CT-04: Primary Day Open Thread

Jim Meeting Bridgeport Voters All Day, Party Later (4.00 / 2)

SCHEDULE:

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12th

7:15am - 10:00am: Jim Himes will greet voters at Blackham School in Bridgeport:

Blackham School
425 Thorme Street
Bridgeport

12:00pm - 1:00pm: Jim Himes will greet voters at Park City Magnet School in Bridgeport:

Park City Magnet School
1526 Chopsey Hill Road
Bridgeport

5:00pm - 8:00pm: Jim Himes will greet voters at Blackham School in Bridgeport:

Blackham School
425 Thorme Street
Bridgeport

I'm planning to celebrate - any other MLN'ers joining us?

8:30pm - 10:30pm: Jim Himes will join supporters to watch primary results:

Black Bear Saloon
80 Washington Street
Norwalk

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by: Jon Kantrowitz @ Tue Aug 12, 2008 at 12:16:05 PM UTC

Phone bankers at the Stamford office ... (0.00 / 0)

... were busy at work. I saw a couple of former Ned Lamont volunteers helping out with phone calls. There are some nice folks over there in the Stamford office.  

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by: CaptCT @ Tue Aug 12, 2008 at 18:52:24 PM UTC

Update 1 (0.00 / 0)

Primary Day: Scenes from Bridgeport HQ

Here's the scene in the Bridgeport HQ at around noon today - staff, volunteers, and supporters hitting the phones to get out the vote for Jim!

Help get out the vote today - remind five friends to vote here. 

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by: tparty @ Tue Aug 12, 2008 at 19:35:05 PM UTC

Update 2 (0.00 / 0)

Primary Day: Update From Bridgeport HQ:

(Fire trucks at McLevy Hall across from Himes Campaign HQ, Tuesday August 12th, 2pm)

A chorus of emergency sirens just flooded downtown Bridgeport as fire trucks responded to an apparent fire at McLevy Hall, right across the street from our campaign headquarters.

In other, only slightly less chaotic primary day news:

- Todd Beeton blogs at MyDD about today's primary:

First of all, this primary is going to be an extremely low turnout
election, so nothing can be taken for granted. But also, this primary
is an opportunity. The more people who do turn out for Jim today, the
bigger a warning shot he can deliver to Shays. It's also an chance to
raise Jim's profile in the district. All today, Jim will be greeting
voters at various voting locations throughout the district (you can see
the schedule HERE)
and he'll be joining supporters at a results watching party tonight at
The Black Bear Saloon in Norwalk after polls close at 8pm.

- DKos diarist "lindsay in 72" blogs about voting this morning:

I fervently believe that a massive victory is necessary as a
springboard to November in order to neutralize the ability for the
Shays camp to use the primary as a campaigning tool. This is not in the
least impossible, given the nature of the match-up, but perhaps
difficult, given that enough people will not take Himes' opponent
seriously and a traditionally low-turnout event could be even lower.  

So please please please PLEASE get out there and vote....

- 4th Street News, the Bridgeport Banner, and Jon at My Left Nutmeg all have posts on what Jim's primary opponent is up to today.

Keep it going: Get out the vote.

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by: tparty @ Tue Aug 12, 2008 at 19:36:36 PM UTC

News flash!!! Whitnum sighting! (0.00 / 0)

News at 11! What to my wondering eyes should appear but a blond-headed ditz darting in and out of traffic at the southbound exit for the Trumbull Mall on the Merritt at around 1:30 pm. I kid you not. Ms. Whitnum was scampering from car to car handing out something to the hapless drivers stopped at the light. I wish I had a camera.

The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

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by: connecticutyankee @ Tue Aug 12, 2008 at 19:43:52 PM UTC

Lots of Non-4th District Residents (0.00 / 0)

go to the Trumbull Mall.  Probably a complete waste of time.

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by: Jon Kantrowitz @ Tue Aug 12, 2008 at 19:53:04 PM UTC

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Which included me apparently. n/t (0.00 / 0)

The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

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by: connecticutyankee @ Tue Aug 12, 2008 at 19:59:35 PM UTC

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Jim Himes captures 92% of the vote (0.00 / 0)

U.S. House District 4 - DEM
98 of 125 precincts - 78 percent

(X) Jim Himes 8,602 - 92 percent
Lee Whitnum 795 - 8 percent

Lee Whitnum was spotted earlier today literally begging for votes in Trumbull, as cars whizzed by. About 1/6 of her votes were from there.

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by: Scarce @ Wed Aug 13, 2008 at 02:27:29 AM UTC