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

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yeah I'm not worried about Dayton.

The issue was that a bunch of votes in Hennepin were double counted.

[King]

God, Jerry is just such a real man.  Why can't more Democrats be like him?  He's not giving a victory speech, he's just saying what he feels.

[cannonia]

I think what Jerry Brown just did is called "rambling".  Did he hit the bottle before speaking, or is he getting senile?

[??????????]

Scott claims victory.

[cinyc]

Kennedy declared winner in the 42nd Senate District

Where does that put us?

Edit:  Ball was declared winner in SD-40 - a Republican hold.

[King]

I think what Jerry Brown just did is called "rambling".  Did he hit the bottle before speaking, or is he getting senile?

He didn't have any notes with him.

If you want rambling, check out Barbara Boxer.

[Smash255]

Kennedy declared winner in the 42nd Senate District

Where does that put us?

GOP up 30-29 in called races, the 7th, 37th and 60th too close to call, but Dems have a slight edge in all three. 

If the Dems hold the three they have a slight lead in it will stay 32-30 Dems, each side picking up one from the other and cancelling each other out (3rd and 11th)

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Republicans picked up the CO State House, so it looks like (1) we're getting a compromise redistricting map there and (2) it doesn't matter whether Maes gets 10% or not anymore.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Looks like California is getting non-partisan redistricting for 2012.

[Sam Spade]

GOP picked up about 15 state House seats in Texas, basically every seat they lost over the past 6 years.  Exact totals tomorrow.

[Torie]

The votes left in Florida to count are less than Scott's margin (or almost there), so he will win by a margin beyond lawsuit potential. That means the Pubbies can gerrymander the sh*t out of the state, like last time, which is the major national significance of this race to my mind. Scott in totals tracked Rubio pretty closely, suggesting that if Crist had been a moderate Dem from day one as governor, he might have run a skin tight race against Rubio.

[Smash255]

Martins has now taken a slight lead over Johnson in the 7th  50.32-49.66.  496 votes, 91.48% in  (23 precincts left)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Me and Snowguy told you about Dayton.

[cinyc]

Kennedy declared winner in the 42nd Senate District

Where does that put us?

GOP up 30-29 in called races, the 7th, 37th and 60th too close to call, but Dems have a slight edge in all three. 

If the Dems hold the three they have a slight lead in it will stay 32-30 Dems, each side picking up one from the other and cancelling each other out (3rd and 11th)

Does that include the Dem win in SD-38?  I think that was an open-seat pickup.  (Or was the dead Rockland guy a Democrat)?

[East Coast Republican]

The votes left in Florida to count are less than Scott's margin (or almost there), so he will win by a margin beyond lawsuit potential. That means the Pubbies can gerrymander the sh*t out of the state, like last time, which is the major national significance of this race to my mind. Scott in totals tracked Rubio pretty closely, suggesting that if Crist had been a moderate Dem from day one as governor, he might have run a skin tight race against Rubio.

I wish.  Even though Scott is (maybe, appears) victorious and Republicans obtained veto proof majorities in both the state house and senate, the fair districting amendment passed.  Unless Republicans can come up with a way to keep it from going into effect, the Republican state domination days are over.

And yes, Republicans tried to get the amendments kicked off the ballot before the election.  I wonder what argument they could use now to keep them from going into effect.

[??????????]

The votes left in Florida to count are less than Scott's margin (or almost there), so he will win by a margin beyond lawsuit potential. That means the Pubbies can gerrymander the sh*t out of the state, like last time, which is the major national significance of this race to my mind. Scott in totals tracked Rubio pretty closely, suggesting that if Crist had been a moderate Dem from day one as governor, he might have run a skin tight race against Rubio.

I wish.  Even though Scott is (maybe, appears) victorious and Republicans obtained veto proof majorities in both the state house and senate, the fair districting amendment passed.  Unless Republicans can come up with a way to keep it from going into effect, the Republican state domination days are over.

And yes, Republicans tried to get the amendments kicked off the ballot before the election.  I wonder what argument they could use now to keep them from going into effect.

I'm assuming you voted against that garbage.

[Badger]

The votes left in Florida to count are less than Scott's margin (or almost there), so he will win by a margin beyond lawsuit potential. That means the Pubbies can gerrymander the sh*t out of the state, like last time, which is the major national significance of this race to my mind. Scott in totals tracked Rubio pretty closely, suggesting that if Crist had been a moderate Dem from day one as governor, he might have run a skin tight race against Rubio.

I wish.  Even though Scott is (maybe, appears) victorious and Republicans obtained veto proof majorities in both the state house and senate, the fair districting amendment passed.  Unless Republicans can come up with a way to keep it from going into effect, the Republican state domination days are over.

And yes, Republicans tried to get the amendments kicked off the ballot before the election.  I wonder what argument they could use now to keep them from going into effect.

I'm assuming you voted against that garbage.

We certainly hope so. Yey gerrymandering!Corrupting the very spirit of one person one vote is ever so good for a democracy, you know....

[Sam Spade]

GOP picked up about 15 state House seats in Texas, basically every seat they lost over the past 6 years.  Exact totals tomorrow.

Oh and Solomon Ortiz Jr. lost, which is an interesting parallel.

[Smash255]

Kennedy declared winