Wisconsin Election

For the Wisconsin Gubernatorial race, Republican Scott Walker has defeated Democrat Tom Barrett to become Governor of the state.

2010 Wisconsin Gubernatorial Election Results:
Walker won with 52% of the votes, over Barret who got 47%. Well over 2 million people voted in the state of Wisconsin this year.

For the Senate race, which was also extremely tight up until the end, Republican Ron Johnson defeated Incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold to take over his senate seat.

2010 Wisconsin Senate Election Results:
Johnson won with 52% of the vote, over Feingold who had 47%.

Both major office seats have changed political parties. They previously were held by Democrats but now will be occupied by Republicans.

Texas Elections Results Indicate Rick Perry Has Won

The election for Governor of Texas included incumbent Republican candidate, Rick Perry, against rival Democrat Bill White. With 99% of all votes accounted for in Texas, Rick Perry has won 55% of them, which Bill White walked away with 42% of the vote. In total Perry received 2,733,784 votes to White’s 2,102,606. Perry is just one more Republican in the US winning a Governor’s race, after their party also dominated in several key Senate and House elections.

Elsewhere within Texas politics, 32 seats in the House were up for grabs. Out of the 32 district votes, 23 Republicans won, while just 9 Democrats walked away victors. There were several blowouts as election results began coming in. District 1 went to Republican Louie Gohmert who commanded 90% of the vote. District 2 also went to a Republican, Ted Poe, who garnered 89% of the vote. Overall the Republicans have to be feeling pretty good about themselves after many key victories in Texas.

Connecticut Election Results

For a recount to be made, a candidate would have had to win by 2,000 or fewer votes, thus the Ex-Mayor of Stamford, Connecticut will become the new Governor of Connecticut.

Polls prior to the Connecticut election showed an expected close race, with a slight edge to Republican Tom Foley. However, Malloy looks to have pulled out a minor upset.

While it looks as though Malloy has won the election, Tom Foley has yet to concede the race until his campaign can look over the numbers to come to a conclusion.

Minnestoa Election

The pre-election polls showed that Mark Dayton was favored for the majority of the time since the primaries. He led by as many as 14 percentage points in some polls. The most recent poll taken by Survey USA on October 29 only showed Dayton with a 1 percentage point lead over Emmer. It was expected that this year’s election in Minnesota for governor would be a close one, but no one knew it would come down to a few thousand votes.

On Wednesday, Dayton took time for a minor celebration, but he remained cautious over his victory.

South Carolina Election Results Show a Haley Victory

With 95% of all votes in South Carolina counted, the race for governor remains close, but has gone to Republican, Nikki Haley. Haley leads Democratic Rival Vincent Sheheen 51% to 47%. Polls leading up to the election gave Haley a 7-8 point lead, so the Democrat fared a bit better than many had expected. Nikki Haley will succeed fellow Republican Mark Sanford, and take office in South Carolina in January. Haley, just 38 years old, currently represents Lexington County in the South Carolina House of Representatives.

The other major vote in South Carolina was for a Senate seat. The race for senate was between three main competitors. Incumbent Republican Jim Demint, Democrat, Alvin Greene, and Green Party candidate Tom Clements. With 95% of the votes tallied, Demint has 62% of them, while Greene has 28%, and Clements 9%. Demint has easily won the seat, even though all the election results in the state have not been recorded.

New York State

For the New York U.S. Senate Seat, Incumbent Charles Schumer appears to have defeated Republican Jay Townsend with 65% of the votes to 33%. These reports only include 84% of reported votes, but are enough to project Schumer as the winner. Schumer won in all counties except for Hamilton, Wyoming, Allegany, and Tioga.

For the other New York Senate race, Incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand held onto her seat which was originally Hillary Clinton’s. Gillibrand defeated DioGuardi with 61% of the votes to 37%.

For the New York Governor’s race, recent polls had shown Democrat Andrew Cuomo leading Republican Carl Paladino with 58% of the votes to 33%. It turns out that these polls were pretty accurate as well. With 86% of votes reported, Cuomo is leading Paladino with 62% of the votes to Paladino’s 34%.

It appears as though the Democrats took the 3 major elections in New York State.

