{"id":797,"date":"2006-12-28T02:35:38","date_gmt":"2006-12-27T19:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=797"},"modified":"2006-12-28T02:36:32","modified_gmt":"2006-12-27T19:36:32","slug":"veterinarians-see-gains-in-06-elections-december-15-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/watching\/veterinarians-see-gains-in-06-elections-december-15-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterinarians see gains in &#8217;06 elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avma.org\/onlnews\/javma\/dec06\/061215a.asp\">Veterinarians see gains in &#8217;06 elections<\/a><br \/>\n<em>For more info click on above link<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This past November, voters elected veterinarians to represent their interests in Congress, one governor&#8217;s house, and several state legislatures.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-three veterinarians competed in the midterm elections Nov. 7. Veterinarians won 19 of those races, of whom 16 were incumbents and three were newcomers.<\/p>\n<p>In total, including veterinarians not on the ballot this past November, veterinarians hold two seats in the U.S. Senate, a governorship, and 23 spots in state legislatures throughout the nation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The increase in the number of veterinarians running for office and getting elected is a very positive development,&#8221; said Adrian Hochstadt, assistant director of the State Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Department of the AVMA Communications Division. &#8220;They serve as role models for those who will run in the future and show that veterinarians can make a difference by getting involved in public policy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These veterinarian legislators will help shape the important issues of our day while increasing the profession&#8217;s visibility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Drs. John Ensign and Sonny Perdue bucked voter frustration with Republicans and easily won re-election to the Senate representing Nevada and the Georgia governorship, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veterinarians see gains in &#8217;06 elections For more info click on above link This past November, voters elected veterinarians to represent their interests in Congress, one governor&#8217;s house, and several state legislatures. Twenty-three veterinarians competed in the midterm elections Nov. 7. Veterinarians won 19 of those races, of whom 16 were incumbents and three were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,31,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-veterinary-medicine","category-watching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}