I had assumed that there was no chance that NJ's current governor would be defeated - and yet, he almost was! My state just came within a thin margin of getting a governor who opposes vaccine passports - and I was actually hopeful for a while. But instead, we're stuck with the guy whose own staff got caught on tape saying that he would impose passports once the election was over and he didn't have to answer to any pesky voters who "think they have rights".
So today I am rather despondent. Hopes raised, only to be dashed! We were so close, and against all odds, too - the Republican challenger was unknown and underfunded, in a blue state that is home to a lot of pharma industry. I can't imagine the people in power will let anyone get that close again, now that they've seen how limited is the support for vax passes, even here.
I hope something changes, but sometimes I feel like it won't. I feel so trapped (my husband won't even consider moving).
I don't have anything useful to add. Just feeling kinda down today. Thanks for "listening".
I feel your pain. Illinois is plagued with the same Democratic machine politics -- we are the ones who produced Barack Obama! Everyone hates J.B. Pritzker, our governor, but I highly doubt he will be ousted in 2022. The opposition is just too weak. Pritzker would need a charismatic opponent on the level of Trump in order to be defeated. No such opponent exists.
If it is any consolation, the governorship doesn't mean squat if the county and school boards are full of the opposing party. When a Republican was governor in Illinois a decade ago, he could do almost nothing because all of the "small" positions were held by Democrats. I'm hoping Illinois will start changing the small positions on local boards first. Only in that way will we be able to turn the tables on our Democratic foes.
I believe the NJ governorship is the single most powerful governorship in all 50 states. Not sure what that will translate into, but that's my understanding.
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(Anonymous) 2021-11-04 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)So I'm feeling pretty blue (ha!) today.
I had assumed that there was no chance that NJ's current governor would be defeated - and yet, he almost was! My state just came within a thin margin of getting a governor who opposes vaccine passports - and I was actually hopeful for a while. But instead, we're stuck with the guy whose own staff got caught on tape saying that he would impose passports once the election was over and he didn't have to answer to any pesky voters who "think they have rights".
So today I am rather despondent. Hopes raised, only to be dashed! We were so close, and against all odds, too - the Republican challenger was unknown and underfunded, in a blue state that is home to a lot of pharma industry. I can't imagine the people in power will let anyone get that close again, now that they've seen how limited is the support for vax passes, even here.
I hope something changes, but sometimes I feel like it won't. I feel so trapped (my husband won't even consider moving).
I don't have anything useful to add. Just feeling kinda down today. Thanks for "listening".
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If it is any consolation, the governorship doesn't mean squat if the county and school boards are full of the opposing party. When a Republican was governor in Illinois a decade ago, he could do almost nothing because all of the "small" positions were held by Democrats. I'm hoping Illinois will start changing the small positions on local boards first. Only in that way will we be able to turn the tables on our Democratic foes.
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(Anonymous) 2021-11-05 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)no subject
(Anonymous) 2021-11-05 03:49 am (UTC)(link)BREAKING REPORT: Republican Jack Ciattarelli Announces HE IS NOT CONCEDING New Jersey Governor’s Race...
https://mobile.twitter.com/ChuckCallesto/status/1456418932596826113
I think I posted it on Market-Ticker but someone had screenshots:
What happened in Bergen County, New Jersey at 1:54 am on Nov 3, 2021?
At 1:53 AM Ciattarelli lead w/52.2% of the vote 100% of votes counted in Bergen County, NJ.
At 1:54 AM Ciattarelli trailed w/47.6% of the vote 100% of votes counted in Bergen County, NJ."
https://mobile.twitter.com/CHHR01/status/1455924406069436422
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(Anonymous) 2021-11-06 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)http://www.stationgossip.com/2021/11/wow-voting-error-was-just-fixed-in-new.html
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