Hackett Election - FINAL (for now)
By Karl-Thomas Musselman
This is a new thread; I was tired of writing on the old one. Not that there will be many updates from here because I feel this will drag into the morning but here is the latest and a quick recap.
FINAL RESULTS
DEM - PAUL HACKETT 55151 48.25%
REP - JEAN SCHMIDT 59132 51.74%
(That's just under a 4000 vote gap from the rest of Clermont's 91 now reported precincts. But only a 3.5% win for Schmidt if it holds. I think this falls into being a major Big Deal, according to even the Cook Political Report.)
note: And just to cover our bases WCPO reports their final numbers slightly lower overall, but about the same margin. It will be resolved by morning though I'm tempted to believe the first set as it's from the Hamilton County Board of Elections, not the media.
And from Mydd.com
It's tied 50-50 percent, with 870 votes separating Hackett from the lead. And all that's left is the 91 Precincts in Clermont County.
* The reason the 91 precincts have not reported in Clermont County has to do with problems with the voting machines there. They are being counted by hand. Stay tuned. Gather everything you can about voting "irregularities" in the district. Be ready to use the f-word, and I'm not talking about "fuck."
from a mydd.com commentor
It was reported on the news at 10 that Clermont was slow becuase of the extreme humidity causing the ballots to stick. That report was from a Republican at the Schmidt camp.
Now I'm not one to call fraud all that soon or easily and I'm not about to now. But I'm also not on the ground up there. I'd keep an eye on MyDD or the Swing State Project for updates henceforth.
Posted by Karl-Thomas Musselman at August 2, 2005 09:48 PM
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There's a "Thanks Paul" blog up now. I think it'd be great if anyone wanted to add their comments to this. a lot of us in Texas really cared for this race because we're so hungry to have a fighting Democrat out there telling the truth. So I've started this site in hopes of sending a message to Paul, who's been dubbed an "honorary Texan," that he has made a huge difference and that we hope to hear his voice in 2006 as well.
To be included, you only need to email to bucky [at] brownbagblog [dot] com with the text you want to send to Paul and the name you want to go by there. Links are okay too, as they'll add color and more interesting things to the blog. Also I prefer that you also include what state you're from in the thanks, just to show him and his campaigners how broad their support is.
