03-14-2013, 05:01 PM
(03-08-2013, 11:33 AM)Winston Smith Wrote: ...And just a week before the 40th District State Senate special election on March 12, 2013, in which Xanthi Gionis is a candidate. How conveeeeeenient!
Xanthi pulls 15% of the vote (below the predicted 18%), good for third place behind fellow Republican Gastelum with 22% (above the predicted 20%), both way behind Hueso with 52% in a heavily Democrat district.
Did the bad publicity turn a close 2 point race into an easy 7 point win for Gastelum? In this district a total of 49,552 votes were cast, so a 2% margin would be less than 1,000 votes (991.04 to be exact), which as ACORN has taught us is easily overcome with the votes of the dead, illegal aliens and busloads of touring Somalis. Has Gastelum put in his order for kevlar sweatsocks yet?