# US Midterm Election watch along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 9, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619 "2022-11-09T00:29:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/401 "2022-11-09T21:03:58Z")
Maybe she has to wait until he’s either (a) lost another race for the White House or (b) been impeached a third time? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/402 "2022-11-09T21:18:55Z")
Waiting for the Brady-Bunchen divorce to be finalized? Anyway, while relatively happy that NM-2 went Dem, I still don’t like the gerrymandering that got it there. And I’m about ready to blame a loss of the House overall on Cuomo. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/403 "2022-11-09T21:24:12Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I mailed my rent check on October 25th. The office just got it today. > > I do wonder if there was a slowdown specifically to delay vote by mail ballots. I mailed something that had to be there by Monday yesterday (Tuesday 8), by priority mail: with the Friday holiday they would only guarantee it would be there by Monday. It got to where it was going (a city about three hours’ drive away) this afternoon. Admittedly, a) both locations are in NYState and b) it didn’t look like a ballot; though the latter’s probably not a general issue, as an attempt over a wide area to ‘slow down anything that looks like a ballot’ would almost certainly bring out some tattletales in the post office. It would be necessary to try to slow down everything. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/404 "2022-11-09T22:07:10Z")
The election was a great day for Democratic candidates in Illinois. In one race, the Republican clown who dressed up like Trump [![](https://media.nbcchicago.com/2022/06/darren-bailey.png?resize=1200%2C675&quality=85&strip=all) ](https://media.nbcchicago.com/2022/06/darren-bailey.png?resize=1200%2C675&quality=85&strip=all) to receive Trump’s endorsement lost bigly to the Democratc Governor Pritzker. ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/405 "2022-11-09T22:18:06Z")
As a previous donator, I just this minute got my first text to donate to the GA runoff. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/406 "2022-11-09T22:58:04Z")
Yay, Tina Kotek!! I hope she makes it to church Sunday so that we can congratulate her and her wife in person, but I would certainly understand if she is a little busy. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/407 "2022-11-09T23:15:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Yay, Tina Kotek!! I am sooooo relieved. I really thought the governorship was a lost cause a couple weeks ago. The main unhappy spot in OR politics is Chavez-DeRemer likely winning House District 5. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/408 "2022-11-09T23:17:12Z")
I see The Oregonian has called Kotek, but MSNBC still has not. Is The Oregonian’s thinking that most of the remaining votes are from Multnomah? ETA from MSNBC: # Oregon Governor Election Results 2022 TOO CLOSE TO CALL D Tina Kotek 46.2% 684,336 R Christine Drazan 44.3% 656,655 78% expected votes in (Est. remaining 417,472) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/409 "2022-11-09T23:19:51Z")
99% of Georgia is in and Warnock did win, just not enough to clear 50%. Hey, does anyone know…: Did Lauren Boebert for sure lose? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/410 "2022-11-09T23:21:47Z")
If you would like to see how Michigan has changed since Joe Biden was elected just two years ago, look at this map. 100% leftward movement across whole state. [[Album] Shift in Michigan since 2020 ![](https://i.imgur.com/PQGbYaf.jpeg?fb "Shift in Michigan since 2020") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/ksgzLQG) ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/411 "2022-11-09T23:23:22Z")
I’m another very pleased Michigander. The candidates for the three top offices were total loons. The US. House R? Yeah, he’s a loon too. And it is totally Trumps fault he got nominated and lost. 🤣 🤣 Oh, and I never dreamed Dems would get both state houses. Sweeeeet! ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/412 "2022-11-09T23:26:04Z")
I was amazed that Kent county was leaning pretty leftish. Not what I expected. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/413 "2022-11-09T23:29:16Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Did Lauren Boebert for sure lose? No, and the race is EXTREMELY close. As of a few minutes ago, the count was: Frisch 154,122 Boobert 154,060 ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/414 "2022-11-09T23:29:43Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I see The Oregonian has called Kotek, but MSNBC still has not. Is The Oregonian’s thinking that most of the remaining votes are from Multnomah? Right. From a few hours ago: > Multnomah County had yet to tabulate results from 80,000 ballots it has logged as received by 10 a.m. Wednesday, state and county websites showed. With Multnomah voters favoring Kotek over Drazan by a better than 70% to 30% margin, those untallied votes in Oregon’s biggest, bluest county can be expected to add another 30,000 votes to Kotek’s lead, The Oregonian/OregonLive projects. > > Votes still untallied in other counties that favor Drazan, including Clackamas, Marion and Yamhill, won’t be sufficient to erode Kotek’s substantial margin, an analysis by The Oregonian/OregonLive shows. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/415 "2022-11-09T23:30:33Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Hey, does anyone know…: > > Did Lauren Boebert for sure lose? New York Times is currently reporting that it’s a practical tie. With more than 95% reported, we have Adam Frisch with 154,122 votes to Boebert’s 154,060. 50.01% to 49.99. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/416 "2022-11-09T23:32:03Z")
# Arizona Governor Election Results 2022 TOO CLOSE TO CALL D Katie Hobbs 50.1% 910,815 R Kari Lake 49.9% 906,732 67% reporting This one will be tight (which is upsetting because Lake is really awful IMHO). This likely won’t be resolved for days yet. > **[Kari Lake raises unfounded doubts about election results in Arizona governor...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/09/politics/kari-lake-arizona-governor-race/index.html)** > > Democrat Katie Hobbs is leading Republican Kari Lake in Arizona governor’s race with a little more than half of precincts reporting, and though much could change as ballots are counted, the GOP nominee is already casting doubt about the election... ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/417 "2022-11-09T23:34:03Z")
First there will be the recount, then many legal battles and years later nobody will even remember why Prescott ended up burning to the ground in riots. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/418 "2022-11-09T23:36:53Z")
And the Cyber Ninjas stand at the ready, waiting for the call. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/419 "2022-11-09T23:37:58Z")
Packets are being collected! ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/420 "2022-11-09T23:41:54Z")
Coconino County is already set up to do hand counts, which they wanted to do before a judge said nope. They won’t cost the taxpayers as much as the ninjas did. This is so mortifying, I feel like changing my tag so nobody can tell that I’m from the great state of stupidity and corruption. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=22)