{"id":10328,"date":"2012-08-08T09:55:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T16:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/?p=10328"},"modified":"2012-08-08T09:55:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T16:55:39","slug":"10328","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/2012\/08\/08\/10328\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea Party whipped in Washington’s 4th District"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yeah, Doc Hastings came in first, and the Democrat came in second. \u00c2\u00a0After that we get this<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Kennewick Republican Jamie Wheeler picked up 7,368 votes, or 11 percent, while Ephrata Democrat Mohammad H. Said received 2,012 votes, or 3 percent<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And 3, 2, 1…<\/div>\n
“Voters will have a clear choice in November between the Democrat candidate who is devoted to President Obama’s liberal government-knows-best agenda, and my commitment to end Obamacare, the bailouts, the out-of-control spending, and the endless government red-tape in order to free small businesses to create new jobs and grow our economy<\/em>.”<\/p>\n
At least he didn’t use the word “Socialist” in that… “Huh” yawner.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But looking over the results this is kinda interesting…<\/div>\n
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Wheeler fared slightly better in Benton and Franklin counties, where she’s had local tea party support, than in the district on average.<\/em><\/p>\n

In Benton County, she earned 2,686 votes, or 12 percent. Hastings picked up 13,228 votes, or 58 percent, while Baechler received 6,110 votes, or 27 percent. Said received 668 votes or 3 percent.<\/em><\/p>\n

In Franklin County, Wheeler received 552 votes, or 12 percent. Hastings received 2,779 votes, or 59 percent. Baechler won 1,230 votes, or 26 percent. Said got 152 votes, or 3 percent<\/em>.<\/p>\n

We’re parsing statistics here, aren’t we? \u00c2\u00a0Just to nab some information out of the lackluster political results somehow. \u00c2\u00a0So, Local tea party support is worth a percentage point against a supposed Establishment Republican, on average.<\/div>\n
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All right. \u00c2\u00a0Let’s go to the county info<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0Big Liberal Yakima County gave Baechler her greatest support, and Wheeler her weakest support. \u00c2\u00a0Walla Walla County is apparently Tea Party haven, giving Wheeler upward over 15 percent, beating out Baechler’s support — not a Democratic bastion, apparently.<\/div>\n
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\u00c2\u00a0We’ll just have to see where those 11 percent of Wheeler supporter<\/a>s…<\/div>\n
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It is my sincere hope than Jamie is our new U.S. Representative \u00e2\u20ac\u201c It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bode well for the district if she is not!<\/em><\/div>\n

… slump off to. \u00c2\u00a0I’m sure Edward Said’s support will slide comfortably into Baechler, so you know… I’m sure these 11 percent of Tea Party support has the balance of power between Hastings and Baechler… sure to consider her business experience and how that will apply to government policy and …<\/p>\n

Harde har har, I know.<\/p>\n

Jay Inslee came in first in the gubernatorial primary, by the way, which unless the “also runs” is packed to the grill of frothing right-wingers is a good sign that he should be the favorite for next gubernatorial spot. \u00c2\u00a0(Does his Eastern Washington pedigree garner him any increase in support there? \u00c2\u00a0Oh, probably not.). \u00c2\u00a0And “Netroots Favorite” Darcy Burner fell down to the kill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yeah, Doc Hastings came in first, and the Democrat came in second. \u00c2\u00a0After that we get this… Kennewick Republican Jamie Wheeler picked up 7,368 votes, or 11 percent, while Ephrata Democrat Mohammad H. Said received 2,012 votes, or 3 percent. And 3, 2, 1… “Voters will have a clear choice in November between the Democrat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doc-hastings-and-the-4th-congressional-district-of-washington-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10328"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10330,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10328\/revisions\/10330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}