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Republican wins drawing to decide control of Virginia statehouse
« on: January 04, 2018, 05:59:52 pm »
Republicans will fully control Virginia’s House of Delegates after an incumbent GOP member won a drawing Thursday to decide a tied election — and potentially the fate of Medicaid expansion in the state.

The state elections board chairman pulled a film canister out of a ceramic bowl containing the name of Republican David Yancey, giving him the victory over Democrat Shelly Simonds. Each received 11,608 votes in the race for a Newport News-based seat in the Virginia legislature’s lower chamber.

Read more at: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/04/xxxx-wins-drawing-to-decide-control-of-virginia-statehouse-324024
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Republican wins Virginia seat that ended in a tie
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2018, 06:14:14 pm »
Republican wins Virginia seat that ended in a tie
The Hill, Jan 4, 2018, Reid Wilson

Republican David Yancey will keep his seat in the Virginia House of Delegates after a state official pulled his name out of a bowl Thursday, deciding a contest that ended in a tie in November.

Yancey and Democrat Shelly Simonds each received 11,608 votes in their Newport News-based district. Initial results showed Yancey leading by just ten votes. A recount gave Simonds a one-vote edge. But Republicans challenged a single ballot, resulting in a tie.

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Yancey would be the 51st Republican in the 100-member House of Delegates ...

More: http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/367405-republican-wins-virginia-seat-that-ended-in-a-tie
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Re: Republican wins Virginia seat that ended in a tie
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2018, 06:14:52 pm »
:thumbsup:

Thank God for blind luck
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Re: Republican wins drawing to decide control of Virginia statehouse
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2018, 06:18:47 pm »
Thank God for small favors!
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Re: Republican wins drawing to decide control of Virginia statehouse
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2018, 06:41:55 pm »
Paper covers rock......
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Re: Republican wins Virginia seat that ended in a tie
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2018, 12:45:53 am »
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Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2018, 03:41:39 am »

Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker

BY:  Washington Free Beacon Staff
January 4, 2018 11:49 am

Republican David Yancey won the tie-breaker for Virginia's 94th House of Delegates district when state officials picked his name out of a bowl.

The loser, Democratic candidate Shelly Simonds, was sitting in the front row with her daughter.

The decisive one-vote victory allows the Republicans to maintain control of the Virginia House of Delegates after Democrats made major pick-ups in November's elections, cutting the GOP's 66-34 advantage to 50-49. If Yancey's victory stands, it will be 51-49.

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http://freebeacon.com/politics/republicans-control-virginia-house-gop-candidate-destroys-democrat-tie-breaker/
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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2018, 03:42:09 am »
   Didn't see this posted @Mods, please delete if Duplicate.
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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2018, 03:46:19 am »
Winning an election by 10 points or more is destroying your opponent.  Getting your name plucked out of a bowl is some office pool bs.
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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2018, 03:47:41 am »
Virginia state law required the winner be determined "by lot," a random process like picking a name out of a hat or flipping a coin.

LOL. I'm surprised shooting a game of pool isn't listed. Virginia is a Banana Republic. Pulling a number from a piss jar? What a bunch of slack jawed rubes.
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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2018, 03:52:23 am »
    Somehow 'slack jawed rubes' sounds a little better than the 'gap toothed hicks' slander used in the Moore Threads but if I didn't know better I'd think this place was inhabited by a bunch of Yankee sympathizers.
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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2018, 03:55:25 am »
Quote from: corbe on January 05, 2018, 03:52:23 am
    Somehow 'slack jawed rubes' sounds a little better than the 'gap toothed hicks' slander used in the Moore Threads but if I didn't know better I'd think this place was inhabited by a bunch of Yankee sympathizers.

Sympathizers? I'm a full out party member pal.

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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2018, 03:58:12 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 05, 2018, 03:47:41 am
LOL. I'm surprised shooting a game of pool isn't listed.


Or redneck horseshoes.........


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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2018, 03:58:30 am »
    We will WIN the next one and YOU will be locked UP for your subversive posts!
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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2018, 04:00:50 am »
Wow, crushed by random drawing.   *****rollingeyes*****
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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2018, 04:16:19 am »
Quote from: RoosGirl on January 05, 2018, 04:00:50 am
Wow, crushed by random drawing.   *****rollingeyes*****

Upside? They filled the drawing bowl with moonshine after the "election" and had a chugging contest. Last to throw up won a raccoon roadkill dinner.
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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #16 on: January 05, 2018, 04:22:09 am »
Quote from: corbe on January 05, 2018, 03:41:39 am
Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker

BY:  Washington Free Beacon Staff
January 4, 2018 11:49 am

Republican David Yancey won the tie-breaker for Virginia's 94th House of Delegates district when state officials picked his name out of a bowl.



@corbe

Kinda makes you wonder if the editorial staff at the Free Beacon knows what the definition of "destroys" is,doesn't it?
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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #17 on: January 05, 2018, 04:24:21 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 05, 2018, 04:16:19 am
Upside? They filled the drawing bowl with moonshine after the "election" and had a chugging contest. Last to throw up won a raccoon roadkill dinner.

Beats the heck out of armadillo.
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Re: Republican wins drawing to decide control of Virginia statehouse
« Reply #18 on: January 05, 2018, 04:25:35 am »
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Re: Republican wins drawing to decide control of Virginia statehouse
« Reply #19 on: January 05, 2018, 04:28:55 am »
Quote from: sneakypete on January 05, 2018, 04:22:09 am
@corbe

Kinda makes you wonder if the editorial staff at the Free Beacon knows what the definition of "destroys" is,doesn't it?


    I think they were trying to outsnark the PROs here @sneakypete
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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #20 on: January 05, 2018, 04:33:26 am »
Quote from: corbe on January 05, 2018, 03:58:30 am
    We will WIN the next one and YOU will be locked UP for your subversive posts!

I see how you guys drive in snow with a dusting. You'll all kill yourselves on the highway the moment you cross the Mason Dixon in winter.
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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #21 on: January 05, 2018, 04:36:06 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 05, 2018, 04:33:26 am
I see how you guys drive in snow with a dusting. You'll all kill yourselves on the highway the moment you cross the Mason Dixon in winter.

You think we will be coming up there?  Ha!  We will be following the Edwin Edwards plan. 

In case you missed it, that's where we close all the valves and let you freeze in the dark.
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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #22 on: January 05, 2018, 04:39:12 am »
Quote from: Bigun on January 05, 2018, 04:36:06 am
You think we will be coming up there?  Ha!  We will be following the Edwin Edwards plan. 

In case you missed it, that's where we close all the valves and let you freeze in the dark.

I don't know why, but an evil laugh just escaped from me.
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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #23 on: January 05, 2018, 04:42:35 am »
Quote from: Bigun on January 05, 2018, 04:36:06 am
You think we will be coming up there?  Ha!  We will be following the Edwin Edwards plan. 

In case you missed it, that's where we close all the valves and let you freeze in the dark.

LOL. Right. I live in 3 Mile Island and Berwick territory....

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Re: Republicans Control Virginia House After GOP Candidate Destroys Democrat in Tie-Breaker
« Reply #24 on: January 05, 2018, 04:43:02 am »
Quote from: Bigun on January 05, 2018, 04:36:06 am
In case you missed it, that's where we close all the valves and let you freeze in the dark.


They can just huddle up around Centralia.
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