Archive for the ‘Q-vote 2006’ Category
Monday, January 1st, 2007
It's that time of year, when the world falls in love every song you hear seems to say...
Boy am I glad this year is over.
2006 was full... chock full of issue after issue, controversy after controversy, work, work and more work.
But it was a good year, too.
So now... the top ...
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Here are the results for the candidates that I "endorsed" in Q-vote 2006, a blog project I started back before the primary in the Summer:
Mike Nelson, Democrat, Orange County Commissioner - Nelson easily won election to the Orange County Board of Commissioners. A former mayor of Carrboro, NC, Nelson is ...
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
A long list of LGBT candidates either won re-election or their first election last night.
In North Carolina, State Senator Julia Boseman (D-New Hanover), the first openly gay member of the NC State Legislature, won re-election against Al Roseman. According to an article from WECT TV6, Senator Boseman led Roseman by ...
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
The Log Cabin Republicans have released a heavy-handed, tough-talking Election night statement directed toward social conservatives (read: "homophobes" and "bigots").
It's a good read:
Log Cabin Republicans blast social conservatives for causing defeat in House
"Republicans lost this election because independent voters abandoned the GOP," said Log Cabin Executive Vice President Patrick Sammon. ...
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Senator Rick Santorum, one of the most bigoted, hate-filled Republican in the Senate, lost his job tonight.
Awww... I should cry. NOT!
I'm glad he'll be gone. No more of being compared to pedophiles. No more of comparing my private, sexual life with bestiality or incest. No more of demonizing LGBT people ...
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
In the Marriage and Domestic Partnerships results post, Arizona was noted as most likely defeating an anti-gay marriage amendment.
Now (h/t Pam), with information from the Arizona Secretary of State's Office it is pretty safe to say that Arizona has become the FIRST STATE to REJECT an anti-gay Constitutional amendment!
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Eight states voted on Constitutional amendments to ban marriage for same-sex couples: Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Arizona, South Dakota, Idaho and Colorado. One state, Colorado, also had a ballot measure asking approval for a domestic partner registry.
UPDATE; November 8, 11:00am, From the Washington Blade: Seven States Pass Marriage Bans
The ...
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
The following are the results for the Congressional races in North Carolina:
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 01
Name on Ballot Party Ballot Count
G. K. Butterfield DEM 82,570
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 02
Name on Ballot Party Ballot Count
Bob ...
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
The results of in the races for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education are extremely upsetting and did not turn out as I would have hoped.
The candidate I personally backed the most, Sandra Mikush, did not win. Mikush ran as an unaffiliated candidate marking her belief that the needs of ...
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
An article from the Raleigh News & Observer, timed at 12:49am November 8, 2006, has the Democrats hoping to make for themselves a solid majority in both the North Carolina House and Senate. The article says that the Democrats had hoped to pick up a 31-19 majority in the Senate ...
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