Is Mo native in NY race headed for Frankenland?
Scott Murphy
WASHINGTON — Yesterday here on Political Fix, you saw video of Missouri native Scott Murphy claiming victory in a U.S. House race in New York.
Looks like Murphy, who grew up in Columbia, will be missing the Cherry Blossom Festival here in Washington and any other DC events any time soon — if New York voters send him here at all.
According to the latest count, Murphy, a Democrat, leads Republican Jim Tedisco by just 25 votes and Tedisco is predicting that absentee votes will give him the lead. Tedisco, a leader in the New York General Assembly, wants to hold off on further counting until the April 13 deadline for receipt of military and overseas ballots.
With things this close and a seat in Congress at stake, expect to hear packs of partisan legal beagles howling in the Hudson Valley.
In Minnesota, the winner of the Al Franken-Norm Coleman U.S. Senate race still hasn’t been declared five months after the election. Franken leads by 225 votes and signs continue pointing to his victory. On April 7, Minnesota’s secretary of state will reconsider some rejected votes that could build Franken’s slim lead.
Murphy, 39, is the son of a postal worker and elementary school teacher. He worked for two Missouri governors, Mel Carnahan and Roger Wilson, before making it big as an entreprenuer and venture capitalist.
He closed a 20-point gap with the well-known Tedisco in the campaign’s stretch run — but political victory in his new home state is far from certain.
I went to school with Scott. He’s a stand-up guy. NY would be well served if he is elected.
It is a good sign that a republican is even making it close in liberal NY. People are already sick and tired of the “tax and spend” solution to a problem that was created by too much spending in the first place. And when the people putting forth this solution did not pay their taxes in the first place, it makes it even more infuritating.
“It is a good sign that a republican is even making it close in liberal NY. People are already sick and tired of the “tax and spend” solution…” — MJH
1:50 pm April 2nd, 2009
at last count…Democrat Scott Murphy led repuplikan jim tedisco by 65 votes out of more than 154,000 cast tuesday in NY’s 20th district…
there are 610 voting precincts spread over the mostly rural, 10-county district…
repuplikans have over 75,000 more registered voters than Democrats in this conservative upstate NY district…
and tedisco had a 20 point lead just a few weeks ago…
“To even be competitive in a district like that, I think says a lot,” press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters of the underdog Mr. Murphy’s showing…
to be so competitive in such a rural district, no matter who ends up winning, must send shudders throughout the entire repuplikan party…
and put smiles on the faces of Democrats.
maybe the negative campaign had something to do with Mr. Murphy’s surprising showing…
maybe the improving economy under President Obama’s leadership had something to do with Mr. Murphy’s surprising showing…
or maybe the repuplikan party is completely irrelevant in today’s political scene…
MJH…
how is this a good sign for the neo-con repuplikan party…
when a repuplikan can not win in a district like the 20th?
MJH - The 20th District in NY is hardly “liberal”. In fact, Obama narrowly won there in November. You seem to confuse all of New York with New York City.
Scott Murphy is another tax-dodging, scum venture Democrat. He only leads by 25 votes and his hatred of the military will be evident with the absentee ballots from our brave soliders whom Murphy hates to death.
MJH must be unaware that “liberal NY” applies to New York City, not the state, which has whole swaths of conservative areas. The Murphy-Tedisco race is in a congressional district that has 70,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats. (Like most U.S. House districts, it’s gerrmymandered to help either a Republican or a Democrat — in this case the Republican.) So for Murphy to be winning, even after Republicans poured more than twice as much money into the race as the Democrats, it’s not really a positive sign for the GOP.
“To even be competitive in a district like that, I think says a lot,” press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters of the underdog Mr. Murphy’s showing…
beano, it was a demoncratic seat-the chick went to replace former first lady HRC.
vagrant
Say, Mr. Dave -
How about posting the secret information you have that confirms “…our brave soliders (sic) whom (Mr.) Murphy hates to death.”
I guess you are privy to information unavailable to rest of us?
Pray share it!
I am not sure how Mr. Murphy being a candidate and one from Missouri could claim victory when thousands of absentee ballots are still in play. You are from Missouri, the Show-Me-State. What I heard was that there are thousands of ballots uncounted so far. I don’t see how you claim victory when you are leading by 25 or even 250 votes. I am from Missouri (as are you). Even in New York, the voters have to show me.
beano, it was a demoncratic seat-the chick went to replace former first lady HRC.
vagrant
— frank karll
3:16 pm April 2nd, 2009
mr. k. …
she’s a CONSERVATIVE Democrat who votes pro-gun and pro-life…
that’s how she got elected in upstate NY…
unlike Mr. Murphy who has campaigned opposite these views.
quit listening to rush ‘boss’ limbaugh and start watching something other than ‘faux news’…
do you neo-cons ever read newspapers, books or any printed medium?