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“This administration is populated by people who’ve spent their careers bashing government. They’re not just small-government conservatives—they’re Grover Norquist, strangle-it-in-the-bathtub conservatives. It’s a cognitive disconnect for them to be able to do something well in an arena that they have so derided and reviled all these years.”

Senator Hillary Clinton

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

The California initiatives

Results continue to trickle in, but as of 12:47 PT, I'm calling it a night. Congrats to Californians. I wonder how well Arnold's sleeping right now.

California results (83.9% reporting)
Prop 73 (Teenage Abortion)
No 51.8 Yes 48.2

Prop 74 (Teacher Tenure)
No 54.0 Yes 46.0

Prop 75 (Public Union Dues)
No 51.9 Yes 48.1

Prop 76 (Governor Budget Control)
No 61.0 Yes 39.0
*UPDATE* Sac Bee reports this has been "decisively rejected" by the voters.

Prop 77 (Redistricting)
No 58.2 Yes 41.8
*UPDATE* The "nays" have it. AP calls this one defeated as well.

Prop 78 (Drug Company backed discounts)
No 58.4 Yes 41.6
*UPDATE* Failed. I'm reasonably sure the drug companies aren't oo upset about this one. And it sounds like it's something they could've done without voter approval anyway.

Prop 79 (Mandatory drug discounts)
Yes 38.6 No 61.4
*UPDATE* Failed. $80 million dollars in drug industry money will do that.

Prop 80 (Energy Regulation)
Yes 34.1 No 65.9
I wonder if this is losing because of the complete lack of coverage, or the fear that Californian's must now have when talking of energy regulation.
*UPDATE* AP reports this one's rejected.

Guess all those reports of Arnolds internal numbers were way wrong.

San Diego Mayor (93.7% reporting)
Donna Frye (D) 45.85% Jerry Sanders (R) 54.15%
*UPDATE* The San Diego Union-Tribune reports at 11:00 PTthat Frye has conceded. Here's the story.