June 6th Primaries: NM, MS, CA, IA, AL, NJ, MT, SD

[Flying Dog]

http://www.al.com/   -HERE IS ANOTHER LINK

[© tweed]

Go Siegelman!

The Dream lives on!

[jerusalemcar5]

The Associated Press has the followinf results, not sure how accurate:

Governor
  197 of 3,240 Precincts Reporting
  Bob Riley    GOP    26,344    69.61%   
  Roy Moore    GOP    11,502    30.39%   
                 
Governor
 197 of 3,240 Precincts Reporting
 Lucy Baxley    Dem    14,965    53.28%   
 Don Siegelman    Dem    12,605    44.88%   
 Katherine Mack    Dem    132    .47%   
 Joe Copeland    Dem    123    .44%   
 Nathan Mathis    Dem    120    .43%   
 James Potts    Dem    77    .27%   
 Harry Lyon    Dem    65    .23%   
                 


 Lieutenant Governor
 5 of 3,240 Precincts Reporting
 Luther Strange    GOP    263    49.44%   
 George Wallace    GOP    218    40.98%   
 Mo Brooks    GOP    38    7.14%   
 Hilbun Adams    GOP    13    2.44% 

[jerusalemcar5]

New Jersey Primary (Contested Republican Races)
NJ   U.S. Senate    GOP - Primary

John Ginty  842 19% 
Thomas Kean Jr.  3,566 81% 

Precincts Reporting - 120 out of 6320 - 2%

 
 
 

[Flying Dog]

My prediction

Baxley-50%
Siegelman-47%


Riley-64%
Moore-36%



Kean Jr-80%
Other guy-20%



Chet Culver-42%

Blouin-32%

Other guy-26%


Morrison-52%
Tester-48%

[Flying Dog]

I almost forgot


Westly-50%
Angelides-49%

[Flying Dog]

Bob Riley            GOP            29,578            68.84%


Roy Moore            GOP            13,389            31.16%



Lucy Baxley            Dem            18,929            55.30%    
                                                   
                                                   
            Don Siegelman            Dem            14,544            42.49%

[Gabu]

Wow, Baxley appears to be doing better than I expected, much to my pleasant surprise.

No Roy Moore though.   Bah.

[Flying Dog]

Governor
 227 of 3,240 Precincts Reporting
   Winner
         Candidate
            Party
            Votes
            % of Total                                             
            Bob Riley            GOP            38,040            68.26%    
                                                                                             
            Roy Moore            GOP            17,690            31.74%    
                                          

 Governor
 247 of 3,240 Precincts Reporting
   Winner
         Candidate
            Party
            Votes
            % of Total                                                
            Lucy Baxley            Dem            26,376            56.81%    
                                          
                                                
            Don Siegelman            Dem            18,821            40.54%

[© tweed]

The Dream is dead. 

[jerusalemcar5]

Lucy Baxley    Dem    92,041    60.62%   
                 
                 
Don Siegelman    Dem    53,687    35.36%   

854 of 3,240 Precincts Reporting

Looking good for Lucy.  Riley is WAY ahead so I didn't bother posting.
                 

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Montana is slow in reporting.

[Alcon]

Montana is slow in reporting.

I think Montana officialises precinct results on-the-fly...for some reason.  That could explain the slowness.

[Flying Dog]

I just wanna see CA-50. I wish i could go to bed.

[Flying Dog]

“Ed Fallon 13703 34%
Chet Culver 13524 33%
Mike Blouin 12841 32%
Sal Mohamed 343 1%”


http://www.politicalforecast.net/

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Early results seem to be favoring a Tester win in MT.

Besides that race, most of the interesting races are here in CA. Polls close in 15 minutes.

[Flying Dog]

Baxley will pull off a win and not have a runoff I think.

Riley easily wins renomination


I think Morrison will squeek by. Who knows though?

Iowa is really close

[Flying Dog]

Republican primary called for Riley over Judge Roy Moore.

Riley 65.4
Moore 34.5

with about half of the precincts in.

Thank you fellow Alabama voters! Now to see Lucy called...

[Alcon]

Thank you fellow Alabama voters!

Why are you voting in Alabama?

[Flying Dog]

Thank you fellow Alabama voters!

Why are you voting in Alabama?

whoops!!! I just copied and pasted from Daily Kos. Fogot to take that part out.

[Flying Dog]

Candidates   Votes   Percent
   Chet Culver   16197   35.05%
   Mike Blouin   15166   32.82%
   Ed Fallon   14847   32.13%

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There are reports of low turnout in CA, but these are general for CA, and notm specific to CA-50.
Polls close in 15 seconds.

