2008 Senate/House Results Thread

[Spaghetti Cat]

     I can't believe that Bachmann survived. I was certain that she was dead meat.

Hahahahah.  I think a lot of people were thinking the same thing two years ago when she beat Wetterling.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I can't believe that Bachmann survived. I was certain that she was dead meat.

Hahahahah.  I think a lot of people were thinking the same thing two years ago when she beat Wetterling.

     I thought she would win in 2006, but that SUSA poll that had her up 1 & Obama up 3 convinced me that she was finished. I guess that poll was terrible in more ways than one.

[Lunar]

AHFIHHOHOFHOIEHIFEOHUAUHO

looks like Charlie Brown lost by 416 votes

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[Associate Justice PiT]

     I'm kind of happy that McClintock won. I felt bad for him after he lost the Lt. Governor's race to Garamendi in 2006. I don't know why though.

[Lunar]

     I'm kind of happy that McClintock won. I felt bad for him after he lost the Lt. Governor's race to Garamendi in 2006. I don't know why though.

Yeah I felt bad for him too.  He really is a great fit for the district and has lost so many frickin' times otherwise.  Really, considering the district's democratic interests, I cannot imagine a better representative policy-wise.

But Charlie Brown seems like a better person, even if I feel sorry for the other guy.

[Sam Spade]

AK-AL and AK-SEN should be called.  The only thing left is bush.

^^^^^
Stevens has a 3300-vote lead with 3 bush precincts left and probably some absentees.  It's over.

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Sad how Alaska shows that it doesn't matter how crappy and corrupt you are, if you bring home more pork for your state then your crappy state deserves, they'll keep re-electing you.

[Lunar]

They don't technically elect him because of the pork, they elect him because he is popular and he is popular because he's been there ever since the state became a state in the 60's and  he's popular because he does bring home the pork.  But usually you don't think about the bacon when you pull the lever.

So, is it safe to assume that McConnell and Reid will wait however many months an appeal takes, and assuming the appeal is unsuccessful (pretty likely), THEN kick him out, putting the ball in Palin's court?

Gosh.  In most states, someone in Steven's position would lose to someone in Begich's position, pre-conviction.

This makes me not want to go back to Alaska again.  Props to Stevens though on his 12th hour, 2-minute ad.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I can't believe that Stevens & Young both won. The polls lied to me!

     Anyway, AK is one of those states like LA & NJ where being corrupt gets you more votes, not fewer.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Also, Coleman's leading by 676 votes now. As far as I can tell, only Cass & St. Louis counties have anything left to report.

     Cass is 97% in, with Coleman leading 7,500-5,800-2,400. St. Louis is 99% in, with Franken leading 64,000-38,000-14,000. Assuming that the remaining precincts vote the county average & are average in size for the county (), Franken picks up 229 votes.

     Obviously those aren't scientifically valid assumptions, though they do illustrate that Coleman is probably ahead. Of course, there's absentees & then the recount, so it doesn't mean that much.

[GMantis]

AP is calling Minnesota for Coleman, but there will be a recount.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/general/view.bg?articleid=1130221

[J. J.]

MN is 760 some odd votes; there should be a recount.

[Jake]

Anyone care to post a list of switchers to save me some time?

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Anyone care to post a list of switchers to save me some time?

Senate: NM, VA, CO, NH, and NC are Dem pickups; AK, OR, and MN too close too call.

House:

Democratic pickups:

    * AL-02 (Bobby Bright)
    * AZ-01 (Ann Kirkpatrick)
    * CO-04 (Betsy Markey)
    * CT-04 (Jim Himes)
    * FL-08 (Alan Grayson)
    * FL-24 (Suzanne Kosmas)
    * IL-11 (Debbie Halvorson)
    * MI-07 (Mark Schauer)
    * MI-09 (Gary Peters)
    * NC-08 (Larry Kissell)
    * NJ-03 (John Adler)
    * NM-01 (Martin Heinrich)
    * NM-02 (Harry Teague)
    * NV-03 (Dina Titus)
    * NY-13 (Mike McMahon)
    * NY-25 (Dan Maffei)
    * NY-29 (Eric Massa)
    * OH-01 (Steve Driehaus)
    * OH-16 (John Boccieri)
    * PA-03 (Kathy Dahlkemper)
    * VA-02 (Glenn Nye)
    * VA-11 (Gerry Connolly)

Republican pickups:

    * FL-16 (Tim Mahoney)
    * KS-02 (Nancy Boyda)
    * LA-06 (Don Cazayoux)
    * TX-22 (Nick Lampson)

Too close to call:

CA-04 (McClintock v. Brown -- McClintock leading)
CA-50 (Bilbray v. Leibham -- Bilbray leading)
ID-01 (Sali v. Minnick -- Minnick leading)
MD-01 (Harris v. Kratovil -- Kratovil leading)
SC-01 (Brown v. Ketner -- Brown leading)
VA-05 (Goode v. Perriello -- Goode leading)
WA-08 (Reichert v. Burner -- Reichert leading)

Runoff in December:

LA-04 (Carmouche v. Fleming)

[Хahar 🤔]

AHFIHHOHOFHOIEHIFEOHUAUHO

looks like Charlie Brown lost by 416 votes

HIDOHHDOIFJJOID

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Same for Minnesota. Alaska is just funny.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

AP is calling Minnesota for Coleman, but there will be a recount.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/general/view.bg?articleid=1130221

AP Uncalls Minnesota Senate Race

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[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Local Oregon media is claiming a victory for Merkley.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

With Chambliss now at 49.9% in the official Secretary of State tally, the Georgia GOP expects (a) runoff in (the U.S.) Senate race.

Chambliss  1,837,126   49.9%
Martin  1,718,902    46.7%
Buckley  125,900    3.4%

[JohnnyLongtorso]

I'm willing to call ID-01 for Walt Minnick. He's up by 3,600 votes with 3 precincts left in the state.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Ancedotal stories are the best kind:

I talked to my mother on the phone today.  She's registered in NJ-07 and voted against Ferguson in 2006.

"I'm glad that Stender didn't get in.  I was sick of hearing her voice all the damn time."

The thing that put my mother over the edge were apparently the repeated robocalls from her and Bill Clinton on her unlisted home phone number.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

The Virginia SBOE currently has Tom Perriello leading Virgil Goode by 31 votes. This one is going to be a while.

[Bacon King]

What's the deal with OH-15?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

What's the deal with OH-15?

Obama has no coattails.

[Bacon King]

What's the deal with OH-15?

Obama has no coattails.

I meant, as in, why haven't the networks called it even though it's completely in and Stivers has a wide margin?

[Nutmeg]

Updating, although JohnnyLongtorso's doing a fine job:

SUMMARY - House races (per C-SPAN and cnn.com)

Called D pickups (23)
AL-02
AZ-01
CO-04
CT-04
FL-08
FL-24
ID-01
IL-11
MI-07
MI-09
NV-03
NJ-03
NM-01
NM-02
NY-13
NY-25
NY-29
NC-08
OH-01
OH-16
PA-03
VA-02
VA-11

Called R pickups (4)
FL-16
KS-02
LA-06
TX-22

Not yet called (incumbent party; current leader) (8 )
AK (R; R leads)
CA-04 (R; R leads)
LA-02 (D) - December
LA-04 (R) - December
MD-01 (R; D leads)
OH-15 (R; R leads)
VA-05 (R; D leads)
WA-08 (R; R leads)