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Quebec Election 2014: Analyzing the Results

Dead Heat — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 03:02:59 +0000

On Monday night, Quebec voters handed the Liberal Party a decisive victory in the 2014 election, making Philippe Couillard the next premier of Quebec in-waiting. Only a year and a half after being reduced to 50 seats and opposition status, with their own party leader Jean Charest losing his seat, the Liberals were able to [...]

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Quebec Liberals Cruise to Majority Government Win

Dead Heat — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 01:02:08 +0000

Quebec has elected a Liberal majority government in their 2014 provincial election, making Philippe Couillard the next premier. CBC News declared a Liberal victory just before 8:45pm Eastern as the former official opposition party roared through the early returns and straight into government, building upon their leads and pulling a number of upsets. The sovereigntist [...]

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Quebec to Vote in 2014 Provincial Election Today

Dead Heat — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:00:04 +0000

Quebecers will cast their ballots today in the 2014 provincial election as the Parti Quebecois government looks to hang onto power. Pauline Marois has led a minority government since September 2012, with her Parti Quebecois narrowly defeating the Liberal government of Premier Jean Charest, though failing to obtain the 63 seats necessary for a majority. [...]

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Florida-13: Republican Jolly Wins House Special Election

Dead Heat — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 02:29:25 +0000

Republican candidate David Jolly has won the special election in the 13th Congressional District of Florida. The congressman-elect defeated Democrat Alex Sink, the former Chief Financial Officer for the State of Florida and the 2010 Democratic nominee for governor. See the results graphic below for full totals. Jolly was a lobbyist and formerly an employee [...]

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Australia Election News Links: 31 January

Dead Heat — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:50:32 +0000

The following stories are making news in Australian politics and elections on Friday, 31 January, with a focus on the coming South Australia election. South Australia 2014 The governing Labor Party is experiencing discord prior to this year’s election, with the premier, Jay Weatherill, threatening to resign if federal ALP Senator Don Farrell enters state [...]

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Democrats Retain Virginia’s 33rd Senate District

Dead Heat — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 03:04:40 +0000

Democrats in Virginia celebrated holding onto a key Senate seat on Tuesday. Final unofficial special election results from the 33rd Senate District, spanning parts of Loudoun and Fairfax Counties in the northern part of the state, showed that Jennifer Wexton (D) defeated her Republican opponent, John Whitbeck, by over 3,000 votes. Virginia Senate 33rd District [...]

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Virginia Special Election to Decide State Senate Control

Dead Heat — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 03:05:51 +0000

Voters in a northern Virginia district will head to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new state senator, in a race that will ultimately determine who controls the upper house. The seat is the 33rd District, stretching across parts of Loudoun and Fairfax Counties. Its main municipalities are Leesburg, Herndon, and Sterling, and all [...]

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2013 Election Wrap-Up

Dead Heat — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 01:39:03 +0000

Dead Heat is in the process of updating all of the pages for the elections held in the last 3-4 months of 2013. This includes the Australian general election in September, which has been a large undertaking, and other various polls held in the United States and Canada. It is expected that the updates may [...]

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New Jersey 2013: Cory Booker Elected to US Senate

Dead Heat — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 21:53:53 +0000

Newark’s Democratic mayor, Cory Booker, has been elected as the next United States Senator for New Jersey following a special election victory on Wednesday. He defeated his Republican challenger, Steve Lonegan, in the race to fill the remainder of late Senator Frank Lautenberg’s (D) term. Booker earned approximately 55 percent of the total vote in [...]

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Australian Politics: Shorten Becomes Labor Leader

Dead Heat — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 14:50:42 +0000

Labor MP Bill Shorten, the kingmaker who backed two leadership coups in recent years, has himself ascended to the Australian Labor Party leadership. The Victorian defeated former deputy prime minister Anthony Albanese in a leadership ballot, the first ever to incorporate votes from the party membership. The Labor caucus voted 55 to 31 for Shorten [...]

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