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Jefferson County Republicans are jubilant while Democrats are anxious after presidential election results come in by Andy Hallman FAIRFIELD – Republicans across the country were in a celebratory mood
Tuesday night as results showed former President Donald Trump as the likely
victor in the presidential race, plus Republican majorities in the House and
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National media outlets gave
Trump a high probability of winning the election based on the ballots that
had been counted Tuesday, and early Wednesday morning, some of them had
declared Trump the winner. At 5 a.m. Wednesday, The New York Times issued a
breaking report that Trump had won. In Fairfield, Republicans and
Democrats gathered at their respective headquarters for watch parties that
lasted late into the night. At the Orpheum Theatre on West Broadway, the
mood at the Jefferson County Democrats’ headquarters was tense. By 9 p.m.
Tuesday, the race was still up in the air, but it was evident that Trump was
out-performing his vote totals from 2020, while Harris was receiving fewer
votes than President Joe Biden did four years ago. |
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Under Obituaries (for the
Democrats) Jefferson cation on the south side of the Fairfield square, the Jefferson County
Republicans were glued to the television, watching a livestream of Benny
Johnson’s “The Benny Show” report the state results as they came in.
Jefferson County Republican Vice Chair Matthew Rowe said about 30 people
showed up at the headquarters, and their spirits were lifted “seeing states
turning red across the country.” Perna said he was highly active in the campaign, purchasing Trump signs to give away to anyone who wanted them. He volunteers with a group called Iowa Canvassing that seeks transparent and accountable elections. Earlier this year, he and others in the group challenged 67 names that were on the voter rolls in Jefferson County because they were no longer residents of the county, and he said all of those challenges were accepted by Jefferson County Elections Clerk Abbie DeKleine. Fairfield resident Joseph Perna attended Tuesday’s Republican watch party
and was jubilant as Trump’s chances of winning climbed higher and higher.
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“The biggest element in
voter fraud is dirty voter rolls,” Perna said, explaining why he believed
purging ineligible voters from the rolls was important. “That way, cheating
becomes very hard.” Fairfield resident Rick Shaddock also attended the Republicans’ watch party, and he said that he had just finished a day of volunteering as a poll watcher at Ward 2, which was moved from the former Lincoln School to the Jefferson County Engineer’s Office. Shaddock said he was glad to see Trump win and that he believes Trump is the true “peace candidate” who can end the war in Ukraine. At the Jefferson County Democrats’ headquarters, several people felt that the fate of democracy was at stake. Fairfield resident Michael Morgan said he knows what it’s like to live in an autocracy because he taught in Moscow. “Once you become a dictatorship, they don’t leave,” he said. “If you look at Hitler, Mussolini or Stalin, they find a way to stay in power.” Resident Lenore Jones remarked that “everyone who watches Trump knows he’s not fit for this office,” and that the news his supporters watch is “mostly Putin propaganda.” She added that the “only time he did any work” was on Jan. 6, 2021, but otherwise “played golf and sold secrets.” Resident Ryan Miller said he was worried about Trump turning the country into a “fascist government.” “He has complete immunity, and he’d be able to erode the rights of Americans,” Miller said. Resident Rich Sims said he liked Harris as a candidate and her platform about “democracy working for everybody.” “I’m worried about inequality, about people living below the poverty level, and about becoming a country of oligarchs,” he said. Call Andy Hallman at 641-575-0135 or email him at andy.hallman@southeastiowaunion.com |
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The Jefferson County Democrats hosted an election watch party Tuesday, Nov 5
in the Orpheum Theatre where they watched results come in on the theater's
big screen.
Pictures from left are Linda Bingham, Sabrina Odessa, Rich Sims, and Lenore Jones. (Andy Hallman/The Union) |
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