Rather than go through a recount process, Sean Parnell has conceded the primary election to Rep. Don Young (links in the original):
“If I thought there was anything wrong, inappropriate or unprofessional about the way this election tally was conducted, I would not only call for a recount, I would demand one,” Parnell said. “But that [...]
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September 19, 2008
Sean Parnell concedes AK House Primary
September 9, 2008
Young up by 239 votes
That’s the latest word from the recount of the Alaska GOP House primary. From the Washington Post (links in the original):
With the regular, absentee and provisional ballots counted, Rep. Don Young now leads Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell in the Alaska House GOP primary by 239 votes. But the race isn’t over quite yet, and Young [...]
September 6, 2008
An update on the Alaska House primary
Here’s where it stands:
Alaska State Division of Elections says there are close to 15,000 absentee ballots from the primary election that have arrived as of Tuesday of this week. There are another 12,000 or so questioned ballots.
Hopefully we’ll know the final tally soon!
August 27, 2008
Parnell vs. Young: What’s next?
I woke up this morning to the disheartening news from Alaska:
Republican Rep. Don Young — whose three and a half decade hold on Alaska’s sole House seat was imperiled by political ethics controversies — holds a razor-thin lead over Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell who ran a strong primary challenge against the embattled congressman.
With 98 percent [...]
August 27, 2008
A nail-biter in Alaska!
As I write this, with 57.8% of precincts Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell leads Rep. Don Young in the GOP House primary by one percentage point! Hopefully I will wake up tomorrow morning to good news.
You can keep track of the election results here.
August 26, 2008
In Alaska? Go vote for Sean Parnell!!
If you are an Alaska Republican today is primary day, so make sure to go to the polls and vote for Sean Parnell. I am confident that Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will relieve kleptocrat Don Young of his post as Alaska’s lone Congressman.
Make sure you help Sean Parnell start his general election race off right [...]
August 9, 2008
The Salt Lake Tribune misses the point
The Salt Lake City Tribune can’t seem to understand why a Congressman like Chris Cannon got ousted by Jason Chaffetz in the GOP primary (emphasis mine):
A Congressional Quarterly study of partisan votes during the Bush years shows that Rep. Chris Cannon has voted with Republicans 97 percent of the time and supported the president 89 [...]
August 9, 2008
Ragnar Danneskjold endorses Sean Parnell
A co-blogger at one of my favorite blogs, The Jawa Report, has endorsed Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell in his primary fight against Rep. Don Young (links in the original):
Don Young is one of the worst congressmen in the U.S. House. His massive appetite for earmarks and pork projects, including the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere,” is [...]
August 9, 2008
Alaska state legislators back Sean Parnell
Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell has picked up four endorsements from the Alaskan interior, which includes Fairbanks, Alaska:
Republican Sens. Gene Therriault and Gary Wilken and Reps. John Coghill and Mike Kelly announced their support for Parnell in a press release put out by the Parnell campaign.
[...]
“I want a fairly conservative Republican in there,” Coghill said.
“Don has [...]
August 7, 2008
Alaska Right to Life endorses Parnell
Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, who is challenging Rep. Don Young in Alaska’s August 26th House primary, picked up a major endorsement yesterday:
Republican congressional candidate Sean Parnell picked up the endorsement of the Alaska Right to Life Group Wednesday.
The group says Parnell has been a champion for issues of life, from conception to natural death.
Congressman Don [...]
August 6, 2008
Primary election results
Well, we tried our hardest, but it appears that all of the three Down the Ticket-sponsored candidates facing primaries today have lost. Here are the results as of 12:50am Eastern Time. Sponsored candidates are in Italics, winners in bold.
KS-02
Jim Ryun 49%
Lynn Jenkins 51%
MO-GOV
Sarah Steelman 44.5%
Kenny Hulshof 49.3%
MO-09
Bob Onder 29%
Blaine Luetkemeyer 39.7%
Danie Moore 19.5%
I’d be lying [...]
August 5, 2008
PRIMARY DAY!
Today is a primary day if you are in Missouri or Kansas. If you are registered in these states, make sure you head to the polls today. Down the Ticket-sponsored candidates include:
Rep. Jim Ryun for Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District
State Treasurer Sarah Steelman for Missouri Governor
State Rep. Dr. Bob Onder for Missouri’s 9th District
Make [...]
August 5, 2008
Dr. Bob Onder stands firm against illegal immigration
Dr. Bob Onder is a new addition here at Down the Ticket. The state representative is one of the many Republicans seeking to replace Rep. Kenny Hulshof as the U.S. Representative from Missouri’s 9th District. One of the things that drew me to his campaign was his strong stance against amnesty for illegal aliens (video [...]
August 4, 2008
Is corn the key to winning the Missouri GOP primary?
Sarah Steelman is counting on Missouri’s recent legislation backing ethanol mandates to gain an advantage on Rep. Kenny Hulshof in Tuesdays GOP gubernatorial primary:
In recent weeks, Steelman has played up one key difference between the candidates. Blunt and the Republican-led Missouri Legislature pushed through a requirement that nearly every gallon of gasoline contain 10 percent [...]
August 3, 2008
Missouri’s Gubernatorial Primary is in Two Days
State Treasurer Sarah Steelman is hitting the pavement this weekend in one last push for victory:
“There’s some major issues that we’ve been talking about like repealing the ethanol mandate to get those gas and food prices down, cracking down on illegal immigration, tax relief.,” says Steelman. “Those are the issues that I’m talking about with [...]
