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

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Hutto wins the SC regular democratic senate nomination, 75-25 over Stamper with 22% in!

Dickerson wins the SC special democratic senate nomination, 67-23 over Moore with 19% in!

3% in for ME-02, Cain ahead of Jackson 73-27 for the dems, Poliquin ahead of Raye 62-38 for the reps

Nothing in from AR yet.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

What's this my wondering eyes see.... rumors of the Tea Party's death greatly exaggerated.

I'm sure this guy will be better than Cantor.

[moderatevoter]

Why do people seem to think Cantor will go statewide (ie Governor or Senate)? He would not win, and I think he knows that. He's way too polarizing.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Am I the only Democrat who's not happy about this? Reason and moderation lost, the Tea Party is back. Ugh.

LOL. Cantor is not in any way reasonable or moderate.

[Beet]

Am I the only Democrat who's not happy about this? Reason and moderation lost, the Tea Party is back. Ugh.

LOL. Cantor is not in any way reasonable or moderate.

He is compared to the other guy.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Graham still holding strong at 61% with 25% in.

If Boehner does indeed step down as speaker, then Cantor's defeat is a good thing for all of us, as he would have been a terrible speaker. Hopefully the new speaker and majority leader will understand that compromise is always the answer.

[Keystone Phil]

Is it true that Cantor is already talking about a write in campaign?

[LeBron]

Am I the only Democrat who's not happy about this? Reason and moderation lost, the Tea Party is back. Ugh.

I'm kind of unhappy about it, but as long as Boehner doesn't stay Speaker and David Brat makes a fool of himself and the party in the House, I'm cool! Cantor actually expressed signs of wanting to get stuff done in finding a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants while Boehner acts by sitting in breakfast diners lying to teenage girls about his views on the subject. Plus it's worth noting that a few weeks ago, Cantor cast a vote against prohibiting medical marijuana raids while Boehner didn't vote on it.

I'm kind of tempted to say though that the nation deserves to have a say in whether Boehner keeps his seat in the House because clearly, OH-8 voters are clueless and incapable of making the right decision on their own.

[Lief 🗽]

Hopefully the new speaker and majority leader will understand that compromise is always the answer.

Only if the question is "What will result in you losing your primary to a random unknown who didn't spend any money?"

[Beet]

If Boehner does indeed step down as speaker, then Cantor's defeat is a good thing for all of us, as he would have been a terrible speaker. Hopefully the new speaker and majority leader will understand that compromise is always the answer.

Not after this. If Cantor can get taken down for compromising any of them can.

[Maxwell]

Politico calls it for Brat in an upset.

And Cantor's district is R+10, so you can forget about any sort of Democratic pick-up.

Who cares?  Cantor lost

I'm certainly a little happy about that. Cantor was always a little weasel, and that is partially why he rose so quickly.

[King]

What an amazingly pleasant surprise. My least favorite politician in the whole world struck by lightning out of nowhere.

[LeBron]

ME-2 - 5% of the precincts are in with a huge early lead for Emily Cain. Poliquin actually leads Raye right now to in the early vote 67-33, but he is on the same ballot as the unopposed Paul LePage, so it should be interesting to see how that one goes.

Arkansas's Attorney General GOP runoff has Rutledge narrowly leading Sterling 51-49.

And since the last South Carolina update, our very own Rep. Joe "YOU LIE!" Wilson survived his primary challenge tonight 86-14. Sanford, Duncan, Trey Gowdy (a potential Speaker replacement if Boehner steps down), Mulvaney, Clyburn and Rice all won as well.

In the Senate races, unsurprisingly, the two Dems, Brad Hutto and Joyce Dickerson will be facing Graham and Scott, respectively in November. This is assuming Graham survives his primary tonight and he's polling 61-13 now over Bright.

[IceSpear]

Am I the only Democrat who's not happy about this? Reason and moderation lost, the Tea Party is back. Ugh.

LOL. Cantor is not in any way reasonable or moderate.

He is compared to the other guy.

Eh...

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I see nothing in here that is even slightly indicative of moderation. He got out pandered, plain and simple. Him and Brat's ideologies are almost identical. And now the House Majority Leader has been dethroned by an irrelevant back bencher. Big win for the Tea Party and also the Democrats, who benefit from a chaotic GOP.

[Maxwell]

And America benefits from no longer having Eric Cantor near power

[Frodo]

With 96.3% of all votes counted:

Don Beyer: 45.6%
Patrick Hope: 18.4%
Adam Ebbin: 13.8%
William Euille: 8.3%
Mark Levine: 6.66%    

[ag]

I believe, Cantor was the only Republican Jew in Congress.  Is there any chance somebody else gets in instead?

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

40% now in SC, Graham down to 59%.

[7,052,770]

Am I the only Democrat who's not happy about this? Reason and moderation lost, the Tea Party is back. Ugh.

No, Republican turmoil is good for Democrats. Crazy Tea Party candidates with Akin potential are good for Democrats.

This guy's voting record isn't going to be substantially different than Cantor's, and it's only 1 vote anyway. But any national bad news he can create for the Republicans is good for us.

[Brittain33]

Am I the only Democrat who's not happy about this? Reason and moderation lost, the Tea Party is back. Ugh.

Cantor isn't "reason and moderation"—he's cynically positioned himself to the obstructionist right of Boehner at every pass. This Democrat won't miss him.

[LeBron]

Am I the only Democrat who's not happy about this? Reason and moderation lost, the Tea Party is back. Ugh.

LOL. Cantor is not in any way reasonable or moderate.

He is compared to the other guy.

Eh...

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I see nothing in here that is even slightly indicative of moderation. He got out pandered, plain and simple. Him and Brat's ideologies are almost identical. And now the House Majority Leader has been dethroned by an irrelevant back bencher. Big win for the Tea Party and also the Democrats, who benefit from a chaotic GOP.

Cantor did introduce and vote for the Kids First Research Act which gained bipartisan support in the House and Senate and was signed by President Obama. The bill will be taxpayer funded towards researching pediatric diseases. I'm not defending the guy, but he's still better than "Do Nothing" Boehner.

ME-2 - 9% of precincts reporting and Cain has a sizable 74-26 lead over Jackson and Poliquin is leading Raye 61-39. Well, it's going to suck getting Cain as the Democratic nominee here, but not as much as it will suck for Republicans to lose whatever chance they had at a pickup.

[King]

Am I the only Democrat who's not happy about this? Reason and moderation lost, the Tea Party is back. Ugh.

Yeah, no. Cantor's a calculating jerk.

I'd rather take my chances with an economics professor from a small college.

[cinyc]

40% now in SC, Graham down to 59%.

Graham is above 50% in every county so far except those in the Upstate Greenville-Spartanburg region, where he's in the high 40s.  There will be no runoff.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

11% now in ME-02, Cain ahead of Jackson 75-25 for the dems, Poliquin ahead of Raye 61-39 for the reps.

47% in for SC rep. Lt. Gov, McMaster leading McKinney 43 to 26 with Campbell at 24%. Graham still at 59% with half of the vote in for the senate.

[ag]

Brat is a colleague, of sorts. Unfortunately, he seems to have no publications in journals I have every heard of. The Dem is a sociologist - have no clue what he is supposed to be doing.