Election Follow Up

According to The Gazette, Rod Blum won his house seat over challenger Monica Vernon in most of the precincts. Blum said that he is glad to be back in office because he has done what he has said that he would do: work on reforming Congress and balancing the budget. Vernon had called Blum to congratulate him and said that she would continue working on the issues that she campaigned for. This was a great win for Blum because this district is primarily a democratic. Blum has beat the demographics twice and has claimed his seat for the second term. This was also to a plus from Trump winning the state of Iowa.

Election Follow Up

According to The Gazette, Rod Blum won his house seat over challenger Monica Vernon in most of the precincts. Blum said that he is glad to be back in office because he has done what he has said that he would do: work on reforming Congress and balancing the budget. Vernon had called Blum to congratulate him and said that she would continue working on the issues that she campaigned for. This was a great win for Blum because this district is primarily a democratic. Blum has beat the demographics twice and has claimed his seat for the second term. This was also to a plus from Trump winning the state of Iowa.

TV ad Spending Doubles in the Final Week

According to CNN it has gotten data from Kantar Media/CMAG that Clinton has more than doubled her tv ad spending in the final week. She went from $14 million to $32.5 million. Kantar Media is a company that tracks campaign spending money. Clinton has been also buying more airtime in Florida, a must win state for Trump, and in blue states to block out trump ads. In the mean time the Republican National Committee placed its first ad buy spending $2.9 million in Florida, Michigan, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Iowa. Trump Has pledged to spend $25 million this week all the way to the election and $100 million since September. Some states are seeing ads for the first time or the second in a long time due to Trump's effort to win over undecided voters. Both campaign plan to air an ad during game 7 of the world series.

Early Voting Turnouts Hurt Clinton

According to Politico this past Sunday was the last day for early in-person voting for the state of Florida. Compared to 2012 there were significantly less African-American voters that voted early this year. thirteen percent of Florida is comprised of African-American voters and they typically cast about ninety percent of their  ballots as democrats. This year whites and mixed races have casted eighty percent and seventy-six percent of early ballots compared to 2012. Alcee Hastings, a prominent figure in Florida's African-American population, has told Clinton's aide that they need to put more money in the black community. He was told that someone would get back with him but no one did. Bottom line is that the Democratic party has relied heavily on the African-AMerican early vote and since this year it has been really low it allows for the Republicans to hang in the race a little longer.

Fox News Poll

According to a Fox News Poll on national job approval ratings, Congress hasn't reached an approval rating of fifty percent since February of 2009. This make me wonder how is congress rating so low and has it ever been higher than sixty-six percent. Congress' current approval rating is a staggering fourteen percent. This makes you wonder how will the general election turn out for Congress and what will their approval rating will be after a few months. President Bush's lowest rating was twenty-six percent. His approval rating leaving office was thirty-four percent. President Obama's approval rating is currently fifty-three percent and this overall percentage is right above the independents rating of the president.

"I had a feeling I was going to get shot"

Two weeks ago police sergeant Allen Brandt was shot in the line of duty after responding to report of shots fired. It was just passed midnight and he was inked with his four kids reading them a story. After he was finished with the story he told his wife and kids that he had a feeling that he was going to get shot. Later that night in the middle of the gun battle that was all sergeant Brandt could think about. Sergeant Brandt was wearing body armor and took a bullet in the chest. He also took five in a leg and a piece of shrapnel in an eye. After the surgery there were many complication which continued to deteriorate and died later that day. The criminal that was arrested had a lengthy criminal record and was charged with tampering with evidence, attempt of murder, vehicle theft, and firearm theft. The candlelit vigil was held outside of the Fairbanks Police department.

Pence Plane Crash

Governor Mike Pence was involved in a plane on crash on Thursday October 27, 2016. A full investigation was done and is still underway but the main cause of this crash was that there was bad weather. New York times report that it was racing very heavily Thursday night. The plane was coming in for a landing and over shot the runway. After running through an arrester bed, a section of crushable concrete at the end of the runway, the plane came to a full stop. Governor Pence said that everyone was ok and that he would get back on the campaign trail as soon as the next day. LaGuardia did have a major backup due to this incident. Both runways were closed for  two hours and then the undamaged on would open back up. The Port Authority of New York and NewJersey recommend all passengers scheduled for departures on Friday to check with their airlines for any changes.