The Hoglawyer

George Bush was in Arkansas this week "Republicans in Arkansas and elsewhere will surprise pollsters and pundits again" President George W. Bush told a cheering crowd at a rally for Arkansas Republican candidates Monday. He was right - who would have predicted such a blow-out?

I don't have the state-wide election results yet, but here are the Pulaski County results. th

Some interesting things I have concluded looking at the numbers.

If you are a republican, no matter how bad of a candidate you are, even if you were just fired by the Republican governor, you will get a minimum of 30% of the vote. ( I'm thinking go of the treasurer's race with Chris Morris, who had about a $5,000 budget and had been told not to run by the Governor ) Even if you are Republican Mickey "Stubby" Stumbaugh, the mayor of Cabot, hyou will get 31% -- you can't do worse as a republican it seems.

So if that is the absolute worst a Republican can do - that is the benchmark - its a "gimme" they will get 30%.   That means, for all of Hutchinson's money, time, and effort, he "earned" only 8%, Gunner, "Lil' Tom" Delay only got 4%, Lagrone got 6%, Mayberry got about 3%, and Holt got about 8% as well. 

In the race where there was no Republican, the Greens got about !5%, meaning at least 1/2 of the Republicans voted for the Democrat instead of the Green party, but for the most part did not simply abstain.

62% of Pulaski County registered voters turned out -- which is amazing to me.

Asa didn't even get 1000 more votes than Holt

SUMMARY REPORT        2006 GENERAL ELECTION            UNOFFICIAL
RUN DATE:11/07/06     NOVEMBER 7, 2006
RUN TIME:11:00 PM     PULASKI COUNTY, AR

                                                       VOTES PERCENT

           PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 133).  .  .  .  .       133  100.00
           REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL .  .  .  .  .   177,981
           BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL.  .  .  .  .  .  .   110,428
           VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL  .  .  .  .  .  .             62.04

          US CONGRESS DISTRICT 2
          VOTE FOR  1
           CONGRESSMAN VIC SNYDER (DEM) .  .  .  .    72,475   66.53
           ANDY MAYBERRY (REP) .  .  .  .  .  .  .    36,461   33.47
              Over Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         5
             Under Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,487

          GOVERNOR
          VOTE FOR  1
           ASA HUTCHINSON (REP).  .  .  .  .  .  .    38,579   35.14
           ROD BRYAN (IND)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,515    2.29
           ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE BEEBE (DEM)  .  .    66,700   60.75
           JIM LENDALL (GRE).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,928    1.76
           WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        71     .06
              Over Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        12
             Under Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       623

          LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
          VOTE FOR  1
           SENATOR JIM HOLT (REP) .  .  .  .  .  .    37,791   34.82
           BILL HALTER (DEM).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    70,753   65.18
              Over Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         6
             Under Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,878

          SECRETARY OF STATE
          VOTE FOR  1
           CHARLIE DANIELS (DEM)  .  .  .  .  .  .    67,750   62.67
           JIM LAGRONE (REP).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    36,760   34.00
           RALPH "MARTY" SCULLY (GRE).  .  .  .  .     3,595    3.33
              Over Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         3
             Under Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,320

          STATE TREASURER
          VOTE FOR  1
           MARTHA A. SHOFFNER (DEM)  .  .  .  .  .    70,592   66.06
           BROCK CARPENTER (GRE)  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,275    4.00
           CHRIS MORRIS (REP)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    31,997   29.94
              Over Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         5
             Under Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,559

          STATE AUDITOR
          VOTE FOR  1
           MICHAEL JOSEPH BOLZENIUS (GRE)  .  .  .    14,583   14.41
           AUDITOR OF STATE JIM WOOD (DEM) .  .  .    86,633   85.59
              Over Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         1
             Under Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     9,211

          ATTORNEY GENERAL
          VOTE FOR  1
           GUNNER DELAY (REP)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    34,123   31.69
           REBEKAH KENNEDY (GRE)  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,819    4.48
           REPRESENTATIVE DUSTIN MCDANIEL (DEM)  .    68,740   63.84
              Over Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         3
             Under Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,743

          STATE LAND COMMISSIONER
          VOTE FOR  1
           R. DAVID LEWIS (GRE).  .  .  .  .  .  .    17,472   17.59
           MARK WILCOX (DEM).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    81,861   82.41
              Over Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         1
             Under Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    11,094
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          LITTLE ROCK MAYOR CITY WIDE
          VOTE FOR  1
           BILL WALKER (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    11,100   19.60
           MARK STODOLA (IND)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    27,197   48.04
           JESSE MASON (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,584    8.10
           BARBARA GRAVES (IND).  .  .  .  .  .  .    13,738   24.26
              Over Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         4
             Under Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,745

          Referred Question No. 1
          VOTE FOR  1
           FOR  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    75,018   73.24
           AGAINST .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    27,411   26.76
              Over Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         4
             Under Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     7,995

          Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1
          VOTE FOR  1
           FOR  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    76,571   73.36
           AGAINST .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    27,801   26.64
              Over Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         7
             Under Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     6,049












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