# Two Arizona House Races too close to call. **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 7, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-arizona-house-races-too-close-to-call/640235 "2012-11-07T16:35:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-arizona-house-races-too-close-to-call/640235/1 "2012-11-07T16:35:37Z")
I’ve been watching the Ron Barber race because he was picked by Gabby Giffords after her shooting. The R’s may pick up an extra seat if McSally wins. The other race I haven’t been following. I wonder how many other House seats are still undecided? Any Senate races still counting their votes? > **[Outcome of McSally-Barber, Kirkpatrick-Paton races may be days away](https://www.insidetucsonbusiness.com/news/outcome-of-mcsally-barber-kirkpatrick-paton-races-may-be-days/article_0d29c538-28dd-11e2-8cfd-001a4bcf887a.html)** > > The outcome of election races in two Congressional districts that include Southern Arizona appear to be days away from deciding as up to 400,000 provisional ballots are processed. > [@](#): > > The outcome of election races in two Congressional districts that include Southern Arizona appear to be days away from deciding as up to 400,000 provisional ballots are processed. > > With all voting precincts in Congressional District 2 reporting, Republican Martha McSally held a razor thin margin of just 1,312 votes – 0.6 of a point – over Democrat Ron Barber. > > And with all but two precincts reporting in Congressional District 1, Ann Kirkpatrick was 6,704 votes – a 3.3 percent margin – ahead of Republican Jonathan Paton. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-arizona-house-races-too-close-to-call/640235/2 "2012-11-07T16:45:16Z")
I think N. Dakota is the last remaining Senate race. The Dem is ahead, but by a very small margin, and so a recount seems likely. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-arizona-house-races-too-close-to-call/640235/3 "2012-11-07T19:24:15Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > I think N. Dakota is the last remaining Senate race. The Dem is ahead, but by a very small margin, and so a recount seems likely. Or not. The last Senate race was just decided in favour of the Democrat. The new Senate will have a 55 member Democratic caucus. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-arizona-house-races-too-close-to-call/640235/4 "2012-11-07T19:30:20Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Or not. The last Senate race was just decided in favour of the Democrat. The new Senate will have a 55 member Democratic caucus. That’s without the 2 independents, right? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-arizona-house-races-too-close-to-call/640235/5 "2012-11-07T19:36:26Z")
No, 53 Dems plus 2 friendly Independents. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-arizona-house-races-too-close-to-call/640235/6 "2012-11-07T19:41:28Z")
Ah, thanks. That makes a lot more sense. So the total was D+2 for the night? Pretty amazing for an election that looked 3 months ago like a GOP takeover.