Today's Special Elections Could Give Hints About 2008
Today is Election Day in two special elections for the House: The Fifth District of Ohio, and the First District of Virginia, both of which were vacated through the deaths of Republican incumbents.
The race in Ohio might just be the one to watch. Although the district went for President Bush by a 22% margin in 2004, the race has been thrown into the air by a divisive Republican primary and the lackluster general election campaign by GOP nominee Bob Latta. The Politico reports that internal polling for the Latta campaign has actually shown him trailing Dem nominee Robin Weirauch by four points.
A Weirauch win, or even a close loss, would leave the Republicans in very poor spirits heading into 2008.
Comments (6)
Richard L. Adlof wrote on December 11, 2007 11:18 AM:Federalists, Whigs and Republicans . . . All footnotes in history by 2010.
Michael A wrote on December 11, 2007 12:12 PM:Anybody know any sites where we can follow the returns for these elections? Thanks.
votenic wrote on December 11, 2007 5:07 PM:2008 Presidential Candidate Weekly Poll
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You can follow Ohio here:
http://vote.sos.state.oh.us/pls/enr/f?p=152:5:0
Michael A wrote on December 11, 2007 6:27 PM:Thanks bob.
Dave wrote on December 11, 2007 7:10 PM:Link for VA-01 Results:
