# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/81 "2022-11-09T03:50:25Z")
Hassan is in! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/82 "2022-11-09T03:50:54Z")
I just hit ‘mute’ and avert my eyes. I’ve seen almost none of them. I look forward to Alex Skarlatos getting his ass kicked. And please please please please let Kotek win the governorship!! ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/83 "2022-11-09T03:53:47Z")
Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger won reelection in a hotly contested VA seat, running against a Big Lie/Capitol Riot supporter. While Republicans are still likely to take the House tonight, the margin matters and every tossup that land Democratic is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/84 "2022-11-09T03:55:18Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Now, I look forward to being put out of my misery about what’s happening in my own state in about 15 minutes!!! I’m seriously debating whether I should even look before tomorrow. 538 had Kotek at only 44% a few days ago but as of midday today they had her at ~63%. That idiot Johnson really screwed things up. Here in the 4th congressional district Hoyle is all but a shoo-in but since I have yet to see a single Hoyle yard sign over the hundreds of Skarlatos signs that litter the county (Douglas) I won’t sleep well until the final results are in. And if Hoyle loses I won’t sleep well for at least 2 years. I’m also really curious how the state measures did. I voted yes for all of them. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/85 "2022-11-09T03:55:29Z")
A small dollop of joy (wherever we can get it) For Virginia’s House District 7, Abigail Spanberger (D.) defeats Yesli Vega (R.) 52-48. ---
**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, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/86 "2022-11-09T03:55:50Z")
Yay? How many votes to count and from where? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/87 "2022-11-09T03:56:25Z")
Oh rats, they are calling Vance. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/88 "2022-11-09T03:57:27Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Is the former guy saying anything? Heads I win, tails you lose… > ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/89 "2022-11-09T03:58:13Z")
> [@susan](#): > > The Oregon ads have been vile. Neither my students nor my coworkers belive me when I say to them that I don’t watch TV or YouTube videos. But it’s quite true and so I have managed to avoid being exposed to a single TV or radio ad for any candidate this season. One of the many benefits of being an incorrigible luddite. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/90 "2022-11-09T03:58:42Z")
ABC calling Iowa Senate for Chuck Grassley, 89 years young. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/91 "2022-11-09T03:59:12Z")
From PBS. 139,805 votes to 129,421. (there’ve been final results in this thread, btw, that haven’t substantiated like this) ---
**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, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/92 "2022-11-09T04:00:38Z")
Generally true for me, but I watched a movie and drove on 5 past all the farms with their many signs. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/93 "2022-11-09T04:02:52Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > Oh rats, they are calling Vance. Yep, Vance up 54/46 with 86% reporting. Ryan made a good run of it, but Ohio (like Florida) needs to be officially taken off the “purple state” board. ---
**Author:** ![TheTooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@TheTooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTooth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/94 "2022-11-09T04:09:04Z")
But isn’t JD Vance a blithering idiot? ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/95 "2022-11-09T04:09:32Z")
Not at all. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/96 "2022-11-09T04:09:42Z")
That was a gimme. Really, it was. I still can’t believe that Shapiro’s coattails didn’t pull Fetterman much higher. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/97 "2022-11-09T04:09:43Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Fontes 60% > > Fincham (extreme shithead) 40% > > (Arizona SoS) This was one of the two races I contributed money to, the other being the Senate race, Kelly vs. Masters. Besides overseeing the state’s elections, we have no lieutenant-governor.\* If the governor kicks it, the SoS takes over. \*There’s a proposition on the ballot to change that, amending the state constitution to create the office. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/98 "2022-11-09T04:10:42Z")
Hochul holds as gov… ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/99 "2022-11-09T04:13:20Z")
Nate Silver (on the 538 live blog) : “One big question is whether Walker might perform a little worse in a runoff without Kemp to help him.” That’s a great point I hadn’t thought of - if he can get this one to a runoff, hopefully Warnock can make it 2-for-2 in runoffs. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/100 "2022-11-09T04:14:19Z")
SD: Did Kristi Noem (D.) get mentioned already, beating Jamie Smith (R.)? (64%-33%) From PBS, the tally being 82,503 to 42,613. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=6)