NATIONAL GOVERNOR/OTHER RESULTS THREAD (LATE RESULTS/POSTMORTEM)

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Wow! Looks like 2 independent governors in New England.

Overall, the New England politics is a problem. Even on a night like this Republicans may gain, may be, 3 or 4 House seats in the region, and even that's not certain. 2-party system is needed - it is simply not there. Somebody should create a regional party.

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What the hell is happening in CT? No precincts from Bridgeport (there are 25), only 9 out of 35 from New Haven, only 4 out of 23 from Hartford, none (out of 23) from Stamford, none (out of 14) from Norwalk,  none (out of 17) from Meriden, none (out of 13) from Fairfield, none (out of 7) from Danbury, none (out of 11) from Hamden. Most biggish-cized towns and citiex haven't reported zilch or almost zilch. Greenwich, West Hartford and Waterbury are done reporting, but where are the rest?

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Don't know where this should go, but Prop. 19 is down.

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What the hell is happening in CT? No precincts from Bridgeport (there are 25), only 9 out of 35 from New Haven, only 4 out of 23 from Hartford, none (out of 23) from Stamford, none (out of 14) from Norwalk,  none (out of 17) from Meriden, none (out of 13) from Fairfield, none (out of 7) from Danbury, none (out of 11) from Hamden. Most biggish-cized towns and citiex haven't reported zilch or almost zilch. Greenwich, West Hartford and Waterbury are done reporting, but where are the rest?

Bridgeport had an issue supposedly running out of ballots and kept some precincts open later in an effort to manufacture Democratic votes. It's disgusting, really.

Bridgeport officials are incompetent and holding polls open only in one part of the state is repugnant.  Keep all open later or none at all.  Treat all voters equally.

Ok, Bridgeport's fine. What about the rest? Also out of ballots, or have they been annexed to Bridgeport?

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Why did Fox call CT for Malloy?  Foley is ahead and it doesn't seem like Malloy is gaining any ground.

Because of what I've just noted above: for some reason, almost all big and biggish cities in CT aren't reporting results. Nothing from Bridgeport, nothing from Stamford, peanuts from Hartford and New Haven. Meanwhile, Greenwich has reported it all. Hence, I guess, in what's left it is expected that the Dems get it all.

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Democrats may have picked up one state senate seat in Mass.: Tisei's. This is ridiculous. I think we lost a couple of handfuls of seats in the House, though.

Regardless of losing the races for Governor, Treasurer, and (ugh) Auditor, Republicans still had their best night in Massachusetts since 1990. They did surprisingly well in the State House.

Yeah, sure. It seems they may have even, what, doubled their representation. But if that's all they can do in a year like this, they are not performing their role as the opposition. It is a freakin one-party system.

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Looks like Republicans picked up 14 seats in the CT House; at least 12 in the MA House (though are currently -1 in the state senate); it looks like the GOP will win the ME Senate.

Democrats won a special election in a NJ State Senate race -- that was a pickup. Republicans won control of the county executive and freeholder board in Bergen County, NJ's largest.

19+12=31, or whatever. Until and unless they come close to 50, this is not an effective opposition. CT seems better, but if they loose the governor.... The brightest spot is ME.