The 2014 primary season ends (Sept. 9: DE, MA, NH, NY, RI)

[Simfan34]

I think people, especially the poor, can give up a few extra cents to pay to maintain our sports stadiums (which btw sports owners already pay a large chunk of to maintain) and as a result, get a return from the owners by investing in our schools and community, prevent cuts to county services, boosts population growth and activity in Cleveland, and will help our unemployment situation significantly.

What? Sports stadiums are money sinks. I don't know why the poor should "especially" be subject to this burden.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

I think people, especially the poor, can give up a few extra cents to pay to maintain our sports stadiums

You think poors are in a better position to pay for non-essential items than, err, non-poors?

[badgate]

I think people, especially the poor, can give up a few extra cents to pay to maintain our sports stadiums (which btw sports owners already pay a large chunk of to maintain) and as a result, get a return from the owners by investing in our schools and community, prevent cuts to county services, boosts population growth and activity in Cleveland, and will help our unemployment situation significantly.

I don't know why the poor should "especially" be subject to this burden.

Especially when we could just invest those "few extra cents" directly into "schools and community." A grant program for local business. A wrestling team for the high school, which might help more students get scholarships for college. Crap like that.

[Miles]

AP calls runoff in NC-06 between Baby Berger and Walker.

[Miles]

Tillis was pretty consistent. Brannon won Currituck, Haywood and Polk counties while Harris won Anson. Most of Tillis' 50%+ counties were in the east; mildly surprising to me.

Harris has roots around Winston-Salem, which is why counties around there are lighter blue.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

A few very quick maps:
CD3

Jones (blue)
Griffin (red)

Awesome.  Thanks Miles.

any particular reason Jones did so well in Greene County?   Nice to see the 3rd come out for him, though it was closer than I expected.

[Miles]

^ One observation someone on Twitter made was that Jones did better in counties that have the most NC natives. Newer residents in the wealthier red counties don't remember him or his father.

They must have actually updated Greene County since I last checked. He's down to 56% there. FWIW, though, Jones is from a town called Farmville; its in Pitt County but is close to the border with Greene County.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

^ One observation someone on Twitter made was that Jones did better in counties that have the most NC natives. Newer residents in the wealthier red counties don't remember him or his father.

OBX north of Hatteras being the major exception I think, with a culture that one would expect be more open to a less conventional Republican.

[nclib]

Tillis was pretty consistent. Brannon won Currituck, Haywood and Polk counties while Harris won Anson. Most of Tillis' 50%+ counties were in the east; mildly surprising to me.

Harris has roots around Winston-Salem, which is why counties around there are lighter blue.

Who are the other two colors?

[Miles]

Tillis was pretty consistent. Brannon won Currituck, Haywood and Polk counties while Harris won Anson. Most of Tillis' 50%+ counties were in the east; mildly surprising to me.

Harris has roots around Winston-Salem, which is why counties around there are lighter blue.

Who are the other two colors?

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[rbt48]

NC Senate Primary Vote Totals by Party

Republican:   486,680
Democratic:  480,236

I'm unsure if these are closed primaries in NC or if there is even registration by party in the state.

[Miles]

Update: Brannon actually also won Buncombe and Gates counties.




Here's CD6. Berger actually carried all the counties but ended up with 34% districtwide. He was only at 29% in Guilford county and was a few dozen votes away from losing Alamance.

[rob in cal]

If North Carolina had a 50% runoff rule, how would a Tillis vs Brannon contest had played out. I'm guessing Tillis would still win, but I wonder by how much.

[Miles]

^ PPP's final poll had Tillis up 46-40, IIRC. I think he'd win a much more comfortably though.

My guess is Brannon would flip more of those lighter-blue counties in the west. Other than that. Tillis' worst major metro area was Winston-Salem. Harris would hold some influence there, so it depends on who he'd endorse (probably Tillis).

Also, note that all Brannon's counties were in non-NC media markets (Greenville, SC and Virginia Beach). Tillis/Rove must not have bought ads in those markets.

[Tender Branson]

NE Senate results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/NE_US_Senate_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

NE House results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/NE_US_House_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

WV Senate results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/WV_US_Senate_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

WV House results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/WV_US_House_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

[windjammer]

NE Senate results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/NE_US_Senate_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

NE House results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/NE_US_House_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

WV Senate results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/WV_US_Senate_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

WV House results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/WV_US_House_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

Nothing interesting

[SWE]

NE Senate results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/NE_US_Senate_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

NE House results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/NE_US_House_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

WV Senate results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/WV_US_Senate_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

WV House results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/WV_US_House_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

Nothing interesting

The NE GOP Senate probably the first actually interesting primary of this cycle

[ElectionsGuy]

We do have a crowded WV-2 GOP Primary as well as both the GOP Primaries in Nebraska for Senate and Governor.

[rbt48]

I've been getting an average of six phone calls a day for the Nebraska Senate and Governorship primaries, several from actual candidates.  I even heard talk that some registered Republicans changed their affiliation to try to stop all the calls from coming.

[RogueBeaver]

NE geography to watch.

[ElectionsGuy]

WV polls closed

[ElectionsGuy]

And to the surprise of nobody, its Capito vs. Tennant for the Senate race.

[RogueBeaver]

SMC & Tennant nominated. With 4% in, Mooney leads Reed 36/28 with Lane at 17.

[Miles]

Mooney up to 34-21 with 6.6% in.

[Indy Texas]

Would Ben Sasse set the record for most degreed US Senator?

B.A., Harvard University
M.A., St. John's College
M.A., Yale University
M.Phil., Yale University
Ph.D., Yale University

He's got too much of that book learnin' for my tastes. I don't trust someone indoctrinated by the communists at Harvard and Yale to defend muh freedoms as a US Senator.