Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Bartholomew will face Ben Jordan in Biereland governor race

BROOKINGS, Biereland -- As expected, Biereland Attorney General Ben Jordan easily won the Conservative nomination for governor in a tense three-way race.

Biereland's secretary of state reported Jordan winning with just 41% of the vote. Brookings Mayor Rich DeFrancesco trailed with 34% and former Sen. Bob Kozzy came in a distant third with 24%.

According to Biereland law, a candidate must receive at least 45% of the popular vote in a general election to win. But in a primary election, whichever candidate wins the most vote - even if they receive less than 45% - wins the nomination.

Jordan was expected to win the primary competition, although in recent weeks the race had been heating up following a highly-publicized war of words between Jordan and his most out-spoken rival, Bob Kozzy.

The very public back-and-forth between Jordan and Kozzy only increased tension between the two. And despite his best attempt, Rich DeFrancesco, who entered the race late, was unable to break into first place while his opponents' bickered.

Much of the disagreement between the two men came down to policy differences. Jordan, who has broad appeal among party establishment and conservative base voters, has focused his campaign on crime and public safety.

Meanwhile, Kozzy, who is fiscally conservative but socially moderate and has an admittedly libertarian bent, has focused his campaign on taxes, jobs and fighting corruption.

The former senator has been steadfast in his criticism of Jordan for being too cozy with party establishment, and lacking accountability.

Jordan has framed Kozzy as a quirky, eccentric left-wing liberal masquerading as a Conservative.

DeFrancesco, for his part, sought to portray himself as a compromise candidate - more conservative than Kozzy to appease the party base, but not as staunchly conservative and strong-headed as Ben Jordan.

DeFrancesco's plan looked good on paper, but failed to produce a win.

The Jordan campaign confirmed their candidate received a congratulatory call from Rich DeFrancesco. They could not confirm if they received a similar call from Bob Kozzy.

At his victory speech in Brantley, an eastern Brookings suburb, Ben Jordan wasted no time attacking his NAT opponent, Gov. San Bartholomew.

"This is the first step on the road to victory. Come this fall, we will take back Biereland. We will show San Bartholomew the door. And we will overturn all of his failed policies, from timber restrictions to taking away our gun rights, to same-sex marriage and marijuana legalization, and we'll overturn all of his devastating, burdensome tax hikes and red tape too," said a laughing, determined Jordan.

Neither same-sex marriage or marijuana have been legalized in Biereland, but a measure will be on the ballot this year seeking to legalize marijuana. And a same-sex marriage measure is being drafted for the 2016 elections, if it's not legalized before then by the state's legislature.

The Bartholomew campaign released a short, to-the-point statement:

"Bierelanders will have a very clear choice this fall when they go to the polls. They can elect a governor who believes in the common good and fighting for all Bierelanders, or they can elect a governor who panders to an ultra-conservative, right-wing electorate and wishes to impose his radical views on all our citizens. It's an obvious choice."

Polls have shown a close race between Bartholomew and Jordan heading into the fall election. Biereland is rated a "toss-up" state by most political analysts.

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