Conservatives Have A Big Night In Local And State Elections

[DigitalDrifter]

Woooo hooooooooooooo !

Voters elected Republicans and rejected progressive ballot initiatives, including anti-discrimination and marijuana legalization measures.

Conservatives triumphed in high-profile local and statewide elections on Tuesday, with voters delivering big victories to Republican candidates and rejecting progressive ballot measures.

In the Kentucky governor's race, tea party favorite Matt Bevin (R) defied expectations and defeated state Attorney General Jack Conway (D), becoming the first Republican governor in more than 40 years. Bevin, a businessman, previously challenged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in a 2010 primary, but was trounced. This year's race was expected to be close, but Bevin's margin of victory was nearly 9 points.

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[Mac1958]

Interesting. Both "major" parties are trying to out-crazy each other, so there should be some pretty fascinating results through 2016.

I really do hope some decent Independents decide to run.
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[DigitalDrifter]

VOTED OUT: San Francisco voters oust sheriff amid 'sanctuary city' furor

Embattled San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi convincingly lost his bid for re-election Tuesday after spending months in the national spotlight as the face of his city's controversial "sanctuary city" policy on illegal immigration.

Mirkarimi, 54, was defeated by Vicki Hennessy, a former sheriff's official who had the endorsement of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and the sheriff deputies association. With 42 percent of precincts reporting, Henessy had received 63 percent of the vote to 31 percent for Mirkarimi.

Mirkarimi and his office received heavy criticism after Mexican illegal immigrant Francisco Sanchez allegedly shot and killed 32-year-old Kate Steinle on San Francisco's waterfront July 1.

VOTED OUT: San Francisco voters oust sheriff amid 'sanctuary city' furor

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Houston LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance rejected by voters

HOUSTON (AP) — An ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in Houston failed to win approval from voters on Tuesday.

Houston LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance rejected by voters

 

[tigerred59]

Woooo hooooooooooooo !

Voters elected Republicans and rejected progressive ballot initiatives, including anti-discrimination and marijuana legalization measures.

Conservatives triumphed in high-profile local and statewide elections on Tuesday, with voters delivering big victories to Republican candidates and rejecting progressive ballot measures.

In the Kentucky governor's race, tea party favorite Matt Bevin (R) defied expectations and defeated state Attorney General Jack Conway (D), becoming the first Republican governor in more than 40 years. Bevin, a businessman, previously challenged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in a 2010 primary, but was trounced. This year's race was expected to be close, but Bevin's margin of victory was nearly 9 points.

MORE: Conservatives Have A Big Night In Local And State Elections

Ky has always voted the GOP ticket, its only fitten they elect a red gov.

 

[Geaux4it]

This is refreshing. Nice to see American values still mean something out there

-Geaux

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Can't say as I see much that worries me. Pretty typical off-year election.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Ohio Votes Not to Legalize Marijuana

On Tuesday, Ohio residents voted against legalizing the limited sale and use of marijuana in the state. Tuesday's ballot measure for legalizing marijuana in Ohio included three core issues: redistricting, monopolies and the state's proposed cannabis policy.




The failed marijuana policy would have allowed anyone age 21 and older to apply for a license through the Ohio Marijuana Control Commission. That license would have allowed for the legal possession of and permission to grow up to 8 ounces of cannabis. With or without a license, Ohio residents could have legally purchased, possessed, used, shared and transported no more than 1 ounce of marijuana under the new law.

Ohio Votes Not to Legalize Marijuana

 

[PaintMyHouse]

VOTED OUT: San Francisco voters oust sheriff amid 'sanctuary city' furor

Embattled San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi convincingly lost his bid for re-election Tuesday after spending months in the national spotlight as the face of his city's controversial "sanctuary city" policy on illegal immigration.

Mirkarimi, 54, was defeated by Vicki Hennessy, a former sheriff's official who had the endorsement of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and the sheriff deputies association. With 42 percent of precincts reporting, Henessy had received 63 percent of the vote to 31 percent for Mirkarimi.

Mirkarimi and his office received heavy criticism after Mexican illegal immigrant Francisco Sanchez allegedly shot and killed 32-year-old Kate Steinle on San Francisco's waterfront July 1.

VOTED OUT: San Francisco voters oust sheriff amid 'sanctuary city' furor

Lots of luck to the new Sheriff. What the people wanted the old one to do in this case is unconstitutional. He couldn't have been held but the Feds could have come and gotten him before he was released, and didn't.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Ohio Votes Not to Legalize Marijuana

On Tuesday, Ohio residents voted against legalizing the limited sale and use of marijuana in the state. Tuesday's ballot measure for legalizing marijuana in Ohio included three core issues: redistricting, monopolies and the state's proposed cannabis policy.




