Obama Creamed McCain in Tom Rust's District

By: Lowell
Published On: 11/9/2008 2:13:22 PM

If you thought the presidential election results were dire for Dave Albo, they're really rotten for Del. Tom Rust (R-86). Check out the results from Rust's district.

Barack Obama: 16,412 votes (61%)
John McCain: 10,630 votes (39%)

So, who's going to challenge Tom Rust next year? Jay Donahue redux, someone else, or what?  I just hope it's somebody good, because this district looks ripe for the picking.

Note: These figures do not include absentee or provisional ballots. If anything, including those would probably make matters even worse for McCain (and Rust).

P.S. Obviously, we're not going to get even close to the turnout next year that we got in 2008.  All I'm saying here is that districts like Rust's are POTENTIALLY vulnerable if Democrats run strong candidates. No, this isn't rocket science, but nonetheless I think it's worth reminding people.

Comments



Hamilton's 93rd (Newport News Dem - 11/9/2008 2:24:20 PM)
is even more lopsided, 62% and 7,000 votes after Kaine (56%) and Webb (55%) carried it as well.


Verrry interesting. (Lowell - 11/9/2008 2:46:12 PM)
We definitely need a challenger there.


Wow! (legacyofmarshall - 11/9/2008 4:18:52 PM)
That's far more D than even my home district - Margi Vanderhye's seat in the 34th - which went 17,045-14,759 or a mere 53.5% for Obama.  It did however go 62.3% for Mark Warner...

Also - any idea why there are so many fewer voters in Rust's district than in Albo's or Hugo's or Vanderhye's... ?