Out Of Stater Tater: The lawsuit raised a lot of questions about how Dan (of the County) keeps house, fair or not. The stories over the last few days about his office failing to disburse revenues just reinforced those doubts.

• Democratic County Clerk Dan English was unseated by Republican Cliff Hayes last night -- 24,935 (60.49%) to 16,290 (39.51%), with 41,225 votes cast.

Question: Was Dan's defeat simply a matter of the Republican tidal wave? Or did he suffer from the drawn Brannon election challenge and/or newspaper disclosures re: failed disbursements over the last couple of weeks?