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Author:  cryptical [ Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:41 am ]
Post subject:  Orenstein Loses
One small bit of good news from last night. Anyone know what was with the 1200 write-ins?


Nonpartisan GAIL CHANG BOHR 97525 51.87
Nonpartisan HOWARD ORENSTEIN 89298 47.49
Write-In WRITE-IN** 1206 0.64
Author:  plblark [ Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:55 am ]
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Didn't everyone write in Kimberman?

Kidding! I voted for the winner but was disappointed that her literature didn't arrive until after I voted absentee. I'm happy with my vote.
Author:  macphisto [ Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:47 am ]
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...and I helped.

Thank God.
Author:  jdege [ Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:15 am ]
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Orenstein may have lost, but Jane Ranum won.
Author:  joelr [ Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:35 am ]
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jdege wrote:
Orenstein may have lost, but Jane Ranum won.
Unfortunately, but sure. That said, if I had to choose which of the two were a greater threat, it would have been Orenstein; this would have been his step up to a Federal bench. There's no reason to think that Ranum hasn't just bumped against the ceiling.
Author:  sigman [ Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:57 am ]
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It is always nice to see a gun grabber lose. :)
Author:  Srigs [ Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:42 pm ]
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My wife and I voted for Gail!!! :D
Author:  Lawyer_in_Training [ Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Orenstein Loses
cryptical wrote:
One small bit of good news from last night. Anyone know what was with the 1200 write-ins?


:)

I was involved with the election process in Minneapolis yesterday. I suspect that a fair number of voters just marked the "write in" line on their ballots without even filling in a name for the judicial elections.
That's if they bothered to vote the back page at all.
Author:  Dick Unger [ Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:16 am ]
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Orenstein seems to have been the establishment candidate, offically endorsed by the Bar Association, and so approved by the politicians.

Gail is a legal services type who would never get such approval purely on her professional merit.

This does not happen often. Voters actually excercised power.
Author:  Rip Van Winkle [ Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Orenstein Loses
cryptical wrote:
Anyone know what was with the 1200 write-ins?

I always write myself in on any contest where there is no challenger. Several years ago I actually came 2nd in the W St Paul Mayoral election.
Author:  Traveler [ Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:19 am ]
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Gail Chang-Bohr put out a very nice out-sized postcard. It was informative, and I even learned that she attends the church I used to attend for 42 years, among other things.

I was sold on her long before that ended up in my mailbox, but I do look at all of the political fodder sent to me, if nothing else for the comedic value. However, her's was a non-negative, informative, and well organized graphic.

I believe my city, county, state, and country needs more politicians of this calibre.
Author:  someone1980 [ Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:26 am ]
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I had a fried tell me that for judges he always writes in his friends.
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