MinimumWage. 

One unambiguous outcome of the 2006 midterm elections is that every time a proposal to raise the minimum wage appeared on the ballot, it won.

This outcome may be liable to downplaying or dismissal in the smoke and mirrors of who’s-up-who’s-down, but minimum wage initiatives swept all six states proposing them -- Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and Ohio.

The results were no razor thin margins. Arizona, previously with no law establishing a minimum wage, voted for its Proposition 202 66% to 34%. Missouri approved its initiative 75.9% to 24.1%. Montana passed both ...   more »