Tue Nov 6, 2018, 01:47 PM

I had a lot of unopposed Republicans on my ballot today

It's tough to turn an area blue (or even purple) if there aren't any options.

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I had a lot of unopposed Republicans on my ballot today (Original post)	Revanchist	Nov 2018	OP
We had two, one for sheriff and the other for county clerk I believe. Left those blank.	Luciferous	Nov 2018	#1
Where do you live? nt	w100jmi	Nov 2018	#2
Southeastern Missouri	Revanchist	Nov 2018	#6
I had a couple of races with unopposed Republicans	better	Nov 2018	#3
I'd listened to a radio article about the Democratic Party	irisblue	Nov 2018	#4
me too	Kurt V.	Nov 2018	#5
We had 5+ unopposed Dems here in DeKalb Co GA	Cattledog	Nov 2018	#7
So which office are you running for next election?	KansasKali	Nov 2018	#8
I'm not local	Revanchist	Nov 2018	#12
Had one, for sheriff, left it blank. Very red area but had good candidates.	old guy	Nov 2018	#9
I had the same thing on my ballot but it was Democrats	apnu	Nov 2018	#10
My mother in SC said there were a couple of state	octoberlib	Nov 2018	#11
For the first time in a long time	mcar	Nov 2018	#13
I had a handful of local races and one judge.	herding cats	Nov 2018	#14
There were 2 of those on my ballot, both Republicans	ck4829	Nov 2018	#15
We have that option in	Hayduke Bomgarte	Nov 2018	#17
I had two goops running unopposed	Hayduke Bomgarte	Nov 2018	#16
i had some too..mostly local offices. I just left them blank...	samnsara	Nov 2018	#18
I had two unopposed when I early voted, both republicans.	Blue_true	Nov 2018	#19
Another Tom Perez Failure	corbettkroehler	Nov 2018	#20

Response to Revanchist (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 01:48 PM

Luciferous (5,830 posts)

1. We had two, one for sheriff and the other for county clerk I believe. Left those blank.

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Response to Revanchist (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 01:49 PM

w100jmi (97 posts)

2. Where do you live? nt

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Response to w100jmi (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 01:53 PM

Revanchist (1,372 posts)

6. Southeastern Missouri

There were 9 unopposed Republicans on the Ballot.

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Response to Revanchist (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 01:51 PM

better (884 posts)

3. I had a couple of races with unopposed Republicans

State Senate, Town Clerk and one Council seat.

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Tue Nov 6, 2018, 01:51 PM

irisblue (31,126 posts)

4. I'd listened to a radio article about the Democratic Party

failures in Missouri. It sounded like the split is going to be long lasting.

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Response to Revanchist (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 01:53 PM

Kurt V. (5,624 posts)

5. me too

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Response to Revanchist (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 01:53 PM

Cattledog (5,755 posts)

7. We had 5+ unopposed Dems here in DeKalb Co GA

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Tue Nov 6, 2018, 01:54 PM

KansasKali (105 posts)

8. So which office are you running for next election?

Sounds like you have several to choose from.

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Response to KansasKali (Reply #8)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:00 PM

Revanchist (1,372 posts)

12. I'm not local

It would be nearly impossible for a non-local (a damn Yankee at that!) Who doesn't attend church to win here. Need to find qualified candidates who fit the area.

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Response to Revanchist (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 01:55 PM

old guy (3,278 posts)

9. Had one, for sheriff, left it blank. Very red area but had good candidates.

We shall see.

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Response to Revanchist (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 01:55 PM

apnu (8,656 posts)

10. I had the same thing on my ballot but it was Democrats

Because I'm in Chicago and the GOP here is a joke. My local reps, all, were running unopposed. Same for key state positions (sheriff, Sec. of State, Comptroller etc)

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Tue Nov 6, 2018, 01:55 PM

octoberlib (14,971 posts)

11. My mother in SC said there were a couple of state

commissioners , like agriculture,that were unopposed but every other office had a Dem challenger. This is an improvement for South Carolina.

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Response to Revanchist (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:02 PM

mcar (41,084 posts)

13. For the first time in a long time

We had only one unopposed R on the ballot. FL Dems have worked hard to make sure races were competitive this cycle.

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Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:05 PM

herding cats (18,985 posts)

14. I had a handful of local races and one judge.

Sheriff and some county seats, but nothing big. Most, for the first time, had opposition! It felt good.

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Response to Revanchist (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:08 PM

ck4829 (34,482 posts)

15. There were 2 of those on my ballot, both Republicans

County engineer and local judge... there should be the option for write-ins all across the board.

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Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:17 PM

Hayduke Bomgarte (1,965 posts)

17. We have that option in

Arizona.

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Response to Revanchist (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:17 PM

Hayduke Bomgarte (1,965 posts)

16. I had two goops running unopposed

I used the write in space and voyed for Alec Baldwin and Pee Wee Herman.

Over the years, I've spent write in votes for such luminaries as Popeye, Whoopi Goldberg, even Jeffrey Dahmer once.

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Response to Revanchist (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:27 PM

samnsara (17,017 posts)

18. i had some too..mostly local offices. I just left them blank...

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Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:36 PM

Blue_true (31,261 posts)

19. I had two unopposed when I early voted, both republicans.

I live in a red county that is moving toward purple. Hospitals, healthcare and the police forces are the biggest employers in the area. The ratio of government to other workers is the highest that I have seen anywhere. I own my business and I have two brothers that are business owners, one deals some with government agencies.

The problem in my county is the lack of high tech businesses like biotech or even medical research facilities, all of that is in Gainesville, which is bright blue politically. If my county had more knowledge based businesses, I believe that it would become blue due to a higher percentage of educated people that have science backgrounds.

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Response to Revanchist (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 04:56 PM

corbettkroehler (1,898 posts)

20. Another Tom Perez Failure

At least Bernie eviscerated the influence of super delegates for 2020.

I want Howard Dean screaming about the 50-State Strategy for the next 6 months. With him as chairman, these inexcusable gaps would be plugged!

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