Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for November 5th, 2008
Not so fast …AP uncalls Minnesota Senate race
AP Uncalls Minnesota Senate Race
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press is uncalling the Minnesota Senate race.
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman finished ahead of Democrat Al Franken early Wednesday in the final vote count, but his 571-vote margin falls within the state’s mandatory recount law. That law requires a recount any time [...]
Obama makes offer for chief of staff job
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama chose Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanual to be his White House chief of staff, his first selection for the new administration, Democratic officials said Wednesday.
If Emanuel accepts, he would return to the White House where he served as a political and policy adviser to President Clinton.
Several Democrats [...]
Boose beats Traster in Ohio’s 58th
Republican Terry Boose has won the 58th Ohio House race, according to unofficial election returns released today.
Boose’s race against Democrat Terry Traster had been too close to call until all the results were tallied in Huron, Lorain and Seneca counties.
Boose, a former Huron County Commissioner, will replace state Rep. Thomas [...]
Obama defeats McCain to become first black president
CHICAGO — A triumphant Barack Obama vowed to be a president for all America, even those who voted against him, and asked for patience to address the nation’s problems of war and finance that he called the greatest challenges of a lifetime.
The first black president-elect cast his election as a defining moment in the [...]
Local blacks react to Obama victory
Old stories of struggle long ago buried in the souls of African Americans resurfaced shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday when the words many have long waited to hear were uttered by newscasters from across the country.
With the announcement that Sen. Barack Obama was now and would forever be known as the nation’s first [...]
Local representatives retain seats in House
Both the congresswomen representing Lorain County will be returning to Washington for another term if the lopsided leads they enjoyed as of press time today are any indication.
U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Copley Township, beat out political novice Republican challenger Dave Potter, while U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo, defeated Republican Bradley Leavitt for the [...]
ELYRIA SAFETY RENEWAL: Issue passes, cuts avoided
ELYRIA — If city officials questioned Monday whether residents would renew a 0.5 percent income tax, they got the answer they were looking for Tuesday.
With 11,869 votes in favor of the tax and 8,797 votes against it, the renewal got 57.4 percent of the total vote, according to unofficial results from the Lorain [...]
ELYRIA SCHOOL RENEWAL: Levy passes overwhelmingly
ELYRIA — Elyria Schools won an overwhelming victory Tuesday when avoters renewed a levy that pays for the district’s nuts and bolts — teachers, books, computers and the like.
For school officials, seeing the results creep up to 64.7 percent of voters in favor was reminiscent of the May 2007 election. At that time, [...]
Election tidbits
The dress code
Kerry Fees, 38, said she had no problem voting on her own in Elyria.
But when she tried to help her parents vote for the first time ever in Grafton, she ran into trouble with poll workers — all because she was wearing a T-shirt supporting Democratic presidential nominee Barack [...]
Kipton voters reject 4-mill operating levy
KIPTON — Thanks in part to what Mayor Bob Meilander termed a disinformation campaign by one resident, voters in this small village narrowly rejected a 4-mill operating levy Tuesday that would have funded village operations for five years.
The issue was defeated by nine votes. Unofficial vote totals from the Lorain County Board of [...]