US Midterm Election watch along thread

That’s the one I’m currently worried about. I do NOT want gun guy as our AG.

Trump and Lake are going to cry and pout, but Arizona law is very clear about what it takes to cause a recount.

Yeah, so is her mentor and he still throws ketchup before going out and stirring up the rubes.

Yeah but can’t they just call for a recount anyway like they did with Trump?

I’m not worried about recounts. They almost never reverse the result.

Things are getting quiet at the election board… they have heightened security at the counting locations.

They could but remember that recount (I assume you mean the one run by Cyber Ninjas) wasn’t a recount mandated by law. It was commissioned by the GOP controlled legislature. Aside from the fact it actually found MORE votes for Biden I don’t believe it would have had any impact on the results of who go the EVs from AZ. The election was done and certified by the time it was finished and was nothing more than a waste of taxpayer money.

(ETA: Always possible I have some facts wrong here. If someone who knows better comes along and corrects any mistakes I may have made in this post I would appreciate what they have to say. But fairly certain I have the basics correct.)

I am positive that half the state is going to demand recounts, so yeah, us taxpayers are going to be footing the bill for millions AGAIN just to stop the Fat Orange Baby from having a temper tantrum.

Bolding mine.

Yep.

…who will, anyway, after any recount.

When has he ever stopped having a temper tantrum?

Yeppers.

I do kinda miss him having a twitter account. I can’t bring myself to join his site and I miss reading the daily tantrums. I do, however think that keeping him banned was the best choice Musk has made with twitter.

One of the AZ servers seems to be down.

Russians.

Yes, I’m being reflexive.

Lake got 53%, she got close, still behind by 20k votes.

They are just reporting the last big batch from Maricopa and even though Lake got the most votes, according to Kornacki it won’t be enough. Hobbs has a 20,481 lead with 97% reporting.

MSNBC hasn’t called it yet but it looks to me Lake is done.

My favourite seven words in quite some time.

In ag race Mayes still holding a slim lead.

MSNBC just called for Hobbs.

MSNBC just called the AZ governor’s race for Hobbs. WOOT!

Chris Hayes / MSNBC just called it for Katie Hobbs.

MSNBC just called it for Hobbs!

ETA- it looks like we were all watching.