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Republicans win governor’s races in VA and NJ
Posted by Bigfoot on November 4th, 2009
According to Yahoo and Fox News, Republicans have won the odd-year gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey.
In Virginia, where governors are limited to a single 4-year term, Bob McDonnell has defeated Democrat Creigh Deeds by 59% to 41%. Republicans also won the races for Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, thus making a rare sweep of the three statewide offices.
In New Jersey, challenger Chris Christie has been projected as the winner, with a 49% to 45% margin over Democrat incumbent Jon Corzine, as 91% of the state’s districts have reported. Independent candidate Chris Daggett garnered 5% of the vote.
In the special election in New York’s 23rd Congressional district, Democrat Bill Owens leads Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman 49% to 45%, with 63% of the precincts reporting. This is the race recently vacated by Republican Dede Scozzafava, whose name still remains on the ballot.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Even Northern Virginia voted for the Republican candidates!
That’s a huge change in this bastion of the Democratic Party.