Wednesday, February 6, 2008
With results nearly complete, it appears that Project White House candidate Sandy Whitehouse defeated former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel in yesterday's Arizona presidential primary.
As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, Whitehouse had 554 votes to Gravel's 273.
Project White House candidates Edward Dobson and Richard Grayson also outpolled Gravel. Dobson had 338 votes, while Grayson narrowly edged out Gravel with 287 votes.
Gravel was the only so-called "mainstream candidate" who took an interest in Project White House after Senior Campaign Manager Jim Nintzel sent a final invite in December to every candidate who made the ballot.
In a brief conversation, a member of Gravel's campaign expressed concern that the Project White House candidates were too "low-tier" for Gravel to associate himself with.
The tally as it stands with a small percentage of votes left to be counted:
Republicans
John McGrath: 426
Frank McEnulty: 281
Sean "CF" Murphy: 223
James Mitchell: 162
David Ruben: 95
Michael Shaw: 57
Bob Forthan: 66
Charles Skelley: 44
Rick Outzen: 44
Rhett Smith: 37
Democrats
Sandy Whitehouse: 554
Edward Dobson: 338
Richard Grayson: 287
Karl Krueger: 253
Frank Lynch: 224
William Campbell: 215
Chuck See: 209
Doctress Neutopia (aka Libby Hubbard): 174
Michael Oatman: 167 Rich Lee: 148
Peter "Simon" Bollander: 136
Tish Haymer: 95
Orion Karl Daley: 80
Leland Montell: 79