Off Year Election: GOP Loses a Couple, Wins A Bunch

Here are some good links for the Overall Nation to see how the Off-Year Election went on Tuesday November 8th.

A look at key votes Tuesday (Click here). Virginia saw huge gains for the GOP (Click here). A Republican won the gubernatorial race in Mississippi (Click here). The Ohio Union defeat was expected (Click here). The clerk who refused to issue gay marriage licenses easily won her reelection bid (Click here). In Philadelphia, the Republican candidate for mayor regularly has his car vandalized. There have been no arrests. He’s battling against the current mayor, Democrat Michael Nutter (Click here).

TEXAS RESULTS HERE
Voters across the state of Texas decided the fates of 10 different Constitutional Amendments today. Propositions 4, 7 and 8 failed.
As of 11:20p, 99.8% of the precincts across the state had reported their results:
Prop 1- Tax exemption for surviving spouse of veteran

IN FAVOR 82.9%
AGAINST 17.1%
Prop 2- Texas Water Development Board issue additional bonds not to exceed $6 billion

IN FAVOR 51.5%
AGAINST 48.5%
Prop 3- Issue bonds to finance higher education loans to students

IN FAVOR 54.5%
AGAINST 45.5%
Prop 4- Permit counties to issue bonds for development
IN FAVOR 40.3%
AGAINST 59.7%
Prop 5- Allow cities and counties to enter into interlocal contracts

IN FAVOR 57.8%
AGAINST 42.2%
Prop 6- General Land Office distribute revenue for public education

IN FAVOR 51.6%
AGAINST 48.4%

Prop 7- Permit El Paso County to reclamation districts

IN FAVOR 48.3%
AGAINST 51.7%
Prop 8- Appraisal for ad valorem tax of land devoted to water stewardship

IN FAVOR 47%
AGAINST 53%
Prop 9- Authorize Governor to pardon a person who completed deferred adjudication

IN FAVOR 57.3%
AGAINST 42.7%
Prop 10- Extend length of unexpired term which trigger automatic resignations for elected officials

IN FAVOR 56%
AGAINST 44%