Election Night Round Up

In case you didn't look at the other 1000s of outlets showing you election results, we'd like to give you a brief view at the wins and losses here at The Leaf, since all politics is local and we know that some races are overlooked. We will hit some of the big ones, and not so big ones.

 

Texas Constitutional Amendments: All passed. We wonder if anyone read them all?

 

Dallas ISD, TX: Edwin Flores was reelected to District 1. In District 3, incumbent Leigh Ann Ellis and Bruce Parrott will go to a runoff. In District 9, Bernadette Nutall and Sally Cain will go to a runoff.

 

Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD, TX: After much waffling, the ISD cancelled the special election on October 13. This is your tax dollars at work, ISD residents. They already spent the money to contract with the county to hold the election, and also a court battle over Place 4.

 

Lake Dallas TX Place 4 City Council: Ricky Mathews, a McDonald's construction manager, won the election to fill this vacated seat.

 

Pilot Point, TX: Home rule charter was approved by voters.

 

Denton, TX: Charter propositions to clarify city council term limits and residency all passed.

 

Fate and Sunnyvale, TX: The fate of liquor sales in Fate is known. The little Rockwall County town voted down beer and wine sales. Ditto for Sunnyvale.

 

DeSoto, Italy, and Farmersville, TX: They know they like to drink and Satan won't befall their fine cities. Beer and wine sales passes in these three towns.

 

Houston, TX: Openly gay City Controller Annise Parker heads to a mayoral runoff with Gene Locke for the open seat.

 

Maine: 53% of the state's rural bigots repealed the state's marriage equality law. Yet, medical marijuana was approved. Can stoners not focus on more than one item at a time? We were looking forward to a lobster wedding too!

 

Washington: The state not the district. A slim margin of victory goes to expanded gay rights which voters there have termed "everything but marriage".

 

New Jersey: Republican Chris "Fatboy" Christie pulls out the win for governor over Johnny "The Clown" Corzine. That's their assigned mob nicknames of course.

 

Virginia: Republican Bob McDonnell laid the smack down on Creigh Deeds for the governorship there.

 

NY-23: Not the Palin Effect, but a Palin FAIL! The Democrat Bill Owens takes this special Congressional race away from a the GOP, which had held the seat since the Civil War. The GOP candidate had pulled out to endorse the Democrat over the Conservative Party candidate here.

 

CA-10: Democratic Lt. Governor John Garamendi easily becomes the new Congressman here in another special election.

 

New York City: Mayor Bloomberg wins a third term in a tight race.

 

Boston, MA: Mayor Thomas Menino wins a record fifth term.

 

Atlanta, GA: A runoff will determine whether the 35 year run of black mayors remains, as Mary Norwood, who is white, will face Kasim Reed, who is black. Yay race card!

 

Chapel Hill, NC: Openly gay Councilman Mark Kleinschmidt won the mayoral race with 49%, There is no runoff system in place in that college town. Go Tar Heels!

 

That's all for now folks. If anyone else has anything exciting or under the radar results, feel free to post in the comments.