Tag: 2008 Election
City voting over 90 percent of 2006 votes cast
In 2006 general election, 20,365 Pensacola residents voted. This means 91.38 percent of those that voted in 2006 have already voted in 2008. Here is…
City voting as of Nov. 1 close
Here the early voting and absentee ballots received, as per Stafford’s office: City 1: 2,818 — 48% of all registered voters City 2: 2,406 —…
House District 3
This is just the Escambia County portion of the District. The race pits Republican Clay Ford vs. Democrat Lumon May. Early voting only in House…
College newspapers back Obama 63-1
According to Editor & Publisher, the student paper at Ole Miss, The Daily Mississippian, is the lone paper endorsing John McCain. Republican-roots run deep at…
GOP talk show strategy
There is an email circulating among the Republican faithful asking them to inundate the radio shows of WCOA’s Luke McCoy and NewsRadio 1620’s Bubba Bechtol…
Senate: GOP will lose seats
Currently the Democrats hold 51 seats in the U.S. Senate. Three Republican senators are retiring — in Colorado, New Mexico and Virginia — one, Ted…
But what about the Electoral College?
Obama leads in every state that Democratic Sen. John F. Kerry won four years ago, which gives him a base of 252 electoral votes of…
WWND?
GOP political expert, Roger Stone, asks on his website, stonezone.com: What would Nixon do? Stone cut his political teeth working for Richard Nixon. He asserts…
More than third of Floridians have voted
Sarasota Herald Tribune reports that the latest statistics show 34 percent of the state’s 11.2 million voters have cast a ballot in the general election…
Obama pulls further ahead
Over the years, one of the most reliable polls has been Gallup. Their latest poll shows Barack Obama leads John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily…
Let’s look at the council reports
For the last reporting period – 10/11-10/30/08: Dist. 1: P.C. Wu $1,350.00 — Mary P Studer $400; RGK Investments $100, Allied Waste $200, SBP (plumbing)…
At-large 9 last reports
Megan Pratt wins the prize for best fund-raising – $14,678.67. It’s Who’s Who of Pensacola. There is $3000 loan from Pratt to her campaign. Plus…
At-Large 8 last reports
Joe Buehler has strong backing from the commercial real estate industry. He reports contributions of $3003 this last period. Beck Properties $500 cash, $453 in-kind….
Loans and In-kind feed last mayor reports
In the Pensacola mayoral race, C.J. Lewis loaned his campaign $5,000 and got a $50 campaign check during this last campaign reporting period, 10/11/2008 –…
Robertson is the big fundraiser
The last campaign reports are in: Wilson Robertson, Escambia Co. Comm. Dist. 1: $158,855 Opponent, Davidson: $5,900 Here are the other Escambia County races: Sheriff:…
Santa Rosa under-delivers on elections
Escambia County has four early voting locations. Santa Rosa County only has two. Escambia was open on Sunday. Santa Rosa was not. I looked at…
Robo calls for Ford
There is an automated phone call being done by Gov. Charlie Crist for Clay Ford, the GOP incumbent running for House District 3. Charlie can’t…
Big day early voting yesterday
As per the Florida Division of Elections, it was a busy day in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties for early voting: Escambia County, Oct. 30:…
New GOP email
Subject: Dear Fellow Business Owners Dear Fellow Business Owners As a Business owner who employs 30 people, I have resigned myself to the fact that…
Ford in trouble
In 2006 General Election, Republican Holly Benson beat Democrat Liz Campbell – 23,655 to 14,224. In the 2007 Special Election, Clay Ford beat Campbell –…
