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2012 election nytimes3/15/2024 BROWN HAS DROPPED THE REPUBLICAN LABEL AND REBRANDED HIMSELF AS AN ‘INDEPENDENT’. SCOTT BROWN HAS BECOME HIS OWN BEST CANVASSER, WHETHER FIRING UP A GYM FULL OF SUPPORTERS - OR EATING CANNOLIS WITH MAYOR RUDY GULIANI.īrown and Guliani ordering cannolis for the cameras So the challenge is on our side to catch up. And they’re also really good at what they do. TIM BUCKLEY (Press officer for GOP MA) - The Democrats have a built-in advantage with elected officials across the state with preexisting offices. REPUBLICANS IN THIS DEEP BLUE STATE ADMIT THAT IN THE GROUND GAME, THEY’RE OUT-MATCHED. THE WARREN CAMPAIGN - IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE DEMOCRACTIC PARTY - HAS ORGANIZED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS (LIKE TESSA KEEFE) AND UNION WORKERS TO KNOCK ON DOORS, WORK THE PHONES AND DRAG VOTERS TO THE POLLS IF NECESSARY.ĮLIZABETH WARREN (South Boston rally) - Are you ready to get out there and work your behind off?! (applause).įield officer Sam Peabody prepping volunteer Tessa Keefe in South Boston With 6 days to go, it’s the only place you can really, significantly impact. JOHN WALSH (Dem chairman in MA) - The ground game is the only thing that really matters. WARREN, THE KEY TO VICTORY COULD BE IN A HIGHLY ORGANIZED GROUND GAME. Warren at the Ironworkers Union rally in South BostonįOR MS. AND NOW THE POLLS SHOW THIS RACE IS DEADLOCKED.įield director Michael Firestone taking calls form the precincts. WARREN GOT A TREMENDOUS BOOST COMING OUT OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, WHERE SHE WAS THE WARM-UP ACT FOR BILL CLINTON. SCOTT BROWN, AS THE INCUMBENT, BEGAN THE RACE AS THE FAVORITE. SCOTT BROWN BARNSTORMED THE STATE IN A BUS AND ENDED HIS CAMPAIGN IN HIS HOMETOWN OF WRENTHAM WITH HIS MESSAGE OF BIPARTISANSHIP.ĮLIZABETH WARREN TOOK TO THE STREETS OF WEST ROXBURY AND ENDED HER CAMPAIGN WITH A RALLYING CRY TO WOMEN. LAST NIGHT, BOTH CANDIDATES BROUGHT THEIR FEISTY CAMPAIGNS TO A CLOSE WITH A FINAL PITCH TO VOTERS. AND THE OUTCOME COULD DETERMINE WHICH PARTY CONTROLS THE SENATE. IT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST FOUGHT AND CERTAINLY MOST EXPENSIVE SENATE RACES IN THE COUNTRY. STANDUP at polling station - A RECORD 73 PERCENT VOTER TURNOUT IS EXPECTED IN MASSACHUSETTS TODAY, AND ALL EYES ARE ON THE SENATE RACE BETWEEN SCOTT BROWN AND ELIZABETH WARREN. Warren The Massachusetts Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren is one of the hardest fought and certainly most expensive Senate races in the country. Early exit polls suggested overwhelming majorities of Romney supporters were dissatisfied or angry, while 6 in 10 Obama supporters were enthusiastic and an additional third were satisfied.Transcript Election Night 2012: Brown vs. Almost half, however, said taxes should be increased only on those with incomes over $250,000.įeelings about the Obama administration aligned with voter preference. Virginia voters were split on taxes, and on whether the Obama health care plan should be repealed. Romney was seen as having policies that favor the rich first, and then the middle class. Obama’s policies as favoring the middle class and poor, while Mr. Still, a third of those polled rated the economy as excellent or good, and more than 4 in 10 said the national economy was improving, while a third said it was getting worse. On economic issues, 40 percent of those polled said that unemployment was the biggest economic problem facing people like them the next problem they cited was rising prices. Six in 10 voters surveyed while leaving the polls said the economy was the most important issue facing the country, with health care and foreign policy issues far behind. Virginia is historically deeply conservative, but the northern suburbs near Washington, which have so many government workers, have been bolstering Democrats’ numbers and complicating the electoral map.Įarly exit polls in Virginia - one of the most closely watched battleground states - suggested that the economy was the key issue for voters. President Obama carried Virginia in 2008, but the state has generally voted for Republican presidential candidates in the past few decades. In the tight presidential race, Virginia was very much up for grabs. George Allen, Virginia’s former United States senator, conceded the race for the United States Senate on Tuesday night to the state’s former governor, Tim Kaine.Įric Cantor, the House majority leader, won re-election to the House of Representatives.
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