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Off year non midterm elections have the lowest turnout of any election, Kentucky has a Governor's race, but other than that no state has any high profile races, primarily local ones. =
Here we had county legislature elections, Town elections (for Supervisor and Town Council) along with Judges. The highest profile race was a Special Election for Nassau County District Attorney following last year's election of Kathleen Rice to Congress.
What races were up by you? Did you vote? And how was turnout? Turnout here seemed light, I was the 23rd person in my precinct of a little over 2,000 that voted, I did vote at 8am on my way to work. Polls here are open to 9pm and more people do tend to vote in the evening than morning, but turnout is expected to be low.
Wow, Election Day 2015 and no one is talking about it on an Elections forum. Glad you brought it up.
In Ohio we had an anti-gerrymandering bill which would allow a bipartisan committee to draw up state district lines, rather than the currently elected body. We also had a legalize weed thingy, with a sister proposition which would negate it.
I did notice more people than usual in an off-year election, probably because of the marijuana proposition, so that was nice to see.
I did not vote. It was a sort of watershed event for me as it prepared me for things to come. Next year if I don’t like the choices I have I won’t vote. No more lesser of two evils. No more better Bush than Hillary.
County elections and Supreme Court judges. More importantly, I got to vote for the registrar of wills and the corner. Unfortunately I never got to hear or read their campaign promises cause I'm dying to know what kind of promises a registrar of wills and a corner would make.
The GOP takes yet another governorship as Matt Bevin wins Kentucky. The Democrat Party really has turned into a fringe party - relegated to the coasts and large urban centers.
It appears the Virginia GOP will not only hold its narrow Senate majority but will likely enlarge it. Another crushing defeat for the fringe Democrat Party.
- Kentucky: Despite polls suggesting a Democratic hold, the gubernatorial position previously held by the now term-limited Steve Beshear (D) is projected to be won by Matt Bevin (R), as he defeats his rivals Jack Conway (D) and Drew Curtis (I). Republicans will now control the state senate and the governor's mansion, while Democrats control the state house and the secretary of state's office (defeated senatorial candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes will hold her position as secretary of state).
- Ohio: There are three major statewide ballot measures to discuss. First, Issue 1 would change the rules for the state redistricting commission to allow for increased minority party representation, and change the rules surrounding the development of district boundaries. Issue 2 would regulate ballot measures that concern state monopolies; if the vote on Issue 2 is a yes, that would mean that even if Issue 3 was passed, it would still be invalidated by Issue 2 - at least according to the office of the Ohio Secretary of State. Supporters of Issue 3 challenge the secretary claim.
Speaking of Issue 3, this is "that marijuana initiative". A "yes" vote would legalize limited amounts of marijuana, allow marijuana to be grown at a very limited number of locations, and provide for regulation of the sale of marijuana.
As I type this, Issue 1 is looking to pass overwhelmingly, while Issue 2 is barely passing. Issue 3 is overwhelmingly failing. Most of the results so far are from rural areas, but some suburbs and urban precincts are starting to trickle in.
- Virginia: Here, the state senate is up for grabs. The GOP currently controls the chamber, but by a hair (21-19). The Democrats need a net gain of one seat to win control, as the Lieutenant Governor (Raplh Northam - D) holds the tiebreaker.
Unfortunately for Democrats, WDBJ is reporting that the GOP will hold the state senate.
Of course, there were also various local ballot measures and races. I know that in my county, there were votes on creating two new cities...one is set to fail and the other is set to pass, if trends hold.
If Congress any indication, I am sure Democrats will find more than one Republican senator to peel away.
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