MS-01 Special Election Thread

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Well, the election is tomorrow. I'm predicting a Tagert/Kelly runoff.

Anyone think Zinn, the only democrat, will make the runoff?

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Results for Tonight: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2015/by_state/MS_Page_0512.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

Polls closing in 72 Minutes.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Would be hilarious if one candidate wins outright.

It's not happening. Forget about it.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

AOSHQDD says no results for 20-60 minutes.

Typical Mississippi.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

With turnout so low, why does it take that long to count the votes?

Mississippi has been a very slow counting state for years now. No one ever notices because networks can usually call it based on exit polling since it's so uncompetitive in federal/gubernatorial races, but it's (usually) a very slow counting state.

 

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

First Results!

Name           Party   Votes   Vote %
Ross, Henry   NP   46   27%
Kelly, Trent           NP     43   25%
Tagert, Mike   NP   32   19%
Adcock, Sam   NP   12   7%
Jones, Starner   NP   12   7%
Adams, Boyce   NP   6   4%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   5   3%
Collins, Nancy   NP   4   2%
Holliday, Edward   NP   3   2%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   3   2%
Zinn, Walter   NP   2   1%
Mills, Mike           NP   1   1%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   0   0%

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
13 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 3%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name    Party   Votes    Vote %
Kelly, Trent   NP   537   30%
Zinn, Walter   NP   348   19%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   143   8%
Tagert, Mike   NP   138   8%
Mills, Mike   NP   130   7%
Ross, Henry   NP   117   7%
Collins, Nancy   NP   96   5%
Adcock, Sam   NP   77   4%
Jones, Starner   NP   71   4%
Holliday, Edward   NP   60   3%
Adams, Boyce   NP   49   3%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   20   1%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   13   1%

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Zinn has over 65% of the vote in Marshall County so far. Obama won this county in '12.

Do you have a link for the county by county results?

They're on the AOSHQDD website.

New Results!

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
41 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 10%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Kelly, Trent   NP   1,513   26%
Zinn, Walter   NP   909   16%
Tagert, Mike   NP   549   10%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   522   9%
Holliday, Edward   NP   516   9%
Jones, Starner   NP   358   6%
Collins, Nancy   NP   346   6%
Mills, Mike   NP   333   6%
Ross, Henry   NP   270   5%
Adcock, Sam   NP   167   3%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   108   2%
Adams, Boyce   NP   89   2%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   83   1%

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
80 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 19%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Kelly, Trent   NP   2,437   20%
Zinn, Walter   NP   2,350   19%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   1,456   12%
Tagert, Mike   NP   1,242   10%
Jones, Starner   NP   755   6%
Holliday, Edward   NP   682   6%
Mills, Mike   NP   603   5%
Collins, Nancy   NP   573   5%
Ross, Henry   NP   533   4%
Adcock, Sam   NP   500   4%
Adams, Boyce   NP   441   4%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   435   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   175   1%

Surprised Pirkle's doing so well.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
122 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 29%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Kelly, Trent   NP   3,844   20%
Zinn, Walter   NP   3,518   18%
Tagert, Mike   NP   2,192   11%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   2,009   10%
Jones, Starner   NP   1,284   7%
Holliday, Edward   NP   1,257   6%
Mills, Mike   NP   1,091   6%
Collins, Nancy   NP   1,010   5%
Ross, Henry   NP   888   5%
Adcock, Sam   NP   760   4%
Adams, Boyce   NP   651   3%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   622   3%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   551   3%

Looks like Kelly and Zinn will be advancing. No Call yet though.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Zinn takes the lead, Tagert Surging!

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
153 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 36%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Zinn, Walter   NP   5,066   20%
Kelly, Trent   NP   4,239   17%
Tagert, Mike   NP   3,053   12%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   2,181   9%
Jones, Starner   NP   1,829   7%
Holliday, Edward   NP   1,489   6%
Collins, Nancy   NP   1,297   5%
Ross, Henry   NP   1,284   5%
Mills, Mike   NP   1,278   5%
Adams, Boyce   NP   1,118   4%
Adcock, Sam   NP   1,095   4%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   1,087   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   602   2%

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Tagert getting closer to making the runoff....

