Conservatives stormed to victory in election after election Tuesday, sending a loud message across the country – we have mainstream voter support!
Kentucky voters on Tuesday elected just the second Republican in four decades to hold the governor’s office, in a race that hinged largely on President Barack Obama’s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act.
The result was a potentially troubling sign for Democrats ahead of next year’s presidential election and represented a big win for the GOP as it continues to consolidate political power across the South. Democrats also were thumped in Virginia, where they made a costly push to win a majority in one chamber of the state Legislature.
The governor’s race in Kentucky was the highest profile contest in Tuesday’s off-year elections. The only other gubernatorial campaign was in Mississippi, where Republican Gov. Phil Bryant easily won re-election.
Elsewhere, Houston voters defeated a closely watched ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for transgender people in the city, and Ohio voters rejected an initiative that sought to legalize the recreational and medicinal use of marijuana.
In Kentucky, Republican businessman Matt Bevin had waged a campaign to scale back the state’s Medicaid expansion that was made possible under the federal health care overhaul. Some 400,000 lower-income people who gained health coverage under the expansion could be affected.
Bevin ran as an outsider, emphasizing his Christian faith along with his support for Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Around the country, several high-profile ballot initiatives tested voter preferences on school funding, marijuana, gay and lesbian rights and the sharing economy. Despite the relatively low number of races, the results could be an important bellwether of sentiment ahead of next year’s presidential elections.
In Virginia, a swing state, Democrats failed in an expensive bid to take control of the state Senate and empower Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe in negotiations with Republicans who control the state House. With the losses in Virginia and Kentucky, it was a rough Election Day for Democrats.
In Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city, efforts to secure “bathroom right” protections for transgender people failed by a 2-to-1 margin. Now that same-sex marriage is legal, such laws have become a priority for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups. Opponents, including a coalition of conservative pastors, said the measure would have infringed on their religious beliefs.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott praised the voters who defeated the measure, saying they “showed values still matter.”
The Associated Press contributed to this article
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No thanks Tom…I’ll vote for Ted Cruz, the only consistent constitutional conservative in the whole group….Don’t be afraid to check his credentials yourself…..He walks the walk and talks the talk…He backs up his words.
His father’s Cuban. He’s obviously a communist! Plus he was born in Canada. I’d like to see his birth certificate!
I’ve never understood the stupid belief that the geographic location of your birth has anything to do with the type of person you are. “People from below a line called the Mason Dixon line are dumb rednecks.” Does this make any sense at all? Being born in a communist country gives you an understanding of just how bad that system is and a strong will to fight against it.
Ted Cruz is an honorable man that I would be proud to have as a neighbor and friend.
your correct Moe ! I don’t think cruz is eligible ? Although He’s a good man he is a politician unlike Donald and that is the issue Professional politicians have created this problem ALONG with Lawyer in Congress ? Donald too rich to be control by our enemies foreign and Domestic ! AND Donald’s about legal immigration and securing our boarders NOT instability and high crime through weak Borders .
Phil, I am an eight year vet. I recently applied for a vet home loan. After hearing Ted cruz and M Rubio tell us during the first GOP debate how they wanted to help vets, I contacted Ted Cruz for assistance. His reply was a decline because I was not in his voting district and he would not receive any credit. Mark Rubio was then contacted and the same thing happen with him, except believe it or not he referred me to a democrat in the state in which I currently was living.
To me both of these people proved themselves to join the practice of lying as to what they said and what they will do. The main point to me is I am a citizen of the US for which they aspire to be the President, but they refused any help because I was not represented in their voting district which denied them credit for helping. If they are not smart enough to know the difference of serving a Citizen of the US then they do not deserve to be POTUS. My eight years in the military was to serve for the benfit of all US citizens, I can never vote for either one of these L—-
Conservatives are coming out to vote, there is still hope for this country. The progressives have been trying to take over this country since Windrow Wilson was president, and each time the voters woke up and stopped them at the last moment. I hope they do it again. The democrats blame Bush for the Iraq war, but they had the house and senate and voted for it.
To God be the glory!
Vote Trump 2016.. Lets take America back let reafirm American values and put God first again.
Suzy;
He’s OK, but Ted Cruz is a much better choice…..Don’t take my word for it…. Check him out for yourself…You’ll be glad you did.
