Talk:Francine Busby

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[edit] 2006 Race; Separate Article

Should we move some of the stuff (at least the big table) from this article to an article that's called something like "Congressional Election, 2006, CA-50" ? That way, the articles on Bilbray, et al, can also reference it. Thoughts? -- Sholom 17:48, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I see that a separate article already exists, and so I moved the primary results over there. See California 50th congressional district special election, 2006 -- Sholom 16:33, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oddity in election returns

Does anyone understand why the California Secretary of State shows Bilbray with fewer votes than Busby, yet newspapers list a different set of numbers first (only for District 50) showing Bilbray winning, followed by separate sets of vote counts for each political party taken from (an earlier update of) the Secretary of State's site? And why is District 50 the only one with a separate set of non-partisan vote totals listed first and all the other districts only have the separate sets of counts for each party? Neow 07:03, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I think I do. I think the first page you are pointing to are for the simulatneous primary that was held on the same day for the November election. To recap: on June 6, there were two elections: (a) to fill Cunningham's seat immediately; and (b) a primary for the upcoming November general election. I guess we need to make our article more clear, eh? That's why my comment, above, that I think we need a separate article just to explain this election (and to put the detailed results in there). -- Sholom 13:07, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I see, you're right. Here's the page at the Sec. of State with the "special general" election results. Thanks! Neow 16:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)