The Results: Some Good. Some Bad.

Well ladies and gents, The House of Representatives has gone to the Democrats. As of right now, the Senate is still up in the air with two races too close to call. Although, the way the edges look, it appears that the Senate will go over to the Democrats as well. Time for President Bush to break out the veto pen.

Democrat Governor Granholm was reelected. I'm not thrilled about it but at least the other guy didn't win. Fortunately, Congressman Fred Upton kept the 6th District. Even though he loses his chairmanship, I am still proud to have him serve us. The Michigan Republicans also hold on to the Attorney General and Secretary of State offices.

My State Senator appears to have kept his seat although I'm not sure I can say the same about my State Rep. Although the precincts reporting were low, his democratic challenger was in the lead. It is possible that he did win, and that the reporting precincts were in democratic rich areas such as Niles.

The Proposals were a mix bag as well.
Proposal 1 passed overwhelmingly. I don't understand why voters want to tie up funds.

Proposal 2, The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative also passed. No more affirmative action programs within the state. I hope the courts are bracing for this one.

Proposal 4, Eminent Domain passed. I am very pleased about that.

Proposal 5, which would have tied up funds for education did not pass. It makes me wonder why Michigan voters would tell the state that they can't touch funding for state parks (Proposal 1) but they don't have to set aside money for education. Even though I didn't vote yes on Proposal 5, I would have been more partial to funding education than protecting funds for recreation.

It's almost time for me to get to work. Perhaps I'll post more later.

(Did I just hear some groaning?)