Friday, December 7, 2012

Wynmyer loses re-election, Wainwright reclaims Senate seat

PORT BAY, Carova--Democratic-Reformist Sen. Julie Wynmyer has lost her bid for re-election to former Sen. Dan Wainwright (C).

Carova Secretary of State Ed Chassee reports Wainwright garnering 41% of the vote to Wynmyer's 37%. Nationalist Beki Salmon received 22%.

Wainwright did not win a majority of the vote, but in Carova, a candidate must only receive 40% of the vote to be declared the winner.

Had Wainwright fallen short of the 40% threshold, a run-off election between he and Wynmyer would have ensued.

In the end, Wainwright ended up receiving just over 100,000 more votes than Wynmyer, enough to give him an unambiguous victory.

Wynmyer made history in 2006, when she became the first Democratic-Reformist elected to the Senate from Carova since the 1930's. During the first four years of her term, the former teacher sided consistently with Conservatives. However, during the last two years of her tenure, she agreed to side with Nationalists, in exchange for a valuable committee position on the Senate Education Committee.

Her cooperation with the NAT angered Conservatives, who felt betrayed by her switching allegiance.

The mood was somber at Wynmyer's election night celebration in Port Bay in the southern part of the state. The one-term senator told her supporters she was disappointed but ready to concede.

"This is not the outcome we had hoped for, but it is a decisive outcome, and it is what the people of Carova want, and we have to respect that," Wynmyer said.

"I congratulate Dan Wainwright on his victory, and I hope that he will serve in a more independent and bipartisan fashion than he has alluded that he would serve during this campaign."

Wainwright, who held his election night festivities in his hometown of Carova City, thanked supporters and pledged to get Mavocke back on track.

"Thank you to all of you who waved signs, manned the phones, or just put a yard sign up in your front yard or a bumper sticker on your car. We delivered tonight," Wainwright said.

"The first thing I will do when I return to Mavocke in January is sit down with my fellow CNS senators and map out an agenda, and make a list of reasonable Nationalists we can work with to get something down in our nation's capital," he said.

Salmon, who was not officially backed by the Nationalist Senate Campaign Organization (NSCO), also thanked her supporters and admitted she did not expect to win.

"Sometimes you run anyway, even though you know it's an uphill climb and you know you probably won't win," she said at her campaign headquarters in Bruce Junction. "But I ran to highlight certain issues that I don't think get enough air time, and I ran to give voters a clear alternative to two unsuitable candidates," Salmon said.

Wainwright's victory is a bright spot for Carova Conservatives, whom have failed in recent Senate elections.

The senator-elect was elected to the Senate back in 2010, but soon after was removed from the Senate after the Senate Reduction Lottery of 2011.

When he takes office in January 2013, he will be the only CNS senator from the state of Carova, serving alongside three NAT members.

Wynmyer has not commented on her political future, telling the National Press Federation (NPF) she would like to enjoy some time with her family and friends following a brutal campaign season.

"You know, when life hands you lemons, you just have to make lemonade. And I'm looking forward to making lemonade out of this by spending some much-needed time with my grandkids and my friends."

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