The failed marijuana policy would have allowed anyone age 21 and older to apply for a license through the Ohio Marijuana Control Commission. That license would have allowed for the legal possession of and permission to grow up to 8 ounces of cannabis. With or without a license, Ohio residents could have legally purchased, possessed, used, shared and transported no more than 1 ounce of marijuana under the new law.

Ohio Votes Not to Legalize Marijuana

Bad bill. Nothing like capitalism so that should make you happy, and certainly doesn't bother me.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Houston LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance rejected by voters

HOUSTON (AP) — An ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in Houston failed to win approval from voters on Tuesday.

Houston LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance rejected by voters

It's Houston, that was always a push...

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Tea party Republican wins in Kentucky

(CNN)Matt Bevin, the controversial Kentuckian who attempted to dethrone Sen. Mitch McConnell last year, orchestrated a remarkable political comeback on Tuesday to win the state's governorship.

Bevin bested Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, a Democrat, in the contest.

Bevin, a Republican often at odds with more mainstream elements of his party, managed to solidly beat Conway in a race that Bevin was not expected to win by any significant margin.

Election Day: Bevin wins in Kentucky, Ohio rejects pot - CNNPolitics.com

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Tea party Republican wins in Kentucky

(CNN)Matt Bevin, the controversial Kentuckian who attempted to dethrone Sen. Mitch McConnell last year, orchestrated a remarkable political comeback on Tuesday to win the state's governorship.

Bevin bested Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, a Democrat, in the contest.

Bevin, a Republican often at odds with more mainstream elements of his party, managed to solidly beat Conway in a race that Bevin was not expected to win by any significant margin.

Election Day: Bevin wins in Kentucky, Ohio rejects pot - CNNPolitics.com

Give the people what they want, until they wise up that is...

 

[midcan5]

Reactionary politics always follows social change be it gay rights and marijuana, consider the enormous change after LBJ's civil rights legislation. Conservatives only need to point fingers at another to win the vote of the reactionary. Add conservative corporate money to the mix and you can easily influence the voter who sees the world changing. Progress moves so slowly sometimes.

"Hirschman draws his examples from three successive waves of reactive thought that arose in response to the liberal ideas of the French Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man, to democratization and the drive toward universal suffrage in the nineteenth century, and to the welfare state in our own century. In each case he identifies three principal arguments invariably used: (1) the perversity thesis, whereby any action to improve some feature of the political, social, or economic order is alleged to result in the exact opposite of what was intended; (2) the futility thesis, which predicts that attempts at social transformation will produce no effects whatever—will simply be incapable of making a dent in the status quo; (3) the jeopardy thesis, holding that the cost of the proposed reform is unacceptable because it will endanger previous hard-won accomplishments. He illustrates these propositions by citing writers across the centuries from Alexis de Tocqueville to George Stigler, Herbert Spencer to Jay Forrester, Edmund Burke to Charles Murray. Finally, in a lightning turnabout, he shows that progressives are frequently apt to employ closely related rhetorical postures, which are as biased as their reactionary counterparts. For those who aspire to the genuine dialogue that characterizes a truly democratic society, Hirschman points out that both types of rhetoric function, in effect, as contraptions designed to make debate impossible. In the process, his book makes an original contribution to democratic thought." 'The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy' Albert O. Hirschman

And Phillips-Fein book is excellent too. 'Invisible Hands: The Businessmen's Crusade Against the New Deal' Kim Phillips-Fein

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Houston LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance rejected by voters

HOUSTON (AP) — An ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in Houston failed to win approval from voters on Tuesday.

Houston LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance rejected by voters

It's Houston, that was always a push...

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Houston LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance rejected by voters

HOUSTON (AP) — An ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in Houston failed to win approval from voters on Tuesday.

Houston LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance rejected by voters

It's Houston, that was always a push...

Not even close. It would have been nice but it's hardly a big deal, especially there.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Woooo hooooooooooooo !

Voters elected Republicans and rejected progressive ballot initiatives, including anti-discrimination and marijuana legalization measures.

Conservatives triumphed in high-profile local and statewide elections on Tuesday, with voters delivering big victories to Republican candidates and rejecting progressive ballot measures.

In the Kentucky governor's race, tea party favorite Matt Bevin (R) defied expectations and defeated state Attorney General Jack Conway (D), becoming the first Republican governor in more than 40 years. Bevin, a businessman, previously challenged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in a 2010 primary, but was trounced. This year's race was expected to be close, but Bevin's margin of victory was nearly 9 points.

MORE: Conservatives Have A Big Night In Local And State Elections

Wouldn't want people making their own choices, now would we? Smaller government.... hmmmm....

 

[Wildman]

Ky has always

"always"....???

 

[Wildman]

It's Houston, that was always

"always"......?? you libertards sure love using this "always" a lot, do you actually know what "always" mean ??

can you prove "always"??

 

[Rexx Taylor]

what about those proposals that make it legal for men to use the ladies rooms?