Colorado Recalls: Results Coming In...

[Robb]

Last edited Wed Sep 11, 2013, 12:46 AM - Edit history (10)

These are the Democratic State Senators who were victims of an NRA-funded recall campaign.

Sen. Morse's district:

• Morse has conceded; 100% reporting, 50.9%-49.1% in favor of the recall (9,094-8,751).

Sen. Giron's district:

• AP's calling it; 100% reporting, 56%-44% in favor of the recall (19,355-15,201.

[mountain grammy]

1. Thanks, Robb

[niyad]

2. very disappointing news on morse

[TheMastersNemesis]

3. I Spent 5 Miserable Months In Colorado Spring After Vietnam. They Are Mostly POS Down There

Most Springers are pieces of shit from what I remember in 1968. They treated vet like scum and only wanted the money. I have never liked the place. If it fell off the map it would be no loss.

[DavidDvorkin]

5. And that was before the big rightwing Christian organizations set up shop there.

[Robb]

4. Sen. Morse tweets: "Working on my speech for tonight, searching for the perfect RFK quote."

[curlyred]

6. Recalling the term limited

Waste of money, waste of time.

[Robb]

7. Update: More Morse votes in, percentages stay the same.

[Robb]

8. 726 votes left to be counted in Morse recall; unlikely he'll make up the difference. nt

[liberal_at_heart]

9. What a weird mix of politics they have. Legalize marijuna but recall democrats who want

gun control.

[Robb]

10. We're in the middle of a proxy war. nt

[liberal_at_heart]

12. yeah it's hard to fight it when out of state money comes in. It's sad so many people buy into it.

[wild bird]

15. That out of state money came in for both sides.

Most of it was for the incumbents who far out raised the recall proponents.

Colorado's first-ever recall elections of state lawmakers have amassed about $3.5 million from donors both near and far, with those vying to defend the incumbents up for election Tuesday significantly outraising the opposition.

A Denver Post review of finance reports from the 10 active issue committees involved in the recalls of Senate President John Morse of Colorado Springs and Sen. Angela Giron of Pueblo found some donors contributing as little as $1 to as much as six figures.

The committees accepted unrestricted amounts of cash from thousands of individuals and dozens of nonprofit 501(c)(4)s, which do not have to disclose donors, according to the Colorado secretary of state.

Proponents of the recall have raised about $540,000, while opponents have collected nearly $3 million. Much of the cash has come from out of state — a sign of the national significance these recalls have.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24046748/outside-money-shows-national-interest-colorado-recall-elections

[The Straight Story]

11. I think they see it as a freedom issue

Alaska is looking at legalizing MJ and tons of people have and use guns (kind of need them out in the wilderness and such, even for fishing).

[otohara]

13. Military Town = Loves Guns More Than

dead students...

CO has always been fond of the weed - even the GOP crowd.

[William Seger]

17. Marijuana legalization was a state thing

El Paso county voted against it (narrowly), and the Colorado Springs City Council has voted against allowing retail sales.

I think a majority in this city would vote for any recall regardless of the issue (and without even knowing what the issue was).

[Eleanors38]

19. Not too surprising since both issues go to individualist disposition.

Though you won't find parallel voting numbers, there is a large bloc of voters -- not just in Colorado -- who share what is called now a "libertarian" outlook on some social issues. Alaska & Vermont & perhaps New Mexico come to mind.. Pot-smokin' and gun-totin'.

[kentuck]

14. It's almost impossible to make up the difference with the votes that are left...

The people that supported the Aurora theater shootings and the Columbine School shooting have won this election. They won nothing. No laws change. The majority stays the same. The taxpayers are out a bunch of money and they got their pound of flesh....again.

[Eleanors38]

21. Who "supported" those shootings? Maybe it's language like that

which more than all the money motivated folks to take on a grinding uphill recall battle against incumbents and win.

For all the radical glamour of recalls & referenda, they are the toughest of elections to pull off.

[Jenoch]

22. Do you really believe that ANYONE supports

the Aurora and Columbine shooters?

[Robb]

16. Morse has conceded.

Latest results: "Yes" 9040 51.33%, "No" 8571 48.67%.

Giron results updated.

[aikoaiko]

18. Some people thought the recall was shaping up to be a bust

assault weapons bans are funny things that motivate pushback. Bill Clinton warned us about that in his memoirs.

[kelliekat44]

20. They get what they wanted and what they deserve. nt