Plunderbund

Brian Rothenberg has an update on The Legend of Joy Padgett: Bankruptcy Court.
Remember the curious case of Joy Padgett’s Bankruptcy Abuse from last Fall. Or for those of you in eastern and central Ohio, the memorable Joy Padgett for Congress commercial where she is standing like Julie Andrews — sound-of-music like — on the family […]

I’m still sorting thru the mess this morning, but here is what we know:
It looks like OH18 will be the [i]only[/i] House seat to flip in Ohio, despite the nearly 30 seat landslide nationwide. Chabot won reelection in OH01, Mean Jean looks pretty likely to hold on in OH02, and it looks like Pryce […]

With 59% of precincts in Franklin County reporting, Shamansky has just 49% of the vote. Given how strongly red Licking and Delaware Co. are, we have to hope that the precincts reporting in Franklin county are the outer suburbs. Shamansky has to win Franklin County to have a chance.

It appears likely - tho only one has been called - that three House seats in Indiana will flip to Dems. It appears that 1 of 2 key races in Kentucky will flip. Additionally, Democrats have picked up two Governor seats (OH and MA).
About 15 minutes until we start seeing more Ohio results.

NB: These races are NOT by any means final, but early signs are good.
IN02: Split right down the middle, 50/50, R-incumbent
IN08: 70/30 in favor of the Democratic challenger, with 14% reporting.
IN09: 50/46 in favor of the Democratic challenger, with 2% reporting.
KY03: 50/49 in favor of the Democratic challenger, with 64% reporting
KY04: 57/40 in favor of […]

This may well be unintentional, but OhioElect’s CandidateMatch has Tiberi as completely neutral on every single issue category. BlueBexley has the blow-by-blow.

This weekend I got three mailers from Tiberi, all attacking Shamansky. They can all be refuted - but here is one straight from the Shamansky campaign office.
This mailer landed in some boxes at the same time as the scummy “fetus” mailing Tiberi dropped in the last couple of days. Like that […]

From Wired:
Put away the petri dish. Turn off the Bunsen burner. When mid-term election results start to roll in next Tuesday, few groups will be as glued to the television as America’s scientists.
In a country grousing for new leadership, the elections will be a referendum on an unpopular president and a chance for science-friendly […]

We’ve all seen the signs that a significant swing Blue is possible in the House. However, something changed this weekend, and a number of districts are polling significantly more Democratic now than they were last week. Someone I know who works in the NRCC told me today that while he still believes that […]

Great little anti-Pryce video…

A new poll by Majority Watch shows Shamansky a few points back of Tiberi. The total numbers are 51% to 46%, with a 3% MOE, but Tiberi’s current edge is very soft - amongst voters showing a strong preference, Tiberi leads just 41% to 40%.
Kilroy is way in front, 53% to 41%. Space […]

HT, BlueBexley.

TASERing children? Really?
Take Back Cincinnati has the scoop.

Nice endorsement from Suburban New Papers here in central Ohio. The papers reach more than 185,000 households.
Although this is Shamansky’s first run for public office in more than 20 years, he still shows a firm grasp of the challenges facing the nation. If Democrats win control of the House on Nov. 7, Shamansky will […]