Hayworth concedes to Mitchell

[Coventina]

Just breaking on the local Fox affilate.

I'll post a link in a sec....

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1114elect-cd51114-ON.html

U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth conceded Tuesday to Democratic challenger Harry Mitchell, one week after the Nov. 7 election.

His concession puts at least a temporary end to a 12-year political career.

Mitchell led Hayworth by about 6,000 votes and four percentage points on election night. But Hayworth had refused to concede because there were still tens of thousands of uncounted early ballots in Congressional District 5 and he hoped that returns from a strong Republican early-voting program would close the gap.


The gap did close slightly over the first few days of counting, but on Monday and Tuesday, Mitchell actually widened his lead by nearly 1,000 votes.

:woohoo:

[MaineDem]

1. Halleluia!!!!!

Harry Mitchell actually beat this guy. That's fantastic!!!

[The Political Eye]

34. Hayworth was always so arrogant and nasty

and I am glad to see Arizona 5th head in a different direction.

[acmavm]

2. Freaking finally!

[goclark]

3. Is he a Democrat or ReTHUG

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Major league repiglican!

GOOO-BYE, Hayworthless!:bounce:

[goclark]

20. Watch out for the door when it closes big guy LOL

[AlCzervik]

9. republic, a really horrible one, total bully and extreme asshat.

[Pirate Smile]

4. Beating that pompous a$$hole is just the cherry on top of the sundae.

[classysassy]

5. J.D. the Rush wanna be

a worthless piece of horse manure,good by J.D.

[IndianaGreen]

11. I fear we are going to be seeing his fat face on cable TV

although he has lost a lot of weight, he is still a pig.

[sandnsea]

7. Oh happy happy day!

:rofl:

:woohoo:

:applause:

[texpatriot2004]

8. Woo Hoo! Another one bites the dust. nm

[AzDar]

10. I guess J.D. has received his last obscenity-laden angry-girl letter

from me...or HAS he?? Bwaahhaaa haa haa!!}(

[Alexander]

12. Finally, I worked for a candidate who WON!

I'm sure DUers can appreciate the feeling of being on the winning side, for once.

:bounce:

[John Q. Citizen]

15. Way to go Alexander. You own a piece of that win.! What's your new

congress critter like?

[troubleinwinter]

18. Thank you, thank you, Alexander!!!!

[Coventina]

25. Heartfelt thanks from me as well.

I apologize for the other night.

It was the fear in me talking, more than anything.

[jaysunb]

30. Good on ya !!

:toast:

[Skip Intro]

13. so that means we picked up at least 30?

I told a rw co-worker, who conceeded the morning of the election that we'd win the House by, his estimate, 12 (and also said "the Senate will remain in GOP hands, trust me") that we'd win the House by 30, and we'd take the Senate.

I haven't said anything to him since, waiting to see if we won at least 30 in the House. This is the 30th, correct?

[Olney Blue]

14. Very good news!

Maybe Hayseed can build a wall himself to fence out the illegals.

[Gman]

16. This one is especially sweet because

I can't stand that pompous ass.

[troubleinwinter]

17. WAHOO!!!! yessiree, today was garbage day in my neighborhood in AZ...

Not only got my household trash hauled away, but Hayworth piece of garbage, too!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

19. bout time... what a looser

:P

[poverlay]

21. I was wondering if you'd heard about it yet, and then I noticed you posted it!

Congratulations to us.

I second your
:woohoo:

[Coventina]

26. I had to run off to yoga class, where I got to tell my yoga teacher the good news

Needless to say, she was thrilled as well!

:toast:

:party:

:hug:

[poverlay]

27. I'm completely jealous of your yoga classing. I haven't been in over 2 weeks.

All this painting cupboards and having my sister go psycho is really cutting into my Ong time.

Anyhoo~ Seeing Hayworth lose is far more therapeutic!
Have fun!

[Paladin]

22. My Faith In This Country Is Being Restored

n/t

[David Zephyr]

23. Howwwwww Sweeeeeeeeet it Izzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

:applause:

[NYYFan]

24. It is about freakin' time !!!

Thank you Coventina for staying on top of this story !!

Take a bow !!

[rodeodance]

28. YAPPA DAPPA dOOOOOOOOOOO

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

29. Another one for the good guys wooohooo

K&R

[Hieronymus]

31. Hayworth and Macacawitz Allen are two of a kind.

:party:

[blondeatlast]

32. I'm late to the party, but YESYESYES! Us Arizonan won TWO major victories!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[GoldenOldie]

33. There is a God!

Was hoping Kyl could have been included in the ousting but a whole lot of native Arizonans are thrilled to get rid of this as.h.le.

[Smooth Operator]

35. bye bye

don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.

[JudyM]

36. Plus abolishing those horrible veal crates... WTG! n/t

[blondeatlast]

37. In all the other excitement, I nearly gorgot about that.

I lived in rural AZ for many years and was convinced that it wouldn't pass. I'm damn proud of my state this year; in fact, I've lived in KS, CO, MT and AZ--all of which made ENORMOUS progress this year.

It's a damn good feeling!

[smtpgirl]

38. Good, couldn't stand that used car salesman

ANYWAY

[Independent_Liberal]

39. So where does that put us at in the House?

233?