Election 2008, Card Check: Senator Collins Re-Elected in Maine

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

The dastardly misnamed Employee Free Choice Act was a major issue in the U.S. Senate race in Maine, as U.S. Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME) drew on strong union support motivated by the card check issue (see this column) to give incumbent Republican Susan Collins a serious challenge. Change to Win, for example, identified Collins as a target because of card check and the flailing economy.

But Collins began to pull away in the final weeks, and the networks have now declared her the winner. In terms of Senate races where card check ranked as an issue, Maine was probably second, Minnesota first. A harbinger for Coleman-Franken?

 

 


Posted @ 8:31 pm | Category: Labor Unions | Author: Carter Wood | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments

Election 2008: Mitch Daniels Re-Elected Indiana’s Governor

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Indiana is the most manufacturing-intensive state in the country, and first-term incumbent Republican Governor Mitch Daniels has exerted a great amount of effort at expanding and diversifying the state’s economy. (For a good summary of his philosophy, see these materials from his February address at AEI.)

Earlier in his term, he took on some hot-button issues — statewide Daylight Saving Time, long-term leasing of the Indiana Toll Road — and irritated organized labor. With a strong campaign by Senator Obama in the state, Democrats had hopes in unseating Daniels, the former Bush OMB Director, with former Congresswoman Jill Long Thompson.

Apparently voters appreciate Daniels’ labors, as Associated Press has now called his re-election. Congratulations and keep up the good work on behalf of manufacturing, Governor.


Posted @ 8:01 pm | Category: General | Author: Carter Wood | Tags: , | No Comments

Election 2008: A New Senator Warner for Virginia

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Polls in Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont, and parts of Indiana and Kentucky are now closed.

Mark Warner has been projected as the winner of the Virginia Senate race.  Democrats are plus one.  Mark Warner is a pro-business Democrat who has extended an open door policy to the NAM and will be good to work with.


Posted @ 7:19 pm | Category: General | Author: Jay Timmons | Tags: , | No Comments

Election Night Coverage Coming Up

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Jay Timmons, Executive Vice President, will have comments and analysis through the evening on the election results, focusing on the White House and Congress.

I’ll be taking a look at some of state races, governors and judiciary.

 


Posted @ 6:40 pm | Category: Miscellaneous | Author: Carter Wood | Tags: | No Comments

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