2010 Election Predictions – How we rank individual races Our calls on individual races are based on a composite of polls conducted over the last 28 days (we will compress this “look back period” once primary season has concluded) using the following criteria:
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RSS feed for this section2010 Elections, 7/21 Version (It’s incumbent’s night for the Democrats)
Primary and Filing Status Last night, Georgia conducted its party primaries. Its incumbent Democrats were re-elected with varying percentages. At the top of the ticket, former governor Roy Barnes was one of several ex governors (the others are in California, Iowa, Maryland, and Oregon) who want their old job back. Democratic primary voters agreed, giving […]
Early analysis of the Louisiana Lieutenant Governor’s Race
The conventional wisdom is that Secretary of State Jay Dardenne is a shoo in for the Lt Governor’s race. We would like to test that assumption by examining the strengths/weaknesses of the major candidates running in this race and projecting their vote totals on a parish by parish basis to predict the overall primary results.
2010 Elections, 7/15 Version (Part II)
Primary and Filing Status On the primary front, it has been relatively quiet this month. The Alabama runoff has been the only election held since June 22, and it provided yet another example of voters (in this case, in the Republican runoff for governor) choosing someone other than the preferred candidate of the local political […]
Louisiana Candidate Filing (Filing Has Closed)
Candidate filing has closed in Louisiana for the 2010 elections. There were a significant number of last minute qualifiers, so we are providing a summary, as well as a list of qualifiers:
Louisiana Candidate Filing (Friday Noon Status)
Today is the last day for candidate qualifying in Louisiana for the fall elections (qualifying concludes at 5PM). Below is the current status of major state and national offices:
Louisiana Candidate Filing (Thursday Noon Status)
We are now half way through candidate qualifying, and for the major races, nearly all of the incumbents/major players have qualified. After an initial rush of qualifiers yesterday morning, qualifying yesterday afternoon and this morning has proceeded as a slower pace, with the biggest entry being Democratic attorney Ravi Sangisetty, who is competing for the Congressional seat […]
Louisiana Candidate Filing (Wednesday Noon Status)
The first day of qualifying time is half over, and for the major races, nearly all of the incumbents/major players have qualified. Below is the current status:
It’s Election Season in Louisiana !
For tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday, candidates will be qualifying for national, statewide, and local races in Louisiana. What may be confusing is that while we will return to open primaries for Congressional races, we are still using party primaries for this year’s Congressional elections only. Meaning that Democrats/Independents may vote in the August 28 Democratic […]
The U.S. House “deems” the 2011 budget as passed
Part One: Vote to raise the national debt ceiling Elections (past, present, and future) have consequences. Back in February, we noted that the upset victory of Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts sent a psychological shock wave to some Democrats who were beginning to get “cold feet” politically after tough votes on legislation like the stimulus, […]