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
175 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 41%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Zinn, Walter   NP   5,576   18%
Kelly, Trent   NP   5,064   16%
Tagert, Mike   NP   4,154   13%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   2,707   9%
Jones, Starner   NP   2,412   8%
Holliday, Edward   NP   1,848   6%
Collins, Nancy   NP   1,663   5%
Ross, Henry   NP   1,627   5%
Mills, Mike   NP   1,438   5%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   1,405   4%
Adams, Boyce   NP   1,330   4%
Adcock, Sam   NP   1,265   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   914   3%

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
199 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 47%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Zinn, Walter   NP   7,138   20%
Kelly, Trent   NP   5,503   15%
Tagert, Mike   NP   4,660   13%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   2,867   8%
Jones, Starner   NP   2,698   8%
Holliday, Edward   NP   2,025   6%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   1,855   5%
Collins, Nancy   NP   1,816   5%
Ross, Henry   NP   1,750   5%
Mills, Mike   NP   1,706   5%
Adams, Boyce   NP   1,443   4%
Adcock, Sam   NP   1,369   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   1,025   3%

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Over half of the vote is in, Kelly still hanging on by 830 votes.

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
229 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 54%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Zinn, Walter   NP   7,928   19%
Kelly, Trent   NP   6,447   15%
Tagert, Mike   NP   5,617   13%
Jones, Starner   NP   3,301   8%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   3,166   7%
Holliday, Edward   NP   2,379   6%
Ross, Henry   NP   2,302   5%
Adams, Boyce   NP   2,105   5%
Mills, Mike   NP   2,066   5%
Collins, Nancy   NP   2,034   5%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   1,912   5%
Adcock, Sam   NP   1,828   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   1,401   3%

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Kelly hanging on by 907 votes now:

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
266 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 62%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Zinn, Walter   NP   9,456   18%
Kelly, Trent   NP   7,948   15%
Tagert, Mike   NP   7,041   13%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   4,509   9%
Jones, Starner   NP   4,113   8%
Ross, Henry   NP   2,830   5%
Holliday, Edward   NP   2,708   5%
Mills, Mike   NP   2,708   5%
Adams, Boyce   NP   2,478   5%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   2,462   5%
Collins, Nancy   NP   2,410   5%
Adcock, Sam   NP   2,202   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   1,608   3%

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Tagert just lost a lot of ground:

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
274 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 64%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Zinn, Walter   NP   9,842   18%
Kelly, Trent   NP   9,039   16%
Tagert, Mike   NP   7,322   13%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   5,235   9%
Jones, Starner   NP   4,223   8%
Holliday, Edward   NP   3,012   5%
Ross, Henry   NP   2,936   5%
Mills, Mike   NP   2,810   5%
Collins, Nancy   NP   2,692   5%
Adams, Boyce   NP   2,536   5%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   2,485   4%
Adcock, Sam   NP   2,283   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   1,656   3%

Only 8 more precincts came in in this batch.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Kelly and Zinn are neck and neck!

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
303 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 71%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Zinn, Walter   NP   9,994   16%
Kelly, Trent   NP   9,726   16%
Tagert, Mike   NP   7,647   13%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   5,409   9%
Mills, Mike   NP   4,993   8%
Jones, Starner   NP   4,423   7%
Holliday, Edward   NP   3,104   5%
Ross, Henry   NP   3,012   5%
Collins, Nancy   NP   2,834   5%
Adams, Boyce   NP   2,628   4%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   2,513   4%
Adcock, Sam   NP   2,459   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   2,052   3%

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Also, what a pathetic Democratic performance. 16%? Really? Zinn should have been in first place EASILY. Only in MS can't a Democrat get the most votes despite 12 Republicans splitting the Republican vote.

Keep in mind here that some of the democratic vote may have gone to some of the non-kelly republicans due to "Zinn can't win a runoff, let's choose the least toxic republican option" voting. Also, turnout was low, which tends to hurt democrats more than it does republicans. Also, keep in mind that this district is actually more conservative than MS as a whole.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Zinn lead drops to only 102 votes.

