I’ve left Columbus and am now sitting in the AFL-CIO’s headquarters in Washington DC, next to Kombiz Lavasany of MyDD and soon, Pachacutec of FireDogLake. I’ll be here watching election returns and monitoring events in Connecticut, Ohio, and around the country. Hopefully tonight will culminate in cathartic joy as a resounding Democratic victory echoes around […]

Today I visited the SEIU 1199 office in Columbus, the center of the Labor 2006 mobilization here in Ohio’s Ahia’s capital. The Labor 2006 program has brought the AFL-CIO and SEIU together to get out the vote, alongside Working America. Video the Vote and the America Votes coalition - which includes EMILY’s List, NARAL, Planned […]

Cross posted at FireDogLake.
Republican gerrymandering has created two interlocking, fractal-like districts in the north and west parts of Columbus, stretching out from the downtown of the city into the suburbs and rural counties beyond. Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15) has received much attention in her effort to unseat the number four Republican in the House, Deborah […]

Cross posted at FireDogLake.
I’ve been in Columbus, Ohio since Saturday morning as part of the AFL-CIO’s Labor 2006 program that’s sending bloggers to cover key races and the voter mobilizations that are taking place to achieve victory on November 7th. Adam Conner and Nancy Scola are blogging the Midwest and Pennsylvania, respectively, as part […]

Voter protection is one area that Democrats here in Ohio have been preparing for since the Ken Blackwell-induced fiasco off 2004. The Ohio Democratic Party has hundreds of lawyers prepared to do rapid response on election day to assure that Ohioans’ votes get counted. The recent litigation of the Ohio laws regulating voter identification requirements […]

I arrived in Columbus, Ohio Saturday morning as part of the AFL-CIO’s Labor 2006 program that’s sending bloggers to cover key races and the voter mobilizations that are taking place to achieve victory on November 7th. Adam Conner and Nancy Scola are visiting and Midwest and Pennsylvania, respectively, and their fantastic work can be found […]

I just uploaded 47 new pictures from yesterday’s CT senate primary to my Flickr feed. I’m running on about six hours sleep over the last two days and though I’d love to spend a few hours blogging, I think my body has set up a picket line around my mind. Sorry folks, I’m no scab.
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I’m in a state of relative shock - I haven’t stopped smiling 11pm last night. I am satisfied in a way that I can’t quite describe. I’m personally grateful that the work I’ve done to help out on the Lamont campaign paid off and we will now have a real Democrat representing the people […]

No words, just pictures.

More photos on my Flickr stream.

Matt Drudge calls it for Lamont!!!!
Connecticut // U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
575 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 79.95%
Lamont, Ned 114,165 51.75% **Winner
Lieberman, Joe (i) 106,428 48.24% 
The best site to get up to the minute results will be through Lamont’s site itself WTNH TV. Results will be posted here before the AP or other […]