2014 US Congressional Election Results

[politicallefty]

Colorado might favor the Democrats when it comes to the presidential elections, but if they can't win races like this, it's gonna be a problem. The Democrats' inability to get out their voters in this race and others around the country is a catastrophic failure on their part.

Udall may have lost and we may also have lost the CO Senate (by a single seat), but Hickenlooper was reelected along with a Democratic Majority in the CO House. Democrats are still running stronger in Colorado than in other states that are widely considered to be more Democratic-leaning (such as PA). I'm disappointed that we didn't do better, but ultimately, Colorado is still in swing-state territory.

[politicallefty]

CA-07 is now closer than CA-16, but both look pretty good for the Democrats.

Bera's lead has dropped a bit to 697 votes. Sacramento County as a whole has 2000 VBM and 11,000 provisional ballots remaining.

Costa's has opened up a 700 vote lead, with only provisionals left in his district. Heavily Republican Madera County has 973 provisionals to count and Republican-leaning (for this race) Merced County has 1512. Fresno County has 8500 to count, although many of those may not be in CA-16.

I think things look pretty good there, which will likely mean Congressional Democrats will be coming out of California +1, up to a 39-14 margin for the state. I don't think that bodes well for Republicans in 2016, when Democrats will almost assuredly be on the offensive with presidential turnout. CA-21 should be a top target for the national party and CA-10 and CA-25 should be secondary targets.