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
307 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 72%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Zinn, Walter   NP   10,127   16%
Kelly, Trent   NP   10,025   16%
Tagert, Mike   NP   8,115   13%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   5,493   9%
Mills, Mike   NP   5,053   8%
Jones, Starner   NP   4,518   7%
Adams, Boyce   NP   3,145   5%
Holliday, Edward   NP   3,139   5%
Adcock, Sam   NP   3,088   5%
Ross, Henry   NP   3,075   5%
Collins, Nancy   NP   2,896   5%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   2,520   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   2,058   3%

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Tagert, Zinn recovering.

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
323 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 76%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Zinn, Walter   NP   10,563   16%
Kelly, Trent   NP   10,190   15%
Tagert, Mike   NP   8,827   13%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   5,696   8%
Mills, Mike   NP   5,190   8%
Jones, Starner   NP   5,083   8%
Ross, Henry   NP   3,489   5%
Holliday, Edward   NP   3,268   5%
Adams, Boyce   NP   3,262   5%
Adcock, Sam   NP   3,217   5%
Collins, Nancy   NP   3,092   5%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   2,821   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   2,570   4%

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

AP has yet to project either runoff slot.

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
340 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 80%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Zinn, Walter   NP   11,272   16%
Kelly, Trent   NP   10,401   15%
Tagert, Mike   NP   9,124   13%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   5,792   8%
Mills, Mike   NP   5,397   8%
Jones, Starner   NP   5,331   8%
Ross, Henry   NP   3,578   5%
Holliday, Edward   NP   3,352   5%
Adams, Boyce   NP   3,347   5%
Adcock, Sam   NP   3,297   5%
Collins, Nancy   NP   3,174   5%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   2,907   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   2,585   4%

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Zinn up to 17% now.

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
346 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 81%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Zinn, Walter   NP   11,750   17%
Kelly, Trent   NP   10,591   15%
Tagert, Mike   NP   9,230   13%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   5,837   8%
Mills, Mike   NP   5,435   8%
Jones, Starner   NP   5,397   8%
Ross, Henry   NP   3,667   5%
Adams, Boyce   NP   3,390   5%
Holliday, Edward   NP   3,372   5%
Adcock, Sam   NP   3,347   5%
Collins, Nancy   NP   3,218   5%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   2,919   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   2,599   4%

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
362 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 85%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Zinn, Walter   NP   12,799   17%
Kelly, Trent   NP   10,929   15%
Tagert, Mike   NP   9,877   13%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   5,950   8%
Mills, Mike   NP   5,905   8%
Jones, Starner   NP   5,500   7%
Ross, Henry   NP   3,815   5%
Adams, Boyce   NP   3,630   5%
Adcock, Sam   NP   3,509   5%
Holliday, Edward   NP   3,423   5%
Collins, Nancy   NP   3,359   5%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   2,939   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   2,624   4%


Well, at least Zinn got 1st place in the jungle. I suppose that's something for a MS democrat to be proud of. I don't think he can win the runoff though.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Tagert back within 1,000 votes of Kelly now.

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
372 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 87%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Zinn, Walter   NP   13,027   17%
Kelly, Trent   NP   10,971   15%
Tagert, Mike   NP   10,056   13%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   6,012   8%
Mills, Mike   NP   5,943   8%
Jones, Starner   NP   5,755   8%
Ross, Henry   NP   3,939   5%
Adams, Boyce   NP   3,659   5%
Adcock, Sam   NP   3,528   5%
Holliday, Edward   NP   3,490   5%
Collins, Nancy   NP   3,428   5%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   3,036   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   2,662   4%

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

First slot called for Zinn!

U.S. House - District 1 - Special General
Northeast, Tupelo
376 of 426 Precincts Reporting - 88%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
 R  Zinn, Walter   NP   13,152   17%
Kelly, Trent   NP   11,089   15%
Tagert, Mike   NP   10,220   13%
Pirkle, Greg   NP   6,060   8%
Mills, Mike   NP   6,023   8%
Jones, Starner   NP   5,861   8%
Ross, Henry   NP   4,023   5%
Adams, Boyce   NP   3,673   5%
Adcock, Sam   NP   3,547   5%
Holliday, Edward   NP   3,528   5%
Collins, Nancy   NP   3,458   5%
Whitwell, Quentin   NP   3,052   4%
Sparks, Daniel   NP   2,710   4%