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2008 Election Results: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Yes even "the good." Despite facing seemingly insurmountable obstacles, good can be found in an election in which the political winds were blowing firmly at the faces on pro-lifers.
Yes, it is true that pro-abortion President-elect Barack Obama defeated the pro-life team of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin garnering 53% of the vote and 364 electoral votes in the process. But that does not take away from the contribution pro-lifers made in helping McCain and Palin and in generating the "pro-life increment."
As explained in detail in the story that begins on the back cover, the abortion issue did affect voters' behavior to the benefit of pro-life candidates. But the magnitude of the concern over the troubled economy was so overwhelming it swamped all other issues.
Senate
In the U.S. Senate, we welcome two new pro-life U.S. Senators: Jim Risch (R) from Idaho and Mike Johanns (R) from Nebraska.
Risch, previously a state senator and two-time lieutenant governor, easily defeated former Democratic Rep. Larry LaRocco.
Johanns won the seat previously held by Sen. Chuck Hagel, who is retiring. Johanns, who had been governor of Nebraska and subsequently secretary of agriculture under President Bush, defeating newcomer and former college professor, Scott Kleeb (D).
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- News wire article from: Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA) May 10, 2006 700+ words
...primary in the 4th Congressional District is a referendum...highly patriotic and pro-business, which...Republicans in the 4th Congressional District have a well-qualified...minority in the 4th Congressional District. Republicans have...
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- No.017 Illinois's Sixth Congressional District.
- Magazine article from: Esquire Green Joshua October 1, 2006 700+ words
...O'Hare Airport, which happens to be Illinois's sixth congressional district and the site of a steel-cage showdown that, as much as...of his views are standard-issue conservative--he's pro-life, antitax, and distrustful of the "liberal media...
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- Magazine article from: Campaigns & Elections Blakeman, Bruce Dabadie, Mike July 1, 1994 700+ words
Now that the dust in the second congressional district of Kentucky has settled, there are several lessons that...held the key to the election. Since both candidates were pro-life on abortion, Prather could not use abortion as a...
- State legislators and Census hold key to congressional district lines.(Knight...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Polman, Dick July 13, 2000 700+ words
...Nor will they evince much interest in David Fisher, a country lawyer in rural Silsbee, Texas, or Laurent Soucie, a former pro wrestler who lives near Madison, Wis. But these candidates, and dozens of others laboring in semi-anonymity to win seats...
- State legislators and Census hold key to congressional district lines.
- News wire article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) July 12, 2000 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Campaigns & Elections Beiler, David July 1, 1994 700+ words
...However, the voter revolt of the last two election cycles has reversed the trend. Between 1984 and 1988, the ranks of political pros in Congress swelled by 50 percent to 114; four years later, they had thinned to 97. No one has understood the new dynamic...
Source: HighBeam Research, 2008 Election Results: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.