Know your enemy; http://www.commieblaster.com And see video; EVERY THING YOU KNOW IS A LIE at http://www.youtube.com also FREEDOM LAW SCHOOL and UNITED STATES CORPORATION OF 1871
Evidently, America HAS awoken to the dilemma the Democrats have placed us in.
Now, if, or when, Mr. Trump is elected America will stand tall again. Did y’all read the article Col. North was in. If not, google the following. It should pull it up on the “military . com” “Daily News” website:
“Col. North: ‘Christian Communities’ being slaughtered in Middle East”
He talked about how our “all volunteer military” is incapable of fighting the type of war which is being waged there.
Did y’all know a majority of our “seasoned combat troops” are stationed outside of the U.S.? Basically leaving the U.S. defenceless! And there’s a “bill in the house concerning a draft”! Think about it. They want more people to protect those in Washington D.C.!
There’s more out there about what’s going on in the world. Y’all just got to look for it. “Seek, and ye shall find!”
Crazy Elf: This conservative wave won’t last w/o a well regulated Militia. I’m working on revitalizing 15,000,000 Texas Militia to take back the Lone Star State from rogue politicians and judges. Illegal criminal problem and your state’s economic bondage could end virtually overnight. What state are you in?
Careful, now. Don’t want to make the country think you’re a domestic terrorist threat. I’d suggest adhering to the context of the 2nd Amendment and use good ol’ fashioned 18th century muskets.
I was surprised that the Today Show didn’t seem to say anything about Kentucky’s election results. The Kentucky election outcome was major. For the first time many of the statewide offices were won by Republicans. Several Democrats which were considered to be unbeatable lost. The two Democrats who were elected to statewide offices won by narrow margins. One won by 2,000 votes which lead the final percentage to appear on the TV screen as 50 percent Beshear (D) and 50 percent Westerfield (R). A extremely liberal judge lost her bid to get back on the state’s Supreme Court.
So why is this not being talked about by the mainstream media? It could be that voters responded in a way that bodes poorly for Democrat hopes heading into 2016. Many of the Democrats who lost were well-known and ran highly financed campaigns. Their Republican challengers were not well-know and some won with very small campaign funds.
This was the first election since the Supreme Court ignored the 10th amendment to the U.S. Constitution and stole our right to define marriage in Kentucky as the union between a man and a woman. The Democrat candidate for governor is the current attorney general who had refused to defend the Kentucky Constitution after an activist judge overturned the state’s marriage amendment.
My only regret is the Democrats managed to narrowly win two statewide offices. They should have lost everything.
Please overlook the typos. I should have proofread this better before pressing the Post button.
Just your being apologetic about it is plenty enough for me. Many people who post, not just here but everywhere, are either semi-literate or simply too lazy to go back over what they have written to correct at least their most obvious errors. It is extremely refreshing to come across a person like you, Justin, who at least cares about his typos, corrected or not.
Amen to both of you….Justin/Tommy
Another word for conservative is constitution. Now that the liberals are being run out of town we need to accent the positive and eliminate the negative and do away with the idea of liberal and conservative. Pols are all elected to do their best for America, to obey and defend the Constitution. And represent the people in the political arena, not represent the party platform baloney to the people. That is upside down politics.
The party platform is fine. It is the RINOs in the party that are the problem? The Dems have a horrendous platform. Conservative andLiberal are defining terms. Every Republican claims to be a Conservative. Only a few are.
A good day for Conservatives and may it hold through 2016. The silent majority has awakened and hear them roar! Thank you Houston for voting down the bathroom issue and chose to protect your daughters, wives and all female’s who could have been in harms way. A huge defeat for your mayor and richly deserved.#trump2016
Yeah, vote Trump! Tax the billionaires and make them pay their fair share.
Conservatism won’t last w/o the well regulated Militia. Y’all better get busy. I’m working on revitalizing 15,000,000 Texas Militia to take back the Lone Star State to get rid of legal and illegal criminals as well as rogue politicians and judges. We the People of Texas ARE the Militia and the state’s legal and legitimate constitutional power. With the Texas Militia we will be able to arrest and execute justice on the Banksters in Texas who have economically enslaved Texians for decades.
It’s amazing that Christian Conservatives are winning around the nation, but here in Wisconsin our Republican majority refuses to stand up for conservative values. Even Walker has been AWOL for the past three years. We need a cleansing within the GOP.