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Today's Poll!Bernskoetter captures 113th House seat
Republicans Barnes, Schad also win
First-time voter Cody Malone, left, waits for election judge Debbie Lindquist to verify his information Tuesday afternoon at the Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City. Election judge Rick Kutscher is at center right. Photo by Kelley McCall.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Cole County’s three seats in the state House of Representatives are staying in Republican hands.
Mike Bernskoetter captured 64 percent of the vote over Democrat Cyrus Dashtaki in the 113th District state House seat in eastern Jefferson City and Cole County, with an unofficial vote of 7,743-4,369.
On the western side of Jefferson City and Cole County, Republican Jay Barnes cruised to an almost 9,100-vote win over Libertarian Janine Elizabeth Steck — with an unofficial total of 11,276 votes to 2,178 votes, and 85 write-ins.
Incumbent Rodney Schad, Versailles, whose district includes the southwestern part of Cole County, also cruised to re-election over Independent candidate Randy Dinwiddie of the Lake of the Ozarks area.
Schad received 9,879 votes to Dinwiddie’s 2,121.
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yonomo 2 years, 6 months ago
What part of education are we cutting first Mike?
I contribute your win to a fimiliar last name and Obama and Pelosi making it nearly impossible for any young, independant thinking Democrat to have a chance. The better, harder working, more focused candidate lost this race.
JCLifer 2 years, 6 months ago
I want to know too. Mike was very clear that he is not a supporter of public education. He even said that the first place he will cut would be state aid for education. (He was on the Helias School Board- not THE School Board like he said in his commercials.) Is he going to cut buses? Maybe teacher salaries?
Also, Mike says he will work hard to "consolidate" state jobs. How many state jobs is he going to consolidate and how many state employees will he fire?
This is a very dark day for state employees and for the central missouri economy.
thatguyagain 2 years, 6 months ago
Mike actually is a supporter of public education. You are speaking of a sound byte where he was posed a question about balancing the budget. Education is one of the biggest chunks of the state budget and Mike understands that proportionately there may be opportunities to trim waste there - not that he wants to stop educating our children. However, the MIssouri Democratic Committee (not Cy) sent out postcards attacking him and saying he was against education. That is not exactly "very clear that he is not a supporter of public education." Regarding state jobs and "firing" state employees that is not something a state rep really does so your comment has no logical basis.
Attacking the last name is absurd. Should Mike just not use his full name and run as "Mike?" If the last name helped him and the voters were not informed, that is really not his fault. If they equate Bernskoetter to leadership and the best possible representation it is due to the 20+ years of service to the community and the thousands of people he has touched and helped. Yonomo, you should feel ashamed for attacking the man who will represent part of this area (and probably you) just because your candidate lost.
Our few opinions really don't matter though. The support for MIke from the majority of the 12,112 voters (about 64%) was there and informed voters don't vote based on radio snippets or attack postcards. They vote based on knowing a person's character by asking questions, having solid conversations with candidates and the people that help on their campaign. Mike has a proven track record of civic duty, volunteerism, and leadership. That can't happen without hard work and just like the rest of his life Mike worked extremely hard on this endeavor. I'm fully confident that if Cyrus had 20+ years of proven experience he could have attracted more voters.
Before you start attacking people please get your facts straight.
JCLifer 2 years, 6 months ago
Sorry, I can listen to the actual words in the context in which they were said and understand them quite clearly. You don't need to make excuses or try to infuse a new meaning to what was said.
As for informed voters, you would agree that these same informed voters are the ones that vote for Obama instead of McCane? Remember, you can't have it both ways!
Good luck and I hope Mike is able to lead our state forward and bring lots of high-wage jobs to the Central Missouri area to raise the standard of living for all.
yonomo 2 years, 6 months ago
I'm not attacking anyone. The way you read my comment is not my fault. Also, name recognition/popularity being positive in running for political office IS a fact.
I don't have anything against Mr. Bernskoetter. I'm not attacking his last name. What I was stating is that I believe a lot of his votes were because of his last name. Kind of like the movie "The Distinguished Gentleman". You're correct. If the last name helped him and the voters were not informed, that is not his fault at all. I was just stating my opinion. As far as Obama and Pelosi digging Cyrus a hole to get out of, we know the answer to that one. You could easily tell by the nationwide votes.
If you listened to any of the debates or question/answer sessions they had, Mike just seemed really unprepared and out of his comfort level. I just found it strange that he had no real, solid answers to the questions presented. I was surprised when he said that education should be the first thing we cut, then in a later session saying he wished he'd never said that.
I'm not bashing. Just my view as a voter. Aren't I entitled to that?
FYI - The only Dem on my ticket was for Cyrus.
gofish 2 years, 6 months ago
Looks like the mass blanketing of the city and county landscape with signs doesn't win elections.
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