41 Days to Election Day: North Dakota
By: davenj1 (Diary) | September 26th at 07:07 AM |
North Dakota has a full slate of offices to vote on and some questions. As concerns the presidential election, North Dakota has not voted for a Democrat since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Therefore, it is very hard to see how Obama has a chance in this states in 2012. Thus, Romney gets their three electoral votes. Jack Darymple became Governor when John Hoeven was elected | Read More »
42 Days to Election Day: South Dakota
By: davenj1 (Diary) | September 25th at 07:19 AM |
With Senatorial or Gubernatorial races on the ballot, attention will be on the presidential and lone House seat race along with the ballot questions. As far as the race for President goes, this is generally a safe Republican state and should be again in 2012. Thus, we can give Romney their three electoral votes. Republican Kristi Noem, a rising star in the GOP, will face | Read More »
State Religious Freedom Initiatives: Some Thoughts
By: davenj1 (Diary) | June 13th at 08:13 AM |
Last night, the voters of North Dakota shot down an amendment to their state constitution in a vote that was not as close as many prognosticators predicted. In fact, a similar measure failed to get the required signatures for placement on the ballot in 2010 and just barely got enough signatures this time around. To read some liberal blogs and the ACLU, one would think | Read More »
Democrats Shoot Blanks in the Dakotas
By: davenj1 (Diary) | October 7th at 09:48 AM |
With no Governor’s race, all eyes are focused on the Senate race in North Dakota which, in the end, is no “race” at all. Popular former Governor John Hoeven is the next Republican Senator from North Dakota! In essence, the Democrats conceded the seat the day Byron Dorgan announced his intentions to retire from the Senate. Whether that decision was motivated by a possible loss | Read More »