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02/17/2004 Archived Entry: "The first federal battle has been joined..."
The first federal battle has been joined...
And we won.
Soundly defeated in last year's governor's race, former state attorney general Ben Chandler on Tuesday easily won the House seat of the man who beat him, ending a long Democratic losing streak in congressional special elections.Chandler, scion of one of Kentucky's most prominent political families, defeated Republican Alice Forgy Kerr. He will fill the remainder of Gov. Ernie Fletcher's term in the central Kentucky district that includes Lexington and the state capital of Frankfort.
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In the nation's first federal election of 2004, Chandler became the first Democrat since 1991 to win a Republican-held seat in a special election. The win leaves Republicans with a 228-205 majority in the House, with one vacancy and one independent.
Chandler presented himself as a fiscal conservative in a district that is 60 percent Democrat by voter registration but that tends to favor Republicans in federal elections. Bush carried the state by 15 points over Al Gore in 2000.
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Kerr, a state senator from Lexington, based her campaign in large part on her support of President Bush, who had a 63 percent approval rating in a recent poll taken by The Courier-Journal of Louisville.
Bush made a commercial for Kerr's campaign and House Speaker Dennis Hastert stumped for her. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., gave her $10,000 and loaned top aides to run her campaign.
Make no mistake about it, folks - this is damn good news. Thoughts of taking back the House don't seem as far-fetched as they did yesterday.
Replies: somebody speaks up.
That's a good start. We have to beat more than just Bushit. If the reTHUGlicans still control the house and senate they will do their best to tie President (incert democratic president's name here)hands as much as possible and with their partisanship. They do not have the interest of average Americans, only to their corrupt special interests.
Posted by Paul @ 02/17/2004 10:05 PM NY
