Voters have witnessed over the past few election cycles the importance of who is elected as the state’s secretary of state. Voters depend on the secretary to preside over every aspect of the electoral process with integrity and dependability.
Even today, Connecticut’s Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz – a Democrat – is being called on the carpet for a wide discrepancy in her unofficial vote tally in the governor race – favoring the Democrat challenger.
The financial influence of liberal billionaire George Soros – through his four-year-old Secretary of State (SOS) Project to put Democrats in control of the election outcomes – has had conservatives increasingly alarmed. However, conservative pushback stemmed the tide – for now.
Voters elected Republicans in 17 out of the 26 races – putting GOP candidates in control of 25 state offices, versus 22 controlled by Democrats. Of the 17 GOP wins, six were formerly held by Democrats (Arkansas, Ohio, New Mexico, Colorado, Iowa and Kansas), and Iowa, Ohio, New Mexico had been 2006 victories for the SOS Project.
After two consecutive election cycles, SOS admitted to an electoral shellacking – a huge victory for voters.
“Since we launched in the fall of 2006, we have engaged in eighteen races and have backed the winning candidate in ten states, including: California, Iowa, Ohio, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, and West Virginia. We lost in Michigan (twice, once by a small margin), Ohio (won once, lost once), Iowa (won once, lost once by a small margin), Colorado (lost there by a small margin both times), and South Dakota.
“2010 was a tough year. We helped re-elect Mark Ritchie in Minnesota and Debra Bowen in California, but our candidates in other states – incumbents and challengers alike – were all defeated in the Republican wave election.“
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Review the NCSL’s 2010 Legislative and State Election Results.
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