{"id":5234,"date":"2009-09-06T00:11:26","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T04:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2009-09-06T00:11:26","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T04:11:26","slug":"60th-district-house-race-update-4-final-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/06\/60th-district-house-race-update-4-final-update\/","title":{"rendered":"60th District House Race \u2013 Update #4 (Final update)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last update: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/30\/60th-district-house-race-%E2%80%93-update-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">60th District House Race \u2013 Update #3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Game over.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Time&#8217;s up and there was no replacement candidate to take over Dave Guill&#8217;s (relatively) last-minute withdrawal. James Edmunds will win by default. <\/p>\n<p>The only fun in this race will be to see who everybody blames for the Democratic debacle.<\/p>\n<p>Sigh&#8230; and we had high hopes for this campaign.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last update: 60th District House Race \u2013 Update #3<\/p>\n<p>Game over.<\/p>\n<p> [&#8230;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[63,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halifax-county","category-politicscentral","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pwqFk-1mq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5091,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/22\/60th-district-house-race-update-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5234,"position":0},"title":"60th District House Race &#8211; Update #2","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"August 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Update: 60th District House Race - Update #1 So what's changed in this race? James Edmunds (R) - He's picked up a few endorsements from small groups so far. He's proceeding along in this race quite steadily and making no mistakes. Dave Guill (D) - Is anybody home here?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;OpinionCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"OpinionCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/opinioncentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4804,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/26\/60th-district-house-race-update-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":5234,"position":1},"title":"60th District House Race &#8211; Update #1","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"July 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Clarke Hogan isn't running for reelection, so let's take a look at the upcoming election. James Edmunds (R) - Ups: Name recognition, organized grassroots, good at fundraising, political experience. Downs: Asinine uranium position, land-use tax controversy. Dave Guill (D): Ups: Political experience. Downs: No fundraising, no campaign activity. Thoughts: This\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;OpinionCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"OpinionCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/opinioncentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5166,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/30\/60th-district-house-race-update-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":5234,"position":2},"title":"60th District House Race \u2013 Update #3","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"August 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Update: 60th District House Race - Update #2 So what's changed in this race? Everything. Dave Guill dropped out of the race this weekend leaving Edmunds by himself (for now). Let's look at who could replace him on the ticket. People with previously declared interests: Ted Bennett - He's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Halifax County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Halifax County","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/halifax-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8020,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2013\/10\/24\/60th-district-house-race-update-2-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5234,"position":3},"title":"60th District House Race \u2013 Update #2","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"October 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This really isn't a race. James Edmunds will win and win big. Here's what we wrote for Update #1... Recap: Incumbent James Edmunds is running against a challenger that has been invisible. Notes since last update: Edmunds: Does it matter? OK, fine. 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