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...those are just two of many theories floating around. Noting the victories of Ohio gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland and Pennsylvania Senate candidate Bob Casey, both of whom frequently discussed their faith, Jim Wallis, a liberal Christian minister who has advised Democrats to emphasize their religious values, wrote on his blog "when Democrats take a more morally sensible and centrist position on issues like abortion, they do better than liberal Democrats have done...
...Highlighting their religious values may have helped Casey and Strickland. But in the heated race to replace outgoing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Rep. Harold Ford of Tennessee showed up in some of his campaign ads in a church and was one of many conservative Democrats who emphasized their faith - and still lost. A strong, forceful position against the war, as the liberal bloggers called for, helped get a bunch of Democrats elected to the House and Senate. On the other hand, in a blue state like Connecticut, Ned Lamont, one of the bloggers' favorite candidates, lost...
...Meanwhile, in Ohio, Rep. Ted Strickland, a former Methodist minister, took the state’s governorship in a rout, marking the first time that Ohio has seen a Democratic chief since...
...Patrick, an African American, defeated Lt. Governor Kerry Healey in a fierce and ugly race in the Bay State, and Strickland, a longtime congressman, defeated Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, whose campaign was plagued by statewide G.O.P. scandals. Spitzer easily bested John Faso in New York State. The Republicans could point to victories in a few key states, including California, Texas and Florida...
...Particularly sweet for them was the fact that some of the biggest early winners were in Ohio, the state that handed George Bush the electoral votes he needed to win a second term in 2004. Democratic Congressman Ted Strickland was elected Ohio Governor over Republican Ken Blackwell, the secretary of state, in a top-of-the-ballot race that both sides expected to drive a Democratic sweep of that bellwether state. And Democratic Congressman Sherrod Brown defeated incumbent Republican Senator Michael DeWine...