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Election Day Fallout: N.J. Voters Say No to Stem-Cell Research
Compiled by the DiversityInc staff
November 07, 2007
Click here to read DiversityInc's pre-election roundup of the issues important to DiversityInc readers. The results of Election Day 2007 are outlined below.
New Jersey voters rejected a ballot measure that would have authorized $450 million over 10 years to fund stem-cell research. It marked the first time in 17 years that New Jersey voters defeated any statewide ballot question, reports The New York Times.
The measure lost by a 53 percent to 47 percent margin, despite being heavily campaigned for by New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine. It was initially believed the measure would pass easily, the Times reports, but a coalition of anti-abortion activists and conservatives rallied in opposition of the measure late in the day.
In Utah, voters defeated a measure that would have instituted the nation's first statewide school-voucher program, which would have ensured tax dollars for private tuition regardless of how much the family earned, reports FoxNews.com. The proposal was controversial because instead of targeting low-income students in underperforming school districts, the vouchers would have been available to all regardless of income or school performance. The state was largely viewed as a national test case for how the voters would weigh in on school vouchers.
In Kentucky, Democrats captured the governor seat as Republican incumbent Ernie Fletcher lost his bid for reelection to Steve Beshear. In Mississippi, Gov. Haley Barbour won another term largely on the back of successful rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina. In Virginia, Democrats picked up four Republican seats in the state Senate while Republicans held control of the House, a shift that The New York Times reports could turn the state into a key player in the 2007 presidential contest.
Cities electing mayors yesterday included Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Houston, Salt Lake City and San Francisco, where Mayor Gavin Newsome, best known for opening City Hall to same-sex marriages six weeks into his first term, easily won a second term.
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