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Nikki Haley

November 3, 2010 by · Comments Off on Nikki Haley 

Nikki Haley, It was shortly after midnight Eastern time in South Carolina when the governor-elect Nikki Haley stepped before his supporters in Columbia.

“Trust me, I wanted to be here before us,” he said. Then, waving his arms, urging the crowd: “But are thrilled!”

Haley, a Republican State Representative, defeated Democratic state Sen. Vincent Sheehan and become the first woman governor of South Carolina and the nation’s only female governor-American Indian. “You know, tomorrow morning there will be a lot of news and a lot of observers say that made history and somehow, you can see me and say we did,” Haley told the crowd. “But my question is that we’re turning a page. We’re turning a page where we have been, but the story is going to be where we are.”

Haley, whose political outlook echoes many themes tea party, was driven by the support of Sarah Palin in busy primary last June, the Republican Party. Tonight, Haley told his followers, “Eighteen months ago, I saw a state and federal government to lose control. Arrogant in their spending. Arrogant in their responsibility and the need to step forward and say that we have to our state and our country back. “He continued:” We wanted the government to remember that every dollar that was not government money is taxpayer money and how we spend is important. Today the people of South Carolina embraced that message. ”

“This movement is not going to be about a person. Never going to be about a choice,” said Haley, “This movement was about to take shape in our state and our country back.”

Carl Paladino

September 15, 2010 by · Comments Off on Carl Paladino 

Carl Paladino, University of Buffalo political scientist James Campbell, a political veteran meteorologist, said: “The frustration of the conservative movement and the power of Tea Party was demonstrated once again in the victory of Carl Paladino on capacity supported by the Republican Party candidate Rick Lazio. ”

Campbell is available today at 1 pm for a press conference in his office and for telephone interviews. Please contact Patricia Donovan at 716-645-4602 to schedule an interview.

Campbell points out that pollsters have underestimated the enthusiasm and participation rates Tea Party supporters and other conservatives this year.

“The race was interesting Paladino-Lazio the victory of the outsider in a landslide Paladino unexpected, although the latest pre-election polls had the race as a toss,” says Campbell, professor and director of UB Political Science.

Paladino says Campbell faces another tough battle against his Democratic rival, Andrew Cuomo, due to the large registration advantage for Democrats in New York.

“That said, the 2010 political winds strongly favor conservative Republicans,” says Campbell, “and Paladino is only one candidate feisty and combative. I would rate the race as leaning Cuomo, but certainly not one that could be taken for granted by Democrats. ”

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Adrian Fenty

September 15, 2010 by · Comments Off on Adrian Fenty 

Adrian Fenty, DC Council member Kwame R. Brown (D-At-Large) won the Democratic primary race for the presidency on Tuesday, making him a virtual lock to become the city’s second highest elected official. He defeated former Councilman Vincent Orange.

Brown received 55 percent of the vote, while Orange was 39 percent, according to unofficial results released just after 1:30 am A third candidate, school board member Dorothy Douglas, received the remaining votes.

“We have been able to do something people thought could not do: run a positive campaign on issues and not negative,” Brown told his supporters in the Capitol Skyline Hotel. “That’s what this campaign’s all. This is how we will bring this city together.”

Brown is almost certain to succeed President Vicente C. Gray, because of the heavily Democratic electorate of the city. Grey Mayor Adrian Fenty won the Democratic primary for mayor on Tuesday.

Orange was not immediately available for comment.

Brown and orange crossed the city in search of votes Tuesday, before rallying with supporters as they awaited the final results. A Washington Post poll last month showed Brown leading Orange, particularly in communities of Northeast Orange District 5 represented by two terms on the council.

Brown, who at 39 became the youngest president in the history of DC, was first elected to Council in 2004 after running a relentless door-to-door campaign that helped the first council member living east of the Anacostia River to be elected citywide. This year, Brown said the support of all but one of the members of his council colleagues and accumulated a long list of endorsements of the most important city, labor, environmental and community organizations. If Brown becomes president, his seat is usually filled through a special election, probably in the spring.

Orange, which until recently was vice president of Pepco, questioned Brown’s ability to oversee the city and about 6 billion budget due to irregularities in the reports of Brown campaign financing and the problems encountered in the management personal debts. Brown, who has been sued by three credit card companies for payment of outstanding bills and prices of 55,000 and has said its financial problems would not affect his work on the council.

At the request of Orange, the city Office of Campaign Finance said last week it would investigate the fundraising records of Brown’s two previous elections. Brown acknowledged accounting errors in their presentations, but has denied wrongdoing.

Orange, meanwhile, faced the departure of two senior colleagues, including one of his chief fundraisers, who resigned in part because of what he said was the negative tone of the campaign for Orange.

Brown, the son of a veteran Democratic organizer base, raised more than four times as much money as Orange during the reporting period that ended Aug. 10. He stuck to his message of being an advocate for job creation and job training.

As chairman of the committee of the board of economic development, Brown has pushed developers to hire a local company for projects financed by taxpayers. He led the efforts to open only school district independent professional training, Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School.

The role of chairman of the board is a powerful and difficult. Brown became a leader among peers that forms the Council’s agenda, but can not succeed without the votes of at least six of his 12 colleagues. You will also have the difficult task of replacing a president seen by fellow board members as a collaborative leader who skillfully forged alliances and established differences between the disparate personalities.

Brown also would take over at a difficult time for the government fiscal DC: The city is facing a decline in funds for a rainy day, falling incomes and little room to borrow for new projects.

Although Brown picked up support from their colleagues, some privately questioned his ability to be a strong leader, expressing concern that he received a pass and voted “present” on the confirmation of Attorney General Peter Nickles. But Brown is much appreciated by fellow council members, and Gray’s solid lead in the primaries for mayor, Brown would have the advantage of working with an executive who also lives in District 7 and who has a strong relationship.

“We join the council. He lives around the corner. I think he would do a phenomenal job,” Brown said before the vote Tuesday in the Senior Center being just off Alabama Avenue SE with his wife and two children.

In the other contested council races, owners Jim Graham (D-District 1), Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-District 5) and Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) appeared to have fended off an energy field of challengers. Graham was leading a three-way race with Bryan Weaver, a leader of the community of Adams Morgan, and Jeff Smith, a former member of the DC School Board.

Thomas, who represents the neighborhoods of the northeast including Brookland and Trinidad, was ahead of Delano Hunter, a community organizer; Kenya McDuffie, a former government lawyer, and Tracey Turner, a consultant for information technology.

Wells, who represents the Capitol, had a wide lead over Kelvin J. Robinson, who was chief of staff for the administration of Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D).

Staff writers Annys Shin and Mike DeBonis contributed to this report.

Delaware Primary

September 15, 2010 by · Comments Off on Delaware Primary 

Delaware Primary, Republican National Senate, John Cornyn, chairman of the Committee (Texas) on Tuesday dodged a commitment to financially support conservative Delaware Christine O’Donnell if he wins Tuesday’s primary in the Senate against Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.).

Asked if the NRSC O’Donnell financial support in the general election if they win the Castle, a popular downtown in Tuesday’s primary, Cornyn said he would not respond until the results are given

“I’m not going to answer that question because it is a hypothetical,” Cornyn said with a smile. “I’ll talk to you about it tomorrow.”

O’Donnell has the support of some leaders Tea Party, and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) and Sen. Jim DeMint (RS.C.), but critics say it would be a weaker candidate than the Castle Newcastle against County Executive Chris Coons, the expected Democratic nominee in November.

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