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Nov. 6, 2002
Election Day results
Election Day proved very exciting and eventful for Maryland with Republican Bob Ehrlich winning the governors race and Democrat Chris Van Hollen winning the Congressional 8th district.
Ehrlich is the first Republican governor in Maryland since Spiro Agnew. Van Hollen ran a tough race and defeated incumbent Connie Morella with around 52% of the vote, according to the Gazette.
The Republicans now control all three branches of the government. Some attribute this to September 11th and President Bush's popularity. The count as of now (there are still some undecided races), is 226 Republicans and 204 Democrats in the House, 51 Republicans and 46 Democrats in the Senate, and 26 Republican governors and 19 Democrat governors.
Bush and former President Clinton both stumped for candidates all over the country. In Maryland Clinton campaigned for Townsend and Van Hollen on numerous occasions and Bush appeared with Ehrlich and Morella, as well. Van Hollen thanked his supporters with an email citing the Democrat’s losses in most of the country but saying that will make him fight even harder for District 8. "Congresswoman Morella has always represented our district’s interests well, but I hope to raise the bar even further."
According to CNN, in Montgomery County, Doug Duncan was easily reelected County Executive. Ida Ruben, Peter Franchot, Sheila Hixson, and Garetth Murray were elected state delegates for District 20, and Tom Perez was elected for county council from District 5. All of these candidates are Democrats.
Ehrlich is the first Republican governor in Maryland since Spiro Agnew. Van Hollen ran a tough race and defeated incumbent Connie Morella with around 52% of the vote, according to the Gazette.
The Republicans now control all three branches of the government. Some attribute this to September 11th and President Bush's popularity. The count as of now (there are still some undecided races), is 226 Republicans and 204 Democrats in the House, 51 Republicans and 46 Democrats in the Senate, and 26 Republican governors and 19 Democrat governors.
Bush and former President Clinton both stumped for candidates all over the country. In Maryland Clinton campaigned for Townsend and Van Hollen on numerous occasions and Bush appeared with Ehrlich and Morella, as well. Van Hollen thanked his supporters with an email citing the Democrat’s losses in most of the country but saying that will make him fight even harder for District 8. "Congresswoman Morella has always represented our district’s interests well, but I hope to raise the bar even further."
According to CNN, in Montgomery County, Doug Duncan was easily reelected County Executive. Ida Ruben, Peter Franchot, Sheila Hixson, and Garetth Murray were elected state delegates for District 20, and Tom Perez was elected for county council from District 5. All of these candidates are Democrats.
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It is a sad day for the country. No one group (even the democrats) should have control of the entire US government.
Currently, the republicans control the presidency, the house, the senate, the supreme court and the governorship of maryland.
This is a sad day for america.
the country is doomed!!!!
what do you base any of this on??? Seems to me (and anyone who's actually looked at the economy) the the downturn we are now enjoying started before bush took office. and what do you base this cheating the common man from?
Also, if around 50 million or so Americans weren't illiterate, the Reublicans probably wouldn't have control of Congress. Still, illiteracy isn't such a hot political issue...
Third paragraph: "contribute this" should be "attribute this." Caught again!
- Stephen
Look Republicans did not found this country Phil. You cannot compare the parties of the past with the parties of today.
Democrats want to turn this country more socialistic. Republicans want to limit the government, such as it was when the country was formed.
America doesn't give you the right to success - it only gives you the right to try.
"Republicans are party without room for the poor or minorities of this country."
Republicans voted 80% for the Civil Rights bill of 1964 while only 60% of Democrats did.
Republicans believe in equal rights for minorities and whites.
Nora -
People from both parties are guilty of corporate corruption. McAuliffe, the head of the DNC largely had inside ties and invested in Global Crossing. His stock went from $100,000 to $18 million. He sold them just before Global Crossing's bankrupcy - the largest in American history.
And D is right - the peak of the stock market occured during the Clinton administration and has been falling ever since. It was because the economy of the 90's was built mainly on dot-com businesses that were not actually selling goods. When these companies fail, the market drops.
Nora, you say a lot of Liberal propaganda about Republicans, but where are the facts?
Tim Dooley '01
In the U.S., we never have coalition governments because not enough parties are in power. We have relied on other methods to keep one party from controlling government. For example, our President is appointed by the Electoral College, not Congress, so when Democrat Clinton was President, the Electoral College appointed him even though Republicans controlled Congress. Another way is both houses of Congress in different parties. Most recently, Republican Bush was president, Republicans controlled the House, and Democrats the Senate. Now that the country may no longer be 50-50 divided, both strategies will tend to not to work.
One method to end one-party rule is to create more parties. (This is not to imply that one-party rule should or should not end.) How, though? Many countries have parties for certain religions or ethnic groups. (The prime minister of India comes from a Hindu party.) The U.S. is great because our two parties are not based on ethnic groups.
It is also possible to accept one-party rule. Having Republicans control everything will be good for war on terrorism, war on Iraq, etc., . . . then when Republicans start to mess up, we the voters (well, many of us will reach voting age soon) can drive them from power.
I wonder what happened to the Democrats. Will they survive as a power? Will they split? Is it time for a new party to rise? Vote in 2004.
It's ironic that we have the death of Paul Wellstone, probably the most progressive person in the Senate, right before the elections. The intense media coverage just shows the differences between the secure, smug Democrats and Republicans and people who actually care about other people.
I just wish there was a truly progressive party in American politics today. I'm tired of being told to vote for "the lesser of two evils".