elections

Truckers react: Obama wins ’12 election

James Jaillet | November 07, 2012

Election: Romney loses the race, but wins with trucking Most commenters on Overdrive's Facebook page were not thrilled to hear news that incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama had been re-elected and were quite vocal on where they stood ...

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Trucking contributions heavily favor Romney, GOP

Jill Dunn | November 07, 2012

The trucking industry as a whole contributed $7.8 million in campaign contributions this election season, and 85 percent of it went to Republican candidates — the largest percentage since 1990. The GOP's presidential candidate, former Massachusetts ...

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Barack Obama wins re-election

Overdrive Staff | November 06, 2012

In picking up a big chunk of large swing states like Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, President Barack Obama has been re-elected, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney Tuesday. Overdrive will be covering several facets of Tuesday's ...

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Trucking and the election: What you need to know

James Jaillet | November 06, 2012

Along with an electoral map in which you can test different outcomes of the election to see how your candidate of choice is fairing, a live Twitter feed and links to coverage from national press, ...

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Trucking campaign donations heavily favor GOP

Jill Dunn | September 24, 2012

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is the top recipient of overall contributions from trucking industry groups. Carriers, truck rental companies and truck and trailer manufacturers have provided $380,035 to the former Massachusetts governor. Separate from that, ...