Thank you voters, thank you Argyle Winery.
We opened up a bottle of our local favorite, Argyle Brut, last night to celebrate what must be considered a successful election day, even if the Dems don't win the Senate (still too early to call). I wouldn't mind a little gridlock. It would be preferable to what we've faced in recent history.
I know it doesn't directly concern Corvallis, or even Oregon, but I think my favorite election result of all was watching Rick Santorum get the boot. You go, Pennsylvania.
In Benton County, voter turnout was a whopping 74%. That is a great number, although it would be nice if all the folks who took the time to register actually bothered voting.
I was very happy with local and statewide results. Frank Morse beat Mario Magana, but Frank Morse is not horrible. Not my first choice, but not horrible. The only measure I voted for that didn't go my way was the insurance/credit measure, and that's an issue that doesn't make my top 10 list for Oregon priorities anyway.
I completely forgot to mention the two Corvallis-specific measures. I voted for both the school levy and updating the city charter to reflect support for diversity, and both have passed. I was very happy about the school levy, after the last one got smacked down.
Diana Simpson handily beat the write-in candidates, garnering more than 50% of the vote and tallying up more support than the three other candidates combined. Some friends and I actually did write in Randy Hiner... for all the Benton County Soil and Water Conservation districts. Oddly enough, each of those races is showing 200+ write-in votes, despite the candidates running unopposed.
Heading off to class quite sleep-deprived today, but giddy!
I know it doesn't directly concern Corvallis, or even Oregon, but I think my favorite election result of all was watching Rick Santorum get the boot. You go, Pennsylvania.
In Benton County, voter turnout was a whopping 74%. That is a great number, although it would be nice if all the folks who took the time to register actually bothered voting.
I was very happy with local and statewide results. Frank Morse beat Mario Magana, but Frank Morse is not horrible. Not my first choice, but not horrible. The only measure I voted for that didn't go my way was the insurance/credit measure, and that's an issue that doesn't make my top 10 list for Oregon priorities anyway.
I completely forgot to mention the two Corvallis-specific measures. I voted for both the school levy and updating the city charter to reflect support for diversity, and both have passed. I was very happy about the school levy, after the last one got smacked down.
Diana Simpson handily beat the write-in candidates, garnering more than 50% of the vote and tallying up more support than the three other candidates combined. Some friends and I actually did write in Randy Hiner... for all the Benton County Soil and Water Conservation districts. Oddly enough, each of those races is showing 200+ write-in votes, despite the candidates running unopposed.
Heading off to class quite sleep-deprived today, but giddy!
posted by Corvallist at
6:52 AM
6 Comments:
You go, Corvallist! You're the only blogger I've seen who actually posted in the middle of the night. It's been fun reading the others' predictions this morning, though . . .
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Anonymous, at 9:20 AM
Thanks for the results & commentary. Skipped the other sites and went straight to yours for a recap - and there you are. :)
By the way, your pre-election run down was very helpful in sorting through the issues and who is who.
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Anonymous, at 1:30 PM
I saw Santorum's concession speech. His teenaged son was crying and I felt a little bad for the kid for a while, but that feeling went away. Did you know Santorum has six children?
I'm a little concerned about the failure of the county tax increase to maintain current health and safety programs. A lot of people will lose their jobs now.
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Anonymous, at 5:34 PM
What about the public safety levy? I supported it; did you?
Diana Simpson won her race, but the victory is diminished by the prospect of having to now lay off workers.
I corresponded with her about enrolling in the federal "Delegation of Authority Program" which would give the county federal assistance with illegal immigrants and, by extension, our meth problem — since Mexico is now the main source of the drug. But that will probably be shelved by the failure of the levy.
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knappster, at 12:08 AM
I wrote in each of the write in sheriff candidates names into such unopposed positions as the soil district reps, too, after seeing your blog post about your friend's intent to do so, prior to the election. I thought it might make them feel good to think people were at least thinking about them and writing their names in somewhere.
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Anonymous, at 8:56 AM
Knappster, I did vote for the public safety levy as well. It just slipped my mind.
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Corvallist, at 10:52 PM
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