Candidates Who Dropped Out of Election Still Drew Votes

[demdave]

Independent Arianna Huffington, who dropped out of the race last week, received 42,051 votes with 97 percent of precincts reporting. The columnist's total was a far cry from Arnold Schwarzegger's more than 3.5 million votes, or even Green Party candidate Peter Camejo's roughly 206,000, but still better than former opponents who dropped out earlier.

Republican Peter Ueberroth, the former baseball commissioner, pulled in 21,235 votes despite giving up his candidacy nearly a month ago. He outdistanced less serious but still active candidates such as porn magnate Larry Flynt and former child star Gary Coleman, who got 14,938 votes and 12,394, respectively.

Republican businessman Bill Simon, who finished just behind Gov. Gray Davis in last year's election, dropped out of the recall election in August. This time partial returns showed him with 7,584 votes, in the same ballpark as porn star Mary Carey, with 9,660.


.....This is for info purposes only. I was wondering what the lesser celebrity's received. I guess I am just morbidly curious......

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAWNV4FJLD.html

[realFedUp]

1. Gary Coleman got 12,394 votes and Mary Carey got 9,660 ?

I guess this was a joke to some people....

[jamesinca]

2. here is a link that should answer that question

it is to the Secretary of State site. It list everything about the recall. http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/

[nini]

5. So,.. Gary Coleman DID beat Bill Simon

hahahhahahhahha

[shanti]

3. just goes to show you

how ignorant and misinformed most american voters are. shoot, they voted for a dead person in missouri over asscrack!

[demdave]

4. That elitist attitude did us no good in the last three elections.

Isn't it time to bury the insultive tones, or do you just want to sit and complain about how all the inferiors don't understand the REAL issues at hand?

[Braden]

6. I dont think you can call Missouri Voters Ignorant or Misinformed

think about it.

They voted for a Dead Guy over Richard Aschcroft.

Sounds like they knew exactly what the F*** they were doing.

[MaryBear]

7. Even adding all these votes,

Ahnold still would win. He was ahead by some 500,000 votes, last I looked. A sizable group of Californians supported him, or the image he projected, unfortunately.