Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
... reports are unreliable and are not good barometers of a person's insurability," said state Sen. Martha Scott, D-Highland Park. "I believe insurance companies use this method to cherry-pick the more financially attractive customers and to punish our low-income consumers."The industry disagreed and said customers receiving discounts for good credit scores will pay higher premiums if...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
... requiring candidates for Congress to actually live in the district they wish to represent. Had Martha Scott not run, Mary Waters could easily have won this race. If even 15% of Scott's votes went to Waters, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick would be out of a job. Instead, we will have two more years of a congresswoman whose top campaign contributors include the political action committee...
The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
In the most-watched primary of the night, Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI 13) eked by two well-known Dems in a contest that centered on Kilpatrick’s scandal-plagued son, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D). Kilpatrick defeated ex-state Rep. Mary Waters (D) and state Sen. Martha Scott (D), 39-36-25%. Waters ran the more aggressive campaign, as she began running TV ads early in the...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... Congressional District reporting.Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (i) 19,981 - 39%Mary Waters 18,643 - 36%Martha Scott 12,835 - 25%That sounds like a pretty convincing margin for Kilpatrick this late in the tally. Todd Spangler1:30 a.m.: Kilpatrick remains confident, despite incomplete numbersCarolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick seems to know something we don’t.She declared victory in the primary shortly...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
She had a money advantage of nearly $500,000 and 12 years of seniority under her belt, but U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick couldn't break 40% of the vote Tuesday.While 20,906 votes -- 38.9% of the total ballots cast -- were enough for Kilpatrick to claim victory in the Democratic primary election against state Sen. Martha Scott and former state Rep. Mary Waters, it may foreshadow...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
... margin over former state Rep. Mary Waters was only about 1,700 votes. If state Sen. Martha Scott, who's a well-known name in the 13th Congressional District even if she's not a resident, had not run and pulled 25% of the vote, Kilpatrick, 63, might be looking today at a congressional pension instead of a paycheck. She got thumped in all but one of the suburbs in the district, and...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... votes.Considering turnout, that’s an OK margin – but another 25% of the vote went to state Sen. Martha Scott, who doesn’t even live in the 13th District. If opposition to Kilpatrick had coalesced behind either Waters or Scott, there could have been a different turnout Tuesday night. Taken together, Waters and Scott collected 32,463 votes compared to 20,888.That imagainary...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... votes.Considering turnout, that’s an OK margin – but another 25% of the vote went to state Sen. Martha Scott, who doesn’t even live in the 13th District. If opposition to Kilpatrick had coalesced behind either Waters or Scott, there could have been a different turnout Tuesday night. Taken together, Waters and Scott collected 32,463 votes compared to 20,888.That imagainary...
LSJ Blogs: Capitol Journal (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Seriously, where was everyone? Not at the polls, that's for sure. But despite the anemic turnout, we learned some important lessons Tuesday. Pick a challenger and stick with them Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick barely survived a three-way primary against Mary Waters and Martha Scott. Voters went against Cheeks Kilpatrick by more than 60 percent, but Waters and Scott split her opposition....
Anderson@Large (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... or 39.1 percent, former state Rep. Mary Waters had 19,183 votes, or 36 percent, and state Sen. Martha Scott garnered 13,280 votes, or 24.9 percent. The margin of victory was 1,705 votes. The low turnout , roughly 13 percent, and the slim victory may foreshadow problems for other congressional incumbents. A new Gallup poll found: In a year when approval of Congress has reached a new...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... reporting, Kilpatrick had 20,888 votes, or 39.1% and Waters had 19,183 votes, or 36%. State Sen. Martha Scott was in third place with 13,280 votes, or 24.9%, according to the Associated Press.Waters had not conceded as of early this morning. The Associated Press reported that a message seeking comment was left on her cell phone after it declared Kilpatrick the winner.
BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... all precincts reporting, Kilpatrick had 39.1 percent of the vote to Waters’ 36 percent. State Sen. Martha Scott had 24.9 percent. Kilpatrick will be heavily favored in the November general election against Republican Edward Gubics because the district is heavily Democratic. Kilpatrick had faced little opposition since first getting elected to the House in 1996 after nearly two decades...
Top Stories (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... margin (38 to 37 percent). The presence of a third candidate on the ballot, state senator Martha Scott, split the anti-Kilpatrick vote and is helping the congresswoman hold a plurality of the vote.The Detroit Free Press is reporting that most of the remaining precincts are from inner-city Detroit, where Kilpatrick has performed strongest. The early tallies from the more affluent Detroit...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... a three-way congressional primary against former state Rep. Mary Waters of Detroit and state Sen. Martha Scott of Highland Park. (GARY MALERBA/AP) RELATED CONTENT• • •
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... had 37.9 percent of the vote to former state Rep. Mary Waters' 37.6 percent and state Sen. Martha Scott's 24.9 percent.
Kilpatrick declared victory before cheering supporters shortly before 1 a.m. "A close race, down to the wire, only one winner. Thanks. I accept," she said.
Waters, however, refused to concede, saying the race was too close to call. "This was a David versus...
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Cheeks-Kilpatrick & Sen Martha Scott
Sen Martha Scott was not in the 13th District yet she was asked to run? The Democratic party is up to it's old tricks and they wanted to keep Cheeks-k...
Disgusted - (not a member) - 08/06/2008