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more about #elections more comments → TheSometimesWhy: I see a run on a hot new T-shirt in the not-too-distant future that reads "Tuck Feodoro". more » Helio: im glad you are paying attention to this situation, adrian. I especially admire the second to last paragraph. more » gold.dannyg: I like how you just discovered this guy exists about three weeks ago because of his son and are now leading the charge against him. I admire your spir... more » Smitros: Teodoro--mind if I call you Ted?--you are one of the reasons I continue to use retro words like "good" and "evil," the latter for you. more » MissNormaDesmond: I like you for getting mad about this. more » depardoo: The gentleman on the right in that photo was probably only slightly less corrupt than Papa Mbasogo. more » flugennock: I love that foto; it really sums up the whole Teabagger status overall. In fact, the overall composition of the foto, the look on Hoffman's face in i... more » Ben Frazier: Whatever, dude. Just please get a new headshot to submit to the papers during this post-election ridiculousness. That one that you ran during the elec... more » AliHajiSheik: that guy has serial killer face. more » Private Hangnail: This fellow is what we'd call a wet end back where I grew up. Which just happens to be Upstate New York. more » seyswho: Way to waste your constituents' time and money, Doug. Hmm, on second thought, go for it. more » Trai_Dep: I'm confused. Didn't Republicans get their pink panties in a bunch when Gore de-conceded his informal concession to Bush over the phone (minutes after... more » sarrible: But wasn't Owens actually sworn in? I could be wrong, but I think he's a sitting member of Congress right now. If they find that Hoffman (gag) got mor... more » unclevanya: I'd love to see Glenn Beck jump off a bridge, if only to see who follows him. #electionday more » Baroness: Disconcessions, unconcessions, anti-concessions.. it all sings "sore loser" to me. Also, can we all go back to the reality that NY-23 is a tiny backw... more » -
#dictatorstyle
Equatorial Guinea's Corrupt President Suspiciously Confident About Upcoming Election
Shamelessly corrupt dictator-presidents should know that predicting a near-100 percent victory two days before an election is bad behavior, even for them. Unless they care more about enriching themselves while their country starves, like Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. More » -
#elections
Upstate Conservative Decides He Won the Election Really
Doug Hoffman was the ultra-conservative candidate that Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity backed in an election upstate. The district then went Democrat for the first time in 200 years. But don't worry, it was all an ACORN conspiracy. More » -
#campaigns
Heroic Loser Conservative To Become Upstate New York's Norm Coleman
Fantastic news, New Yorkers: Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate who won the endorsement of real Republicans and then lost the race for Congress because he did not live in the district or know much about it? He has unconceded. More » -
#pagans
Pagan Wins Council Seat!
Hah, the Republican pagan won in Queens. Breaking! What does that say about the mood of the electorate, exactly? (That they dislike Asians, maybe?) More » -
#winners
What Yesterday's Elections Actually Mean For Barack Obama
We told you about Mike, and about The Gays, but there were a couple other elections that news people are talking about today. These were, obviously, early referenda on Barack Obama, and he lost. More » -
#losers
Whoops, Barack Obama Forgot to Care About the Gays Again
Congratulations to the National Organization For Marriage, a group dedicated to making sure a large segment of the population cannot get married, on their successful campaign to scare people in Maine. More » -
#winners
Mike Bloomberg Wins!
Brilliant executive, richest man in town, and beloved mayor-for-life Mike Bloomberg joins Ed Koch, Fiorello LaGuardia, and Robert Wagner (not the actor) in the third-termers massive failure lame duck mayor club! More » -
#elections
Live Blogging Election Night 2009
Have cable news on and Secretary of State sites loaded up? Good, let's all start looking for interesting nuggets as the returns from this off-year election night start coming in. At the Gawker Decision Desk tonight is Peter Feld. More » -
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#elections
Programming Announcement: Tonight We Live Blog the Election
Are you quivering with anticipation about how much Bloomberg's margin of victory will be? Whether moderate Republicans have been banished from Northeast New York? Whether Maine's letting gays marry? Oh good because Peter Feld's hosting an election-night live blog tonight. More » -
#elections
Your Off-Year Election Guide
The only race tomorrow that will have anything to do with national political trends is a tiny congressional district in upstate New York. But there are other races that everyone will talk about as if they mean something. More » -
#endorsements
Gawker Endorsement: Don't Vote for Bloomberg
Tomorrow is Election Day! You will probably not vote, because there are no contested races for anything important in 90% of the nation. But if you are a New Yorker, we have one message: don't vote for Michael Bloomberg.
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#quoteoftheday
Chris Christie—
commenting on how New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has played the fat card in his election campaign against the Republican challenger, to the New York Times. -
#elections
New Yorkers: Go Vote
New York City's primary election is today! As in, right now! And for most offices in this town, this is the de facto general election. Polls close at 9pm, so you even have time to hit happy hour beforehand. More » -
#fundraising
Rob Miller, who's running against Obama-heckler Rep. Joe Wilson, raised $137,379 since last night.
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#abdullahabullah09
The Afghanistan Elections for People Who Aren't Paying Attention
With 10% of the votes counted, the presidential election race between Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah is too close to call. Karzai leads by about 10,000 votes. But what should you think about it? More » -
#foreignaffairs
Happy Afghanistan Election Day!
Afghans who aren't scared of being murdered or convinced of the utter illegitimacy of the whole electoral process have voted! And with the polls closed, democracy's a winner. Or at least it might've received a plurality. More » -
#finally
Minnesota Supreme Court: Al Franken won Senate election, governor expected to certify the results. [WCCO]
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#coldwater
Has The Iranian "Revolution" Already Been Crushed?
Iranians who've been protesting the elections are being detained in wide reaching crackdowns. Ayatollah Ahmed Khatam noted that anyone contesting the election should be "dealt with without mercy." Iran's loudest opposition voices are quiet. Has the revolution been silenced? More » -
#greenstateslose
D.C. Pollsters Now Want to Screw Up Iran's Election, Too
Stop worrying, everyone. Even though Iran's election results have never been announced so quickly, and even though the loser has been placed under house arrest, the reelection of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was what the people wanted. A poll proves it! More » -
#iran
In Iran Elections, Everyone's A Winner!
Both President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and challenger Mirhossein Mousavi won 60% of the vote in today's Iranian elections. Hooray for democracy! Iran does elections just like America does, too: with crazy, confusing ballots. More »
