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From the LP blog.

The following Libertarians won their elections on November 3:

Karen Richardson was re-elected to the City Council in John’s Creek, Georgia.

Roger Fritz was elected Mayor of Roland, Iowa.

Bill Lynn was elected as an Alderman in Davenport, Iowa.

Nick Taiber got 46% running for City Council in Cedar Falls, Iowa, so he advances to a runoff on December 1.

Andy LeCureaux was re-elected to the City Council in Hazel Park, Michigan.

Dan Halloran was elected to the New York City Council in District 19 (Queens). He was cross-nominated by the Republican, Conservative, Independent and Libertarian parties.

John McAlister was re-elected to the City Council in Gahanna, Ohio.

Michael J. Robertson was elected Supervisor in Licking Township, Pennsylvania.

Berlie R. Etzel was elected Constable in Ashland Township, Pennsylvania.

Timothy A. Russell was elected Mayor in Emlenton Borough, Pennsylvania.

Larry Allen Boyle was elected Mayor in Polk Borough, Pennsylvania.

James Fryman was elected Auditor in Victory Township, Pennsylvania.

Paula L. Meddings and Chad M. Roberts were both elected to the Borough Council of Houston, Pennsylvania.

Susan Haythornthwaite was elected Auditor of Abbott Township, Pennsylvania.

Cathy A. Beeman was elected Auditor of Waterford Township, Pennsylvania.

Randall R. Schwabenbauer was elected Oil City Area School Director in Pennsylvania.

The Working Families Party of New York has hired Judith Kaye to review its practices regarding New York campaign finance laws. Kaye is in private practice now but she was recently a justice on New York state’s highest state court, the Court of Appeals. See this story.

On November 3, the two Virginia state legislators who were running for re-election were re-elected. They are Lacey Putney in the 19th district, and Watkins M. Abbitt in the 59th district.

Putney was re-elected with 64.1% of the vote. His only opponents were a Democrat, Lewis Medlin, who got 20.6%, and a Constitution Party candidate, Will Smith, who got 15.1%.

Watkins Abbitt was unopposed.

Another independent candidate, Gordon Helsel, lost to his Republican opponent, but placed ahead of his Democratic opponent. The vote in the 91st district was: Republican Tom Gear 48.3%, independent Gordon Helsel 32.6%, Democrat Sam Eure 19.0%.

During a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the president awarded two Purple Hearts.

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Jonathan Weisman reports on the White House.

The White House did a lot for freshman Rep. John Adler of New Jersey.

President Barack Obama flew him aboard Air Force One to a rally late last month for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine’s re-election. And White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel personally intervened on his behalf to secure an amendment to a House bill to exempt small businesses from some of the strictures of the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate governance law.

But in an interview, Adler said he didn’t see those actions as connected to his vote on health care – which will be no.

“I think they’re three unrelated things,” he said.

“I’ve been clear on my position since June 19, when the framework of the health care bill came out,” he said. “I expressed strong concern that the bill did not have cost-containment.”

It still doesn’t, he said, adding his name today to the growing list of firm Democratic “no’s.”

The White House press secretary responds to Republican contentions about the health care bill.

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