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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHarley Rouda declares victory over 30-year Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article221368875.htmlNovember 10, 2018 10:03 AM
Harley Rouda has declared victory in a hotly contested California race against Dana Rohrabacher, the Republican dubbed Putins favorite congressman who is approaching his 30th year in office.
The messaging of common sense for common ground has resonated with the voters and propelled us to victory, Rouda said.
Rohrabacher won the Costa Mesa district along the coast of Orange County by 17 percentage points in 2016. The latest numbers have Rouda up by 3.6 percentage points a lead that is likely to increase as more ballots come in.
Since Roudas victory declaration early Saturday, he has been on calls with some of his soon-to-be-colleagues on Capitol Hill. He said infrastructure and climate change will be the two issues at the top of his priority list because he thinks they have the widest (bipartisan) support.
Rouda said Rohrabacher has not yet called to congratulate him and doesnt know if his opponent ever will. Rohrabachers campaign says it will comment once all the votes have been counted which could be another two weeks or so, according to estimates from Neal Kelley, Orange Countys registrar of voters.
Andrew Eisenberger, a spokesman for Rohrabachers re-election campaign, said in a statement, There are still more than 300,000 ballots remaining to count. Our volunteer observers are at the Registrar of Voters observing that process. We will have additional comment once the count is complete.
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Still some votes to count though. I want the Dem to win, but I also want every vote counted -- us voters deserve that.
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Harley Rouda declares victory over 30-year Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (Original Post)
iluvtennis
Nov 2018
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underpants
(182,878 posts)1. Suck it traitor
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)2. This was a huge win for us.
For Democracy and America. Take that, Putin! One slobbering stooge down, hundreds more to go until we purge the treasonous, Putin-licking GOP out of our government.
Ponietz
(3,004 posts)3. Later Traitor