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Alaska Congressman Don Young has officially won the GOP primary for the Alaska at-large congressional seat. Young beat Alaska Lt. Governor Sean Parnell by 304 votes.
Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) soundly defeated Democratic primary challenger Nikki Tinker earlier this evening by 60 points. With 80% of the precints reporting in, Cohen leads Tinker 80% to 19%. The race received national attention for Tinker’s ads that seemingly attacked Cohen for being Jewish and linked him to the KKK.
According to a new poll, Senator Ted Stevens and Representative Don Young, both Republicans from Alaska, are facing a difficult reelection this November. Both Stevens and Young have been mired in ethical scandals and have been the subject of FBI investigations. Stevens trails Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich 44% to 51% and Young trails former Alaska House Minority Leader Ethan Berkowitz leads Don Young 58% to 38%.
EMILY’s List, the Democratic group that works to elect women that support abortion rights, has endorsed Nikki Tinker over Rep. Steve Cohen in the Tennessee House primary for the 9th Congressional district. Cohen defeated a crowded field of Democrats in the 2006 primary and Tinker came in second.
Democrat Travis Childers has beaten Republican Greg Davis in Mississippi’s special election to fill the vacant House seat once held by Senator Roger Wicker. This is the third straight special election loss in a row for the GOP and has many of the party’s operatives quite worried because of how “safe” the GOP considered them to be (not until recently did the Democrats believe they stood a chance at picking up even one of these seats).
While there are just under six months until the general election, results such as this and the other Democratic wins, could very well spell significant trouble for the GOP’s chances at increasing their ranks in the House of Representatives. It could also be a warning sign not only for races for the Senate, but for John McCain, as consistently Republican areas are not so reliable anymore.
Today’s special election to fill former representative, now Senator Roger Wicker’s House seat in Mississippi has been in full gear for quite some time. The NRCC and DCCC have poured heavy amounts of money into the race between Republican Greg Davis and Democrat Travis Childers. What is most amazing is that this seat has been considered to be safe for the GOP, but polls show a very tight race. Below are two ads that were run in the race.
Last night, in a special election for the Louisiana 1st Congressional District, Democrat Don Cazayoux beat Republican Woody Jenkins to replace Republican Congressman Richard Baker. Republicans have held the 1st District since 1975.
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