Election Day 2010

In Washington State, the latest polls are showing Democrat Dino Rossi dead even with the state’s current senator Patty Murray. Other states find themselves in similar close races for Senate seats, including Wisconsin, West Virginia, Nevada, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Alaska, Florida, and California.

For the Gubernatorial races, in which Republicans seem to be slightly favored, candidates also find themselves in neck-and-neck battles with their opponents. California, Oregon, Minnesota, Connecticut, Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Vermont, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Ohio, Maryland, New Mexico, Connecticut, and Texas all appear to have close races. It will really come down to every individual vote on Election Day 2010.

“There are so many close races in Florida alone, it could really go either way, and it’s rather exciting,” said 83-year-old Mary McGrath of Miami Florida.

Voters everywhere really seems to be getting into the races this year. By looking that the political polls, one can see why. Remember, “every vote counts,” and this year that statement may be even more true than in years past.

2010 Florida Election Polls Show Scott In Tight Race

The Senate race between Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio in Florida is one that continues to favor the Republican, Rubio. In the last 4 days, 3 major polls have shown Marco Rubio with substantial leads over Ex-Governor Charlie Crist. A Qunnipiac poll, which was released this morning shows Rubio leading Crist 42-35. A Zogby Poll on Tuesday had Rubio over Crist 40-33, and another poll by the St. Pete Times, on Sunday showed an extremely large 41-26 lead for Rubio.

The Governor’s race in Florida, however, is an entirely different story. Not only is the race for Governor close, but depending on what poll you think is the most accurate, Sink, or Scott could walk away the winner in the 2010 election. A poll today by Quinnipiac had Democrat, Sink over Republican, Scott 45-41. Just Yesterday though, Scott was ahead of Sink in a poll done by Sunshine State News. The Day prior to that, a Zogby Pole had Sink ahead of Scott 43-39. This is probably one of the most tightly fought races in the country right now, and should go down to the wire.

2010 has been an important year in Florida politics, and the elections should be exciting all around.

Paladino & Cuomo

The latest poll by Quinnipiac University shows that Cuomo leads Paladino by 20 percentage points. According to the poll, Cuomo was supported by 55 percent of those likely to vote, while Paladino only had 35% supporting him. Polls however have been shown in the past to be far from accurate 100% of the time.

Paladino is a business man and community activist who is emphasizing fiscal reform and improvement in New York’s educational system. The republican is the ex-ceo of Ellicott Development Company, which he founded in 1973. He does not have nearly as much political experience as Andrew Cuomo, but he has plenty of business related knowledge that a lot of political candidates lack.

The 52-year-old Andrew Cuomo has plenty of political experience. The democrat is the current New York State Attorney General, and has worked as the 11th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1997 – 2001 under President Bill Clinton.

When Carl Paladino was asked if he was concerned about poll numbers that show him so far behind Cuomo, he responded, “Well, polls really don’t mean anything anymore, do they? The case in point is the primary. Two days before the primary, they had me down two points. I won by 26 points. That didn’t happen in two days. I would be very curious when watching polls, and especially the Siena poll and the Marist polls, which have been so far off. Way off.”

Will the polls prove correct come the 2010 Elections, or will Paladino prove them wrong once again? Find out on Election Day, November 2.

Alex Sink Takes on Rick Scott in Florida

In a Zogby poll taken today, the Democrat Alex Sink came out on top of Republican, Rick Scott by a 43-39 margin. In an earlier poll taken on Saturday, the 23rd, by the St. Petersburg Times, however, Scott beat out Sink, 44-41. To complicate things even more, a poll on Friday the 22nd, by Sunshine State News showed a 45-45 tie between the candidates. The average of numerous polls that were done all the way back to May show Sink Leading Scott 40.9 – 40.5.

Both candidates have political experience, as well as important qualities needed for running the state of Florida. Rick Scott, who lives in Naples, Florida, and was born in Bloomington Illinois, is 57 years old, and founded “Conservatives for Patients’ Rights,” in order to put pressure on the US to make sure the health care legislature was based on free-market principles. Alex Sink is currently the Chief Financial Officer for Florida, and is 62 years old. She currently resides in Thonotosassa, Florida.

If there was ever a year when your vote counts, this certainly is it for Florida voters.