[WMS]

BTW, good to see Riley beat Moore.

Now, since no one else said anything, here's NM
In general, the primary voters of both parties lived down to my expectations and picked the candidates I don't support.

Contested races only that I have comments on...and some precincts outstanding, but not many...
Democrats:
Secretary of State:
Mary Herrera - 39.1%
Stephanie V. Gonzales - 30.2%
Shirley Hooper - 18.6%
Letitia Montoya - 12.2%

*facepalms* Goddamnit, the candidate I don't want to win did, and unfortunately is favored in the general.
Effect on WMS' vote: From lean Republican to definite Republican. Not that it will make a damn bit of difference

State Auditor:
Jeff Armijo - 63.1%
Thomas R. Buckner - 36.9%
*sigh* Pick the less-qualified candidate based on his surname, why don't ya?
Effect on WMS' vote: From Undecided to lean Republican. Not that it will make any difference here, either.

State Treasurer:
James B. Lewis - 100.0%
I know, it was uncontested but this guy rocks and I will happily vote for him in the general. Highly qualified, very nice in person (yes, I've met him), and for you trivia buffs this will be the second statewide race won in NM by a black candidate...he won the first one, for the same job, last decade. He is just what we need to clean out the Treasurer's Office from the horrific taint of corruption the last two Treasurer's, Dems Montoya and Vigil, left there.
Effect on WMS' vote: He had my vote when he declared for the office. Definite Democrat.

Attorney General:
Gary K. King - 45.0%
Geno Zamora - 32.8%
Lemuel L. Martinez - 22.3%.
Thank. God. SOMETHING. Went. Right.
Effect on WMS' vote: From Undecided to Likely Democrat.

Commisioner of Public Lands:
Jim Baca - 52.7%
Ray Powell - 47.3%
You bloody primary voting idiots! Argh! My area's old nemesis returns! Yes, this is the ex-Mayor of Albuquerque I have mentioned before although I simply must add that he lost the vote to Powell in Bernalillo County. That's not exactly a good sign for Baca, given that Bernalillo County is ostensibly his base.
Effect on WMS' vote: From Lean Republican to Definite, Cast-It-In-Stone Republican. Unlike other downballot races, this time my vote could likely make a difference. I will predict now that, barring some unexpected event, we'll see a reprise of the 2002 race and Lyons will win another close race, with Bernalillo County once more providing his margin of victory...especially once the West Side of Albuquerque finishes sending our old enemy down in flames again.

Public Regulation Commissioner - District 5:
Sandy R. Jones - 54.4%
E. Shirley Baca - 45.6%
HURRAH! Good to see one of the corrupt ones go down. Also, She Who Was Dumb Enough To Get Caught At An Airport With Pot In Her Luggage.
Effect This isn't my district.

State Representative - District 16:
Antonio "Moe" Maestas - 34.1%
Pat Baca, Jr. - 27.0%
Dan Serrano - 20.2%
Dominic J. Aragon - 18.6%
Lower Westside District, definitely leans D in general elections. Not my preferred candidate - too left-wing, and runs with the wing of the local Dems I oppose (geez, Eric Griego and Miguel Gomez? Blah. ) but hopefully he'll vote the right way on infrastructure issues...not that it matters - I'm not in this district either.

Republicans:
U.S. Senator:
Allen W. McCulloch - 50.4%
Joseph J. Carraro - 32.6%
David Pfeffer - 17.0%
Let's pick the most boring mainstream conservative possible, NM Reps.
Effect on WMS' vote: Stays at Lean Republican. After all, I voted against Domenici last time around in one of his landslides, so I'll return the favor by voting against Bingaman (who has spent his time in the Senate getting very wealthy, for the most part ) in one of his landslides. I may yawn my way through this election.

State Representative District 29:
Thomas A. Anderson - 64.0%
James M. Barnett - 36.0%
Not my district, but I'm glad to see my old State Rep win this race.

State Representative District 56:
Dub Williams - 65.6%
Leo Martinez - 34.4%
Still not my district, but I met ol' Dub back in 2000 in my time working for the Legislature and he's a very nice guy, so I'm glad to see him win this race as well.

And now you have more information on NM races than you ever wanted to know.

[minionofmidas]

BTW, good to see Riley beat Moore.

Now, since no one else said anything, here's NM

That's your job.

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And that's their job.

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What's so bad about her?

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Unless his opponent was from the area as well... that is pretty astonishing.

[NewFederalist]

Now, since no one else said anything, here's NM ...


And now you have more information on NM races than you ever wanted to know.

Thanks, WMS! As a previous Albuquerque resident I appreciate the update.