Elections Are Coming!!

Elections are getting closer, and right now is the time to start deciding who to vote for. 

Don't know who is running?????  Check out Project Vote Smart at http://www.vote-smart.org/ where you can enter your zip code and find information about who is running in your district.  You can search with your zip code or by entering in a last name.  The website has information about elected officials, bios, party affiliations.


For those who are interested in different election hot spots around the country there are some very interesting races to keep a watch on.  Key races to watch are in Texas, Florida, Washington, Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Connecticut, West Virginia, North Carolina, Alaska, Ohio, Delaware, Louisiana, and New  York.

• Nevada

                   Harry Reid is up for reelection, and many would like to see Senator Reid voted out of office, including yours truely.  Sharron Angle is campaigning against Harry Reid.  According to Real Clear Politics, this race is very, very close.  Check out their polls,  http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/nv/nevada_senate_angle_vs_reid-1517.html Defenitly a race to watch.

• Florida

               In Florida there is a three-way contest between Republican Marco Rubio, independent Charlie Crist, and democrat Kendrick Meek.  Polls show Rubio and Crist is a close race.  This is a good race to watch, in one of the countries most important swing states.  Some think that if the GOP can hold this seat then they won't loss any current seats in the Senate.

• Washington

               Patty Murry, fourth ranking Democratic leader is facing a challenge from Dino Rossi who defeated a tea party opponent in the primary, if Rossi can unite the republican party, he has a good chance of winning.

• California

                In California, Barbara Boxer and Nancy Pelosi are both up for reelection.  Barbara Boxer is running against Carly Fiorina and Nancy Pelosi is running against John Dennis.  Both are conservative voices that we desperatly need in Washington.  Links for campaigns are at the bottom of my post under sources.  Again Real Clear Politics are showing very close races.  Check out Boxer vs. Fiorina at, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/ca/california_senate_boxer_vs_fiorina-1094.html and Pelosi vs. Dennis at

• Colorado

              Democratic incumbent Michael Bennent won in the primary and is now facing a tea party republican who upset the establisment favorite in the primaries.  In the governor's race there is a huge democratic advantage, good for Bennent, but colorado has elected conservatives before.

• Illinois

               Barack Obama's old senate seat is up for reelection.  And it comes down to democrat Alexi Giannoulias who's family knows all about corrupt Illinois politics with a family bank that has customers who are mobsters and republican Mark Kirk.  Alexi Giannoulias has the lead but with many predicting a huge important year in voting this election is to close to call.

• Pennsylvania

               Six years ago Pat Toomey lost to Arlen Specter, and for a hard right conservative in a centrist leaning state, in a normal year he wouldn't have a chance, lucky for him, and the state of Pennsylvainia that this isn't a normal year.

• Kentucky

            Rand Paul a tea party member and libertarian upset the GOP establishment by beating the republican Mitch McConnell.  Now he is facing Jack Conway.  Polls are everywhere, two polls show a close race, the other shows Paul leading.  Conway's only hope is to paint Paul as an extremist.

• Wisconsin

                 Ron Johnson is a small business owner who says he knows how to create jobs.  That's very important to a lot of people.  Running against Johnson is Senator Russ Feingold.  A democrat that has teamed up with McCain in the past.(That makes McCain look a little suspect, but that's probally why my daddy calls McCain a RINO or a republican in name only.)  Johnson is portraying Feingold as the typical big-spending job-killing liberal(which he is).  Feingold has heard this many times before and survived but polls are showing Feingold behind Johnson.

•  Connecticut

                   Republican Linda McMahon is running against Attorney General Dick Blumenthal.  McMahon spent twenty million of her own money to win the primary and is still trailing Blementhal  She hopes to close the gap by going after Blumenthal's credibility.

•  West Virginia
•  North Carolina
•  Alaska
•  Ohio
•  Delaware
•  Louisiana
•  New York

These are other races that will play an important part in the upcoming election.  If democratic seats in West Virginia or New York are in deep jeopardy, a republican majority could be the possible outcome.  If Delaware, North Carolina or Lousiana come in, a huge republican landslide might not happen.  All of these races are showing a possible change in politics in America and what Americans want.  According to Real Clear Politics they are showing that the democrats stand to lose nine seats in Senate, and the republicans gaining five, four are toss ups.  In the House they are predicting the republicans gaining a majority of 206 seats to the democrats 191.  With 38 seats being toss up. 

My predictions??  I think we are going to see a huge surge in republican votes.  I predict more conservaties being elected, which is already happening last week in many primaries the tea party backed canidates won republican primairies.  I think that Americans in general don't like where this country is going and a lot of being are mad.  I've never watched an election this closely before in my life, and I can't wait to see what happens in the five,six weeks.






Sources

http://blog.timesunion.com/nypotomac/the-ten-most-important-senate-races-of-2010/3714/

Carly Fiorina- http://www.carlyforca.com/

John Dennis- http://www.johndennis2010.com/

Real Clear Politics- http://www.realclearpolitics.com/?state=nwa