Michigan gov. has held on.
R gain 9 so far, d gain 4 in the house.
My relative in KS was thrilled when Kobach won his primary (I think she actually knew his opponent, so that was part of her happiness). She thought there was no chance he could win the general, but for me that was right in the “be careful what you wish for” territory.
There haven’t been any voting updates on the KS governor’s race for about 30 minutes, so there probably won’t be any new news until the morning. Right now Democrat Laura Kelly, the incumbent, leads GOP Derek Schmidt by about 22,000 votes with perhaps 50,000 more to be counted. I’m cautiously optimistic.
And I’m going to bed. Keep up the good work, everybody!
House projection has slipped to 218 r, +/- 13. Pelosi seems optimistic.
Me, too. I’m surprised Ron Johnson hasn’t been called the winner yet over Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin. Is there hope for the Dems in this race? I doubt it.
Until tomorrow, amigos…
According to Steve Kornacki, there’s still a fair number of outstanding votes from Dane and Milwaukee counties, which are strongly Democratic, but my suspicion is that Barnes can’t close the gap.
Wouldn’t it be wild if the Democrats somehow managed to hold on to both the House and Senate?
That would be the ultimate kick to the nuts.
I had Red Ripple once-It starts out fun, but you end up vomiting and wondering where the hell you are and how the hell you got there.
Jen Psaki on MSNBC is saying the White House “is probably ordering chicken fingers and french fries to celebrate”. I’m doing bong hits myself, but we’re a big tent party.
At this point the house is at: 207 R, 186 D, 32 seats left. Sean Maloney is in trouble in NY.
Give it a minute, some progressive will turn on you for not smoking organic, hydroponic shit instead of that mass-produced swag.
Besides, if you’re hitting the chiba you’ll soon be eating chicken fingers yourself.
I’m sure if we call up Raffensperger, he’ll be able to “find” a few more votes…
Tim “once I’m governor Republicans will never lose another election” Michels has lost the race for governor of WI.
Suddenly no one’s posting. Did everyone go to bed?
Anyway, results are now coming in for Nevada and, early on, it looks good for Cortez Masto. She’s ahead 50.2 to 46.9% with 63% of the votes counted.
What a relief.
It is scary that the PA race was this close.
Another that was too close. Glad it turned out as it did.
Just waiting.
I’m still awake.
Currently:
Dems have gained one seat in the senate with five seats still left to call. (currently: 46 Dem - 47 GOP)
Dems have lost two seats in the House with 73 races still left to call. (currently: 167 Dem - 195 GOP)
Dems have gained two governor seats with five races left to call (Currently: 21 Dem - 24 GOP)
~SOURCE <<<That will change numbers over time as updates come in
I’m a chief election worker (“inspector”) in a purple small city in Wisconsin. We were blown away by the number of college-age people registering on election day* today. We figured this might be a sign that Democratic candidates would do better than expected statewide. Indeed, Evers won re-election as governor a bit more easily than the latest polls suggested he would, and the Dem AG Kaul was just declared a winner as well. I don’t think this will translate into a Barnes victory for Senator, but he’ll come closer to beating Johnson than polling trends predicted. (Our congress seat went to the vile Republican Van Orden – sadly, a Rep pick-up, as the Dem Ron Kind is retiring – but, like Barnes/Johnson, it was closer than many thought it would be.)
(*The reported totals for one of my two wards is “votes cast” equals “104% of registered voters”! Obviously this is because “registered” here means “registered before today”…but I’m sure some dimwitted MAGA-types are seeing this as evidence of shenanigans.)
It’s sort of sad, but I guess less stressful, to live in a state where nothing matters. That would be Tennessee. Bill Lee (R) was re-elected governor by a large margin. No senators were up this time. There is only one Dem House rep (out of 9) in the state, Steve Cohen, and he’s from my district (Memphis environs). He won re-election handily despite the legislature restructuring the district to add more Rep areas.
But I am relieved to see that not all of the country is as backward as this state is.
Currently (3a EST) Warnock is beating Walker in Georgia with 98% reporting but it is very close.
(D) Warnock: 49.3%
(R) Walker: 48.6%
(L) Oliver: 2.1%
It could be argued that Oliver (Libertarian) split the vote and let Warnock win. Oliver had few votes but those votes would more likely have gone to Walker and that would be enough for a victory for Walker.
Thrilled with a Warnock win (he’s not quite there yet) but I am betting this one will be fought over whatever the final tally is.
Georgia law allows a candidate to call for a recount if the margin is less than or equal to 0.5%.
Currently stands at 0.7% margin so too close to call even with 98% reporting (current tally).