Walberg upsets Schwarz in 7th District congressional race (MI)

brooklynite

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Tue Aug-08-06 11:23 PM
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Walberg upsets Schwarz in 7th District congressional race (MI)

Republican challenger Tim Walberg upset Rep. Joe Schwarz in Tuesday�s GOP primary in southern Michigan, using a staunchly conservative message and help from the Washington-based Club for Growth to defeat the first-term congressman.

With 73 percent of the precincts reporting, Walberg had 55 percent, or 26,295 votes. Schwarz had 45 percent, or 21,617 votes.

Schwarz called Walberg to concede the race, both campaigns said.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060808/NEWS99/60809001

Rack up one more in the D column...

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OwnedByFerrets

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Tue Aug-08-06 11:26 PM
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1. Please help the uninformed......

Edited on Tue Aug-08-06 11:26 PM by OwnedByFerrets

How does this help the "D" column? Sorry, I really dont know. :-(

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Singular73

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Tue Aug-08-06 11:29 PM
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2. Let them run to the right

They will lose.

Rethuglicans best chance is to run centrist, and this doesn't help them

Out here in New Mexico, Heather Wilson doesn't mention she's even a Republican in her ads...

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bilgewaterbill

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Tue Aug-08-06 11:36 PM
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4. I don't get it. I must admit that I haven't followed any rep. primaries

but how does a guy winning in a conservative district by running farther to the right than the (R) incumbent result in a (D) win in Nov?

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Purveyor

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Tue Aug-08-06 11:33 PM
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3. Renier won the DEM slot and getting her elected will be a tough

'row to hoe'...

I'm in there for the battle and "keep hope alive"!

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ray of light

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Tue Aug-08-06 11:39 PM
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5. Renier won? link?

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Purveyor

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Tue Aug-08-06 11:51 PM
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7. Link...

http://www.mlive.com/elections/electioncoverage/index.ssf?primary

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ray of light

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Tue Aug-08-06 11:57 PM
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8. thanks! I've been looking for hours!

I was hoping Strack would win. She got blown away in 04. Does she have a better strategy this time?

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cyclezealot

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Tue Aug-08-06 11:44 PM
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6. Will Fox news call on Schwarz to run as an Indie

REpug extremism is ok.

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ray of light

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Tue Aug-08-06 11:58 PM
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9. why don't we call him and beg him to! Seriously...not anything against

Reneir but I say let's do it! Make it competitive.

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