ’06, who added that 174 people voted for the co-chair position. Outgoing co-chair, Neil K. Mehta ‘06, said that paper ballots gave the elections a “community feel.” In a runoff election, Patrick G. Mauro II ’07 won the treasurer position...
...enough votes and refusing to debate his opponents on TV. In fact, the ground could quickly shift. More than 70 Republicans have not allied with any candidate, and if Blunt does not have the votes to win on the first ballot, the top two will go to a runoff. Boehner has been reaching out to backers of Shadegg, who lags in public endorsements, hoping reform-minded members will coalesce around him in a Boehner-Blunt race...
...With his apparent lead, Blunt could quickly win the election, which is conducted by secret ballot among the GOP's 231 members. But if he doesn't get the 117 immediately, it would bring a second runoff with either Blunt and Boehner. In his public statements, Boehner has seemed to be positioning himself for that possibility, suggesting that people who support Shadegg are calling for the same kind of dramatic change as he is. But it's not clear how closely allied Boehner or Shadegg's boosters are, or if the combined vote of Shadegg and Boehner could overtake Blunt...
...committee decided against immediately holding another runoff before intersession...