On November 4, independent candidate Edward O’Neill, a retired Texas Instruments employee, was elected to the Rhode Island Senate from district 17. He is the first independent elected to the Rhode Island Senate since 1964. He defeated the President of … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2008
On November 4, independent candidate Tim Madden was elected to the Massachusetts State House, in the Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket District (Massachusetts legislative seats don’t have seat numbers). No incumbent was running. There may be other independents elected to state … Continue reading
Only three candidates were on the ballot for the Oregon U.S. Senate race, nominees of the Democratic, Republican, and Constitution Party. It appears likely that the Constitution Party tipped the outcome in this race. The results, as of November 6, … Continue reading
Tennessee State Senator Rosalind Kurita, running for re-election as a write-in candidate after the Democratic Party rejected her as its nominee (even though she had won the Democratic primary in August) only received 17% of the vote as a write-in … Continue reading
The Libertarian Party candidates for U.S. House will have polled over 1,000,000 votes, as soon as all the votes are counted. Preliminary figures are at 990,000, and perhaps 8% of all the votes (mostly absentees and provisionals) have not yet … Continue reading