We have a Winner in the 2010 Senate Election Contest
Nov 24, 2010
The Council for a Livable World’s 2010 Senate contest officially ended November 16th, and we have a winner. Two winners, in fact.
The first prize winner of $100 goes to Jeremy Bratt, who works for Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota.
Jeremy only got two contests wrong. Both, coincidentally, were in Ohio - the race for Governor and the Ohio 16 House contest. The $100 will come in handy, because with his boss retiring at the end of the year, he needs a new job.
Perhaps he can now become a political wizard.
There was a five-way tie for second place of those who only predicted three contests incorrectly. Using the first tie breaker by correctly guessing that there would be 53 Democratic Senators in the new Senate, the second place winner was our own Guy Stevens, Chief Operating Officer of Council for a Livable World...but...
2008 Elections Contest Now Open
Oct 16, 2008
Polls today show Barack Obama leading John McCain in the presidential election, but will that lead remain? Will the Democrats have the sweep in the Senate and House of Representatives predicted by some political pundits? Will public disenchantment with incumbents in general instead cause upsets for both parties?
Here’s your chance to make your best guess – and win some money and notoriety while you do it.