2008 Senate/House Results Thread

[Sam Spade]

Hey MW08, what did I tell you about Lampson? 

[Erc]

MN/IA/MO/AR/NE/OK/SD/ND/MT/WY/UT/OR/HI: No change

LA:
LA-06: (R+)
LA-04: Election, December 6 [John Fleming v. Paul Carmouche]

TX:
TX-22: (R+)

KS:
KS-02: (R+)

CO:
CO-02: (R?) [Polis (D) up 60-37, 42% in]
CO-04: (D+)

NM:
NM-01: (D+)
NM-02: (D+)

AZ:
AZ-01: (D+)

ID:
ID-01: (D?)  [Minnick (D) up 51-49, 64% in]

NV:
NV-03: (D+)

CA:
CA-04: (D?) [McClintock (R) up 51-49, 64% in]
CA-24: (D?) [Gallegly (R) up 60-40, 21% in]
CA-44: (D?) [Calvert (R) up 54-46, 22% in]
CA-48: (D?) [Campbell (R) up 56-40, 39% in]
CA-50: (D?) [Bilbray (R) up 51-45, 28% in]

WA:
WA-08: (D?) [Burner (D) up 52-48, 21% in]

AK:
AK-AL: (D?)  [Young (R) up 51-44, 66% in]

[Ban my account ffs!]

The MN Senate race is still neck and neck.  Both candidates are at 42% and Al Franken is currently 9000 votes behind Coleman.

It should be noted that the red, uber Coleman friendly suburbs are pretty much all reported while the DFL strongholds in Hennipen and St. Louis counties have a lot to report.

The cities of Duluth, Hibbing, and Virginia have yet to report and all will break nearly 2-to-1 for Franken.

[12th Doctor]

Down ballot is turning out to be not quite the blow out I expected.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Down ballot is turning out to be not quite the blow out I expected.

Yeah, coattails seem to have been curiously lacking. Your guy seems to have lost, but I'm not sure if Obama actually carried the district.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Ye gods, Ted Stevens is actually winning:

Begich, Mark    DEM    57710    45.49%
Bird, Bob    AI    5357    4.22%
Gianoutsos, Ted    NA    454    0.36%
Haase, Fredrick D.    LIB    866    0.68%
Stevens, Ted    REP    62153    48.99%
Write-in Votes      326    0.26%

195/438 precincts in.

[Lief 🗽]

oh god no

[RouterJockey]

Don Young too!

US REPRESENTATIVE   
  Total
Number of Precincts  438 
Precincts Reporting  195 44.5 %
Times Counted  128169/495731 25.9 %
Total Votes  126651 

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Berkowitz, Ethan A. DEM 55764 44.03%
Wright, Don R. AI 5427 4.29%
Young, Don E. REP 65135 51.43%
Write-in Votes  325 0.26%

[12th Doctor]

Down ballot is turning out to be not quite the blow out I expected.

Yeah, coattails seem to have been curiously lacking. Your guy seems to have lost, but I'm not sure if Obama actually carried the district.

Don't get me wrong, alot of people I liked and cared about got wiped out.  English, Dole, Sununu... but certainly there seems to not have been a huge effect, particularly in the House.

[Lief 🗽]

Don Young too!

US REPRESENTATIVE   
  Total
Number of Precincts  438 
Precincts Reporting  195 44.5 %
Times Counted  128169/495731 25.9 %
Total Votes  126651 

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Berkowitz, Ethan A. DEM 55764 44.03%
Wright, Don R. AI 5427 4.29%
Young, Don E. REP 65135 51.43%
Write-in Votes  325 0.26%

What the hell.

[Torie]

Well the twin felons from Alaska seem cruising to victory, and Barone thinks Coleman will pull it out by a handfull of votes, and Oregon is out there, so it seems a bust for the Dems in the Senate, and the House losses I guess will be under 20 seats.  Life is good!  And I suspect Prez elect Obama is relieved that the Dem majority is not so large as to bitch slap him, and his ability to trim. As I said, life is good.

[TheresNoMoney]

I can't believe Michele Bachmann is going to win again!

