Comments on Advance Indiana™: Election Night Thread

I am so glad that the Republicans lost their major...

2011-11-09T00:56:04.876-05:00

I am so glad that the Republicans lost their majority on the Council, what with the mayor still being Ballard, R. Re the mayorship, it seems to me that the majority of the voters in Marion County STILL are not ready for a female mayor of Indianapolis. In fact, will there be any women mayors in Indiana during 2012?

Vox, the D's actually have a pretty good map n...

2011-11-08T23:41:10.072-05:00

Vox, the D's actually have a pretty good map now. They just didn't aggressively go after districts they should have to make the 16-13 margin much bigger.

I am glad to know that the Libertarian candidate f...

2011-11-08T22:28:21.732-05:00

I am glad to know that the Libertarian candidate for mayor got 3% in your district, Gary. Looks like he will only be a one percenter county-wide.

Something important to remember too is that the in...

2011-11-08T20:36:30.294-05:00

Something important to remember too is that the incoming council will redraw the district lines for the next decade, benefiting the Dems greatly.

Norm Cox said it. We've had every combination ...

2011-11-08T20:24:56.107-05:00

Norm Cox said it. We've had every combination so far:

Democrat mayor with Republican council.

Democrat mayor with Democrat council.

Republican mayor with Republican council.

And now it looks like we'll get a Republican mayor with a Democrat council.

This is the second major race Kennedy came up short on. She lost her prosecutor's race in a Democratic year in 2006. This is probably the last we'll see of her.

That tells me that Kennedy is running well behind ...

2011-11-08T19:21:19.940-05:00

That tells me that Kennedy is running well behind the Democratic baseline in the precinct, and quite likely the county. We could easily end up with a Republican Mayor and a solidly Democratic council.