2010 U.S. Midterm Elections

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Something To Be Thankful For: Kamala Harris Wins CA Attorney General’s Race

November 24th, 2010 | 1 comment | Posted by Diana

So what if police-endorsed Steve Cooley declared victory in California’s race for Attorney General on November 2? The ballots kept coming in and continued to be counted, revealing that the person who most Californians punched in for was in fact Kamala Harris.

This morning, Cooley called Harris to concede and congratulate her on her victory. Campaign consultant Kevin Spillane told LAT:

“Frankly the margin is just too great to be made up with the votes that remain to be counted.”

Which means that the state has elected both a Governor and Attorney General who stand fully behind LGBT equality and will refuse to defend Prop 8 in court. Perhaps now, California has a shot at shedding its reputation as one of this country’s most shametarded states. Perhaps.

[via LAT]

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One Sad Thing About Midterm Elections 2010 [Ironic Headline Alert]

November 3rd, 2010 | 2 comments | Posted by Diana

If there’s one thing we Californiasians should be bummed about, it’s that Prop 19–the initiative to legalize and regulate marijuana in our state–didn’t pass.

Which means, among many things, that we will not be able to start serving cannabis cookies at family functions in order to force our Hardass Asian aunts into being slightly less awkward, perhaps… almost… warm.

And that California, for all of its Wild West-ness and reputation for progressive mantras, has proven in just two election cycles–by attempting to snuff out gay marriage and recoiling from legal pot–that the state is really just an uptight asshole. It wears a tweed dress jacket from Talbots. It should really smoke some weed.

More importantly, the inability to pass Prop 19 means that we will sadly not be seeing more of Lynn Chen as a stoner:

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The Morning After

November 3rd, 2010 | 8 comments | Posted by Diana

The election hangover can be so much worse than, say, a Halloween hangover (damn you, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Jägermeister), birthday hangover (So how many Cazadores shots was that?), pizza party hangover (Pabst), DISGRASIAN meeting hangover (Scotch), DISGRASIAN off-the-clock hangover (Armagnac), even the I’m-crashing-this-UCLA-frat-party-even-though-I’m-41-and-not-named-Tyler-because-I’m-drunk-from-small-plastic-cups-of-Chardonnay-at-a-KCRW-event-at-The-Hammer hangover.

And last night was a doozy, comparable to a DISGRASIAN meeting on performance-enhancing drugs (Let’s just say it was a two-bottle night).

Guys, the country is BLEEDING:

House 2010 Election results from Politico: Just think, it's like buying a whole new home (that we lived in two years ago and tried to have condemned because it was a shitty dump)!!!

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I need a drink.

[Politico: Full 2010 Election Coverage]

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Let’s Take Over Everything: Vote In 2010

October 8th, 2010 | 3 comments | Posted by Diana

Not convinced you should be voting on November 2′s midterm elections? After all, we’re not voting for the President, right? Right?

Not to be a dick or anything, but if you’re sleeping through this election cycle, WAKE UP. These promise to be some of the most pivotal elections in modern history, and if you haven’t noticed, times in this country are not good. No matter where you stand on the issues, you will be feeling the impact of these votes, so for the love of Pete, get involved. You don’t want to wake up on November 3 pissed off at the world when you should be pissed at yourself.

If you aren’t registered to vote, register here, here or here.

Don’t know who to vote for? Try the simple Glassbooth quiz to find out which candidates most closely align with your beliefs.

And if you can’t summon the energy to vote, let our friend Beau Sia take a crack at convincing you:

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