[TheresNoMoney]

Well the twin felons from Alaska seem cruising to victory, and Barone thinks Coleman will pull it out by a handfull of votes, and Oregon is out there

Begich will win in Alaska and I think Merkley will win in Oregon. Seems like Coleman has a decent chance to hang on in Minnesota, though.

[Torie]

Well the twin felons from Alaska seem cruising to victory, and Barone thinks Coleman will pull it out by a handfull of votes, and Oregon is out there

Begich will win in Alaska and I think Merkley will win in Oregon. Seems like Coleman has a decent chance to hang on in Minnesota, though.

Begich is done. He's toast. Keep up. The felon will win.

[TheresNoMoney]

Begich is done. He's toast. Keep up. The felon will win.

What makes you say that? Stevens has a slim 3% lead with just 37% in. The polls have Begich winning big.

[Dan the Roman]

Coleman is toast. All of his counties are in Duluth is still out as is a large chunk of Hennepin. Franken has to be the the 3/1 favorite to win now.

Ditto for Smith.

[Torie]

Ye gods, Ted Stevens is actually winning:

Begich, Mark    DEM    57710    45.49%
Bird, Bob    AI    5357    4.22%
Gianoutsos, Ted    NA    454    0.36%
Haase, Fredrick D.    LIB    866    0.68%
Stevens, Ted    REP    62153    48.99%
Write-in Votes      326    0.26%

195/438 precincts in.

And this is before the tsunami of heavily GOP absentee ballots yet to be counted, and at least so said some orgasmic Fox News guy channeling some Alaska GOP operative. Assuming it is all true, Alaska loves felons, or felons to be, every bit as much as New Orleans, bless them.

[RouterJockey]

Just over 50% in, and it's tightening...

US SENATOR  
  Total
Number of Precincts  438  
Precincts Reporting  234 53.4 %
Times Counted  152520/495731 30.8 %
Total Votes  150954  

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Begich, Mark DEM 70338 46.60%
Bird, Bob AI 6206 4.11%
Gianoutsos, Ted NA 545 0.36%
Haase, Fredrick D. LIB 1064 0.70%
Stevens, Ted REP 72415 47.97%
Write-in Votes  386 0.26%
 

US REPRESENTATIVE  
  Total
Number of Precincts  438  
Precincts Reporting  234 53.4 %
Times Counted  152520/495731 30.8 %
Total Votes  150681  

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Berkowitz, Ethan A. DEM 67723 44.94%
Wright, Don R. AI 6359 4.22%
Young, Don E. REP 76225 50.59%
Write-in Votes  374 0.25%
 

[Torie]

Begich is done. He's toast. Keep up. The felon will win.

What makes you say that? Stevens has a slim 3% lead with just 37% in. The polls have Begich winning big.

Stay tuned.

[Torie]

Coleman is toast. All of his counties are in Duluth is still out as is a large chunk of Hennepin. Franken has to be the the 3/1 favorite to win now.

Ditto for Smith.

Right, not.

Addendum: Having looked a bit more at Oregon, and it does appear that Smith will be butt F'ed.

[TheresNoMoney]

Coleman is toast. All of his counties are in Duluth is still out as is a large chunk of Hennepin. Franken has to be the the 3/1 favorite to win now.

Ditto for Smith.

Thanks for the info.

[Dan the Roman]

Coleman is toast. All of his counties are in Duluth is still out as is a large chunk of Hennepin. Franken has to be the the 3/1 favorite to win now.

Ditto for Smith.

Right, not.

Take a look at the CNN results page. Hennepin is at 87% and Franken has a 85,000 vote margin there. St. Louis is at 68% and Franken has a 21,000 vote margin there. Carlton and Winona are both Franken territory, and Minneapolis has a few thousand votes out. Where are the Coleman votes going to come from?

[Sam Spade]

I'm simply proud to have called KS-02 when no one else did... 

[Sam Spade]

I'm not touching the MN Senate race yet - too close.

[Torie]

I'm simply proud to have called KS-02 when no one else did... 

I called it long ago on my spread sheet. It was part and parcel as to how I landed at minus 22 for the hapless and useless and embarrassing Pubbies in the House, that needed a good second swiving.