NATIONAL SENATE/HOUSE RESULTS THREAD (LATE RESULTS/POSTMORTEM)

[stry_cat]

So what's going on in VA specifically with the Connolly vs. Fimian race?  There's still two precincts in Fairfax County which haven't reported results.
https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2010/EB24720D-F5C6-4880-8DC5-12AE4D0C3772/Unofficial/6_l_CFF52707-FD82-4EFE-985A-D8C12A97EF10_s.shtml

[Hash]

Joe Miller losing is the best news in a long time. Good riddance to that scumbag.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

So what's going on in VA specifically with the Connolly vs. Fimian race?  There's still two precincts in Fairfax County which haven't reported results.
https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2010/EB24720D-F5C6-4880-8DC5-12AE4D0C3772/Unofficial/6_l_CFF52707-FD82-4EFE-985A-D8C12A97EF10_s.shtml

Only one precinct, actually -- the other is for provisional votes, of which there will less than 10. The one precinct remaining is one that Fimian won in 2008, so this is probably going to a recount (though if Connolly is ahead going into it, he'll win; recounts barely move numbers in Virginia).

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I voted for Altmire......I knew going in I wouldn't vote for Mary Bitch Buchanan if she won the pub primary and I'm glad she didn't.  The guy that ran against Altmire couldn't make himself well known enough.  Altmire is a lib in a very very conservative district so he has to act like a moderate to survive.  I can live with that.  His health care vote helped him even though I'm sure the leadership granted him permission to vote against it.

I didn't want to vote for Toomey or Sestak......I voted Toomey.  This may sound petty but I don't buy Sestak's version of the Obama job offer.  I can't vote for a guy who has openly made statements I don't believe.  Toomey may be a liar too about some things but nothing stood out.  So I voted for him.....

I'm sure Valium was flowing all night in both camps........it was a tight race......

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

Buck didn't know how to answer the abortion question and allowed himself to be defined...I could have won this race

[Umengus]

cnn exit poll FL : Rubio wins 55 % of latinos (12 % of the voters).

Meek wins 76 % of the blacks voters (11 % of the voters).

[memphis]

AP declares Hanabusa winner

What do I need to put up as my sig again, or something? I don't remember the exact deals of our bet. Congratulations Memphis. Pity I had to lose a bet due to the loss of a man that I admire. Such is life. I would give you Oberstar if you give me Djou in a milisecond.

Hanabusa's pic in your signature. One week. Feel free to add a snarky caption

[memphis]

Biggest GOP majority since Truman's do nothing Congress.  We will still have more seats than Reagan did in 83-89.

[Јas]

Anyone know when Washington will resume counting?

[TomC]

OK, so CNN is reporting a 51-47 Senate with 2 not called but Co, Wash, and Alaska are gray and "not called." Are they assuming AK for the GOP one way or the other?

[Sam Spade]

McNerney's ahead by 120 votes in CA-11 with all precincts - probably will be some recount there.

Costa appears like he's going to lose because what's left ain't favorable to him.

[J. J.]

Toomey and Corbett got killed in Philly (though ran strong/barely lost or barely won in the Republican areas of the city) but the margins elsewhere where so incredible that it didn't matter. Republican turnout in Bucks alone was sensational. Our numbers in Chester were great, too. Amazing. What a night.

I think the difference was the African American vote.

It was very Democratic.  It turned out in slightly better numbers than normal.  It was not, however, a much better turnout.

In other words, "President Obama, they don't have your back."  This time.

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

Toomey and Corbett got killed in Philly (though ran strong/barely lost or barely won in the Republican areas of the city) but the margins elsewhere where so incredible that it didn't matter. Republican turnout in Bucks alone was sensational. Our numbers in Chester were great, too. Amazing. What a night.

I think the difference was the African American vote.

It was very Democratic.  It turned out in slightly better numbers than normal.  It was not, however, a much better turnout.

In other words, "President Obama, they don't have your back."  This time.

Wait for 2012. They'll turn out.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

One of my coworkers, a 30ish African-American woman, told me the other day she only votes for President. That's what the Democrats have to work with.

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

Costa's district looks like it had terrible turnout this election.

[Brittain33]

OK, so CNN is reporting a 51-47 Senate with 2 not called but Co, Wash, and Alaska are gray and "not called." Are they assuming AK for the GOP one way or the other?

They should, Murrcowskee said she'd caucus with Republicans and McAdams is out of the running.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

OK, so CNN is reporting a 51-47 Senate with 2 not called but Co, Wash, and Alaska are gray and "not called." Are they assuming AK for the GOP one way or the other?

They should, Murrcowskee said she'd caucus with Republicans and McAdams is out of the running.

Yes. Early in the Alaska count, CNN made a "projection" (on teh tee-vee) that McAdams would come in third. Because Murkowski definitively said she'd caucus with the GOP, it's a GOP hold regardless of who comes in second.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

cnn exit poll FL : Rubio wins 55 % of latinos (12 % of the voters).

Meek wins 76 % of the blacks voters (11 % of the voters).

And of course the actual numbers proved Crist had a chance.  Great job Meek.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Costa's district looks like it had terrible turnout this election.

Most of the Hispanic-majority districts in the Southwest have that problem, since a lot of the residents of the district don't/can't vote.

[J. J.]

Toomey and Corbett got killed in Philly (though ran strong/barely lost or barely won in the Republican areas of the city) but the margins elsewhere where so incredible that it didn't matter. Republican turnout in Bucks alone was sensational. Our numbers in Chester were great, too. Amazing. What a night.

I think the difference was the African American vote.

It was very Democratic.  It turned out in slightly better numbers than normal.  It was not, however, a much better turnout.

In other words, "President Obama, they don't have your back."  This time.

Wait for 2012. They'll turn out.

Maybe not.  In PA, you have to vote once every two years to stay registered.  You probably lost a number of registered Democrats in Philadelphia.

There is also the change factor.  That change was made already, and they might be no reason to change it.  It that respect, there was no energy.

To think of the analogy of Berry Gordy's the Last Dragon, last night, Obama was Sho'nuff, after the glow started to fade.  Still powerful, but not winning.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

So what's going on in VA specifically with the Connolly vs. Fimian race?  There's still two precincts in Fairfax County which haven't reported results.
https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2010/EB24720D-F5C6-4880-8DC5-12AE4D0C3772/Unofficial/6_l_CFF52707-FD82-4EFE-985A-D8C12A97EF10_s.shtml

Only one precinct, actually -- the other is for provisional votes, of which there will less than 10. The one precinct remaining is one that Fimian won in 2008, so this is probably going to a recount (though if Connolly is ahead going into it, he'll win; recounts barely move numbers in Virginia).

Scratch that, there *are* two precincts out, and both of them were easily won by Connolly in 2008. He's got it.

[Guderian]

Costa's district looks like it had terrible turnout this election.

Yeah, what the hell is with that... Barely 60,000 people voted in CA-20. I think Costa was unopposed last time so maybe people forgot they had to vote this time around.

[Sarnstrom]

The Denver Post has called the race for Michael Bennet.

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

The Denver Post has called the race for Michael Bennet.

Colorado now has a Dem Governor and 2 Dem Senators. And 2 were elected in one of the worst cycles for Dems ever.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Bennet and Gillibrand have broken the appointed-Senator curse, it seems.