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Meet Len Britton (R CAND, VT-SEN).

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  May 12th, 2010 at 08:36 PM  | 

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Len is the presumptive Republican candidate against Patrick Leahy, who is currently seeking a seventh term. Which is a polite way of saying that Leahy has spent over half his life as a Senator, while Len Britton is a small business owner and first-time office seeker.

Len’s site is here.

Moe Lane

Crossposted to Moe Lane.

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  • http://thecorruptworld.blogspot.com/ wayneinnh

    Vermont is so full of New York refugees and trust fund hippies that anyone with an R next to their name could be considered endangered species. But then again, look what happened in Massachusetts…

  • itsjoanne

    That’s ridiculous. Hopefully the voters have had enough.

    Len seems like a good candidate.

    Has any polling been done? It’s a long shot I know.

  • spainishirish

    From what I recall, Leahy still is the only Democrat to have been elected to the Senate there (I know they have a Socialist–not their first–but someone can correct me if wrong on the Democrat point).

    So given this climate this year, don’t count this man out at all. Long shot? Yes. So was Leahy when elected.

  • ktsub

    Its interesting that of the six statewide elected state officials, the Governor, Lt. Governor and Auditor are all Republicans.

  • http://thecorruptworld.blogspot.com/ wayneinnh

    Massachusetts was another state that would elect R’s to statewide office. However, whenever it came to sending someone to DC, the D always won out. That is until this year. There is hope.

  • IJB

    There are a number of “blue” states that will elect Republican Governors that won’t be caught dead electing a Republican to a federal office like Senate. VT is one of them.

    Something like 2/3 of Vermont’ers *approve* of Obama and support ObamaCare, and Leahy’s ratings are about the same level (from a Rasmussen poll in the last couple of months).

    Just so everyone gets what they’re up against in VT…

  • mich22

    the race here in Maryland for US Senate. Far left Democrat Barbara Mikulski is seeking her 5th term (she also served several terms in the House) and her challenger will likely be a political neophyte named Jim Rutledge, a small-business owner/attorney who is attracting quite a following of conservatives in this state. MD also switches parties for the governorship – this time it might go back to Republican Bob Ehrlich. It’s a long shot for Rutledge, but not out of the question. Mikulski will be fighting against an anti-incumbency tidal wave and is also far more liberal than the average voter in this state. Only one quarter of Marylanders consider themselves liberals, according to a Feb poll by Gallup, and 9.4% MORE call themselves conservatives! It’s all about turn-out, and I do believe the conservatives are roaring right now even in MD, and hopefully in VT as well. If people believed that the impossible could happen, and acted as if it was going to happen, we’d see the impossible happen a lot more often.

  • IJB

    …That out of all the Dem incumbents running for reelection this year, Leahy is *the most likely* to be reelected. Even more likely than Mikulski (who I’d put second), and Schumer (who I’d rank third).

    If anything, VT is *to the Left* of MD!

  • shadowtax

    Vermont is a state with a small population. A large percentage swing in the electorate would require relatively fewer raw votes than larger states. How large is the media market?

    I’m thinking that it is the kind of environment where a grassroots movement could take root. Leahy is already known. How much upside is there for him?

  • Martin Knight

    Bob Ehrlich in 2002 was the first Republican since Spiro Agnew won it in 1966 to win the Governorship of Maryland.

    That said, MD Republicans and Conservatives should give it their all and try to take some state legislative seats at the very least. Turning a Blue State to a Red State (or the other way round) usually takes more than one election cycle – MA used to be reliably Republican until Tip O’Neill and MA Democrat Party decided to run candidates in every election possible at every level of government.

    Gradually people became more and more comfortable with voting for Democrats. It took them two decades or so but the result is that Republicans are almost an endangered species in Massachusetts.