Kentucky Special Election Results Thread

[NewJerseyDem]

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2004/by_state/KY_Page.html?SITE=KYLOU&SECTION=POLITICS

I believe that poll are closing right now in the special election so results should be coming in soon. This is a great oppurtunity to pick up a seat in the House.

U.S. House - District 6 - 0 of 594 precincts reporting
Name Party Votes Pct
A.B. Ben Chandler III Dem 0 0%
Alice Forgy Kerr GOP 0 0%
Mark Gailey Lib 0 0%

[Touchdown]

1. Wow! 4 threads for the price of one!

You can get an admin to delete the others.:-)

There's no results yet. :shrug:

How is the Dem's (Chandler's) chances?

[NewJerseyDem]

2. Yeah, my computer started to freeze up

And, it resulted in 4 threads. But, now I can't edit the others to say that I want them deleted. I guess they will figure it out soon enough.

I think we can win this one. Chandler is leading in the polls and the district was represented by a democrat before 1998. However, in a low tunout election like this I don't know what will happen.

[NewJerseyDem]

3. kick

No results yet. This could be one important step towards taking back the House. We should pick up South Dakota's seat in June as well so we should need only 11 more seats in order to control the House.

[NewJerseyDem]

4. US Congress - 6th - Fayette (33 % of precincts reporting)

The other site isn't updating but this one is. Looks good so far. I think this is only for Fayette county though but it is a fairly large county in the district.

http://www.wkyt.com/Global/link.asp?L=52040&nav=4CAKKt3i

US Congress - 6th - Fayette (33 % of precincts reporting)

candidate votes % votes
Kerr-R 8,498 43.1
Chandler-D 10,852 55.0
Gailey-L 383 1.9

[NewJerseyDem]

5. US Congress - 6th - Fayette (46 % of precincts reporting)

I think we are going to win this one.

Kerr-R 11,907 43.7
Chandler-D 14,826 54.4
Gailey-L 528 1.9

[NewJerseyDem]

6. US Congress - 6th - Fayette (63 % of precincts reporting)

Kerr-R 16,498 43.5
Chandler-D 20,677 54.6
Gailey-L 720 1.9

[NewJerseyDem]

7. U.S. House - District 6 - 14 of 594 precincts reporting

Name Party Votes Pct
A.B. Ben Chandler III Dem 1,227 59.1%
Alice Forgy Kerr GOP 815 39.2%
Mark Gailey Lib 35 1.7%

[SadEagle]

8. Edit: this was Fayette only.

Removed for clarity. See
http://www.wkyt.com/Global/link.asp?L=52040&nav=4CAKKt3i
for the numbers

[NewJerseyDem]

9. U.S. House - District 6 - 41 of 594 precincts reporting

It should be noted that this does not include any of the Fayette County results which account for a 1/3 or so of votes in the district and is going heavily to Chandler.

Name Party Votes Pct
A.B. Ben Chandler III Dem 7,040 59.6%
Alice Forgy Kerr GOP 4,538 38.4%
Mark Gailey Lib 239 2.0%

EDIT: The following are the Fayette county results alone.

US Congress - 6th - Fayette (85 % of precincts reporting)

Kerr-R 21,940 43.2
Chandler-D 27,922 54.9
Gailey-L 960 1.9

[revcarol]

10. Looks like my $5.00 wasn't wasted.

Hope this holds up.

[NewJerseyDem]

11. U.S. House - District 6 - 85 of 594 precincts reporting

Name Party Votes Pct
A.B. Ben Chandler III Dem 12,732 57.3%
Alice Forgy Kerr GOP 9,082 40.9%
Mark Gailey Lib 418 1.9%

[NewJerseyDem]

12. U.S. House - District 6 - 127 of 594 precincts reporting

Name Party Votes Pct
A.B. Ben Chandler III Dem 20,417 57.9%
Alice Forgy Kerr GOP 14,089 40.0%
Mark Gailey Lib 735 2.1%

[59millionmorons]

13. Republicans already spinning

Saying this race is not a referendum on Bush. Kerr refused any help from Bush and Cheney. Watch them spin.

[revcarol]

23. Someone posted in 2004 that he made a commercial for her and

there was other repug/admin support like $$. Go catch it over there.

[NewJerseyDem]

14. US Congress - 6th - Districtwide (54 % of precincts reporting)

http://www.wkyt.com/Global/link.asp?L=52040&nav=4CAKKt3i

Kerr-R 32,111 43.5
Chandler-D 40,392 54.7
Gailey-L 1,382 1.9

[NewJerseyDem]

15. US Congress - 6th - Districtwide (60 % of precincts reporting)

Kerr-R 37,427 42.3
Chandler-D 49,421 55.8
Gailey-L 1,702 1.9

[pmbryant]

16. Looking very good for Chandler

13 percentage point lead with only 40% of the votes not counted.

I'd guess that's a pretty insurmountable lead.

:thumbsup:

--Peter

[NewJerseyDem]

17. LEX 18 in Lexington called it for Chandler

http://www.wlextv.com/Global/link.asp?L=113469

[bluestateguy]

18. 6th District Republicans should shut their mouths

...and support their new Congressman. It's the patriotic thing to do.

[NewJerseyDem]

19. U.S. House - District 6 - 318 of 594 precincts reporting

Name Party Votes Pct
A.B. Ben Chandler III Dem 47,972 58.2%
Alice Forgy Kerr GOP 32,735 39.7%
Mark Gailey Lib 1,677 2.0%

[NewJerseyDem]

20. U.S. House - District 6 - 424 of 594 precincts reporting

Name Party Votes Pct
A.B. Ben Chandler III Dem 61,409 56.4%
Alice Forgy Kerr GOP 45,230 41.6%
Mark Gailey Lib 2,207 2.0%

[NewJerseyDem]

21. AP finally calls it for Chandler

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2004/by_state/KY_Page.html?SITE=KYLOU&SECTION=POLITICS

U.S. House - District 6 - 474 of 594 precincts reporting
Name Party Votes Pct
A.B. Ben Chandler III Dem 68,570 56.2%
Alice Forgy Kerr GOP 51,076 41.8%
Mark Gailey Lib 2,421 2.0%

[Robbien]

22. Yay! With a 15% point lead it appears to be a Dem win!

Looks as if Hastert's bribe attempt in offering to push a proposed federal tobacco buyout did not work.

[NewJerseyDem]

24. U.S. House - District 6 - 524 of 594 precincts reporting

Name Party Votes Pct
A.B. Ben Chandler III Dem 74,935 55.7%
Alice Forgy Kerr GOP 57,071 42.4%
Mark Gailey Lib 2,620 1.9%

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KY_ELN_6TH_DISTRICT_KYOL-?SITE=KYLOU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Democrat Ben Chandler wins special election

By CHARLES WOLFE
Associated Press Writer

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- Democrat Ben Chandler won a special election Tuesday for a vacant U.S. House seat formerly held by Gov. Ernie Fletcher, a Republican. Chandler's victory ended a losing streak for the Democratic Party.

Chandler, who had great name recognition after two terms as attorney general, but had lost decisively to Fletcher in the gubernatorial election in November, defeated Republican state Sen. Alice Forgy Kerr of Lexington. A Libertarian candidate, Mark Gailey of Berea, also was on the ballot.

With 88 percent of precincts reporting, Chandler had 74,935 votes, or 56 percent. Kerr had 57,071 or 42 percent. Gailey had 2,620 votes or 2 percent.

Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved.

[qanda]

25. kick

Because I had a tough time finding this

:kick: