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Elections Returns Thread

by BooMan
Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 07:34:41 PM EST

I'm tired tonight. I think I'll just put up an elections returns thread and discuss things in the comments.

Virginia: Board of Elections | Virginian-Pilot
New Jersey: Division of Elections
New York: State Board of Elections
Maine: Bureau of Elections | WMTW-TV

Elections Returns Thread | 29 comments (29 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Elections Returns Thread (4.00 / 2)

For Maine, Bangor Daily News seems to have better-updated results than your links.

by RandyH on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 08:45:01 PM EST

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Now that it is over, I'm willing to say that I can't think of any state where the Democrats deserved to lose more than New Jersey. Winning there would have prevented the party from doing much needed soul-searching, and the only reason I'm not happy Corzine lost is that Cristie is a Rovian shitpig prosecutor who belongs in jail.

by BooMan on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:26:40 PM EST

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Yep, what Booman said.

by conglomerNation on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:29:09 PM EST
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NJ consequence (none / 0)

It's gonna scare the crap out of moderates, and the public option, if it survives, will be a trigger option, not a real option.

by dataguy on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:32:21 PM EST
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Re: NJ consequence (none / 0)

Public option? Trigger? As a follow-up act to last week's stunt--when he knew he didn't have the votes for a public option--Harry Reid announced today that a bill may not be ready THIS YEAR, which means they are killing reform altogether! Last week was a stunt to appeal to the base. Today was a rare act of truth telling to appeal to independents. November 4, 2009 thru November 4, 2010 will be about ANTI BIG GOVERNMENT INDEPENDENTS, INDEPENDENTS, INDEPENDENTS!

by NMP on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 11:14:52 PM EST
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Yeah, but we get "Taliban Bob" instead. I am not sure which is worse.

by ericy on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 10:32:27 PM EST
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Wash. State so far has Referendum 71 - an "everything but marriage" gay rights law passed by the state legislature that our local Christian homophobes got on the ballot - passing narrowly, which would mean a win for gay rights. (A similar measure a decade ago got trounced.) For some reason WA's gay issue has gotten a lot less attention than ME's. The other good news is that I-1033, a draconian, TABOR-like statewide anti-tax initiative, is going down in flames, losing even in the conservative rural counties.

by Geov Parrish on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 12:49:48 AM EST

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Some exit poll data.

by BooMan on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 07:40:15 PM EST

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Some media have called the Virginia race for the Pat Robertson dude.

by BooMan on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 08:03:04 PM EST

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What's the over/under on when he's caught with his pants down?

by Bob In Pacifica on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 12:31:19 AM EST
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Jersey results.

by BooMan on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 08:40:21 PM EST

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So far, so good in Maine on both gay marriage and medical marijuana.

by BooMan on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 09:16:00 PM EST

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One bright spot tonight. Democrats, regardless of office, are crushing in Pennsylvania.

by BooMan on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 09:21:22 PM EST

Charlotte NC Mayor (none / 0)

164 of 169 precincts reporting.

Anthony Foxx (DEM)51.57%
John W. Lassiter (REP) 48.36%

by ILuvChez17 on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 09:59:45 PM EST

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Weird. They called the NYC mayor's race for Bloomberg and the Democrat conceded, but they have now retracted the call for Bloomberg and the results so far are neck and neck,

by BooMan on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 09:59:46 PM EST

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I've been watching that HBO documentary on Obama's run for president for a while now and just realized things got interesting again, so I have paused it while I get my updates.

Shame about New Jersey, but Booman's probably right. Dems need to pull together and work as a team if they don't want to lose it all next year. We need to actually achieve some goals over the next year. Healthcare, climate change, gay rights, immigration, tax the rich, etc...

Maine's maesure 1 is looking positively SCARY at how close it is coming along. It really is like a coin flip. And that's the most important thing on any ballot today.

by RandyH on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 11:21:36 PM EST

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Dems need to pull together and work as a team if they don't want to lose it all next year. We need to actually achieve some goals over the next year. Healthcare, climate change, gay rights, immigration, tax the rich, etc...

these democrats? Randyh, wake up, you're havign a fever dream and typing in your sleep!

not gonna happen. not with these democrats.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 09:15:57 AM EST
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What truly should be the story of the night is how damn close Bloomberg came to losing with low Black vote turnout against a Black candidate with no establishment or local king maker support and outspent by a measure I don't have an apt term for. Someone explain that!

by NMP on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 11:24:45 PM EST

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Maybe not all New Yorkers like the man who bought New York

by observer393 on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 12:03:10 AM EST
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He has solid approval ratings. I think it says a lot about Americans attitudes toward rich folks who don't play by the rules. While I think the so-called tea bagger movement is pure bull shit, I think there is some real populist anger simmering out there. That's my take away from tonight.

by NMP on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 12:34:38 AM EST
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Woo-hoo. we got 2 new wingnuts on our local school board. Creationism and anti-gay hate to go with those NCLB warnings, anyone?

When I was voting today, some woman proudly proclaimed that she used to vote for individual candidates, but in the past few years, she had begun voting straight ticket -Republican.

I laughed when one of our local Dems said to her "Oh, do you want Bush back?"

Apparently so.

"Little people are very stuff-intensive."

by CabinGirl on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 11:41:34 PM EST

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Shame on you and the rest of the Progblogs.
Garamendi (D) 56% v. Harner (R) 39% with 28.57% reporting.

"Coach Leary, walking on water wasn't built in a day" -Kerouac

by poicephalus (tribalidentity@gmail.com) on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 11:49:02 PM EST

Yeah, cuz, you know (none / 0)

Washington State doesn't exist, and we're not voting on gay rights issues or anything.

(and my wife's not trailing by 5 measly votes,but that's an aside.)

by Pen on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 12:44:19 AM EST

NY 23 Owens Projected to Win (none / 1)

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Will dampen the Rats celebration ... Owens - 60,458 (49%) and Hoffman 56,174 (46%) with 88% precincts reporting. A major upset and a lesson overall tonight the voter is always right and won't be fooled. Most important to GOTV, the votes must be cast.

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

by Oui on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 01:22:57 AM EST

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23rd shows blue streak --Democrat ends 150-year Republican reign with victory over Conservative
http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/509564.html?nav=5008

by priscianus jr on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 05:59:36 AM EST
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Re: NY 23 Owens Projected to Win (none / 1)

Cast and, hopefully, counted.
Apparently, this is the final year for the trusty lever machines still operating in some NY localities.

by wilderness wench on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 11:17:45 AM EST
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Just got back from a movie (none / 1)

And now I see the results of tonight:

VA-Gov - Rethugs win
NJ-Gov - Rethugs win (this sucks, but Corzine must have screwed up to make voters hate him that much)

NY-23 - Democrat wins!?! WTF? I thought the teabaggers had this one solid. Nice to see voters in that district are somewhat sane.

MAINE 1 - Losing. That really sucks. As a Californian, I saw this happen in my state last year. Christian nuts scare the hell out of middle-aged and older voters with claims of gay marriage being taught to schoolchildren. So disgusting and dispiriting. This must be how civil rights activists felt during defeats in the 40s and 50s.

by existenz on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 02:10:11 AM EST

MAINE 1 - Losing (none / 0)

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Maine's gay marriage opponents recruited Frank Schubert, the p.r. strategist behind last year's Proposition 8 advertisements in California, to employ his signature tricks--including telling voters that, if the law remains as it is, gay marriage will be taught to schoolchildren.

See my diary - Maine's Shame

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

by Oui on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 04:06:50 AM EST
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Re: MAINE 1 - Losing (none / 1)

Now the legal case against Prop Hate in Cali becomes more important. A state referendum to take away rights seems unconstitutional to me, let's see how the courts rule.

by Bob In Pacifica on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 08:59:04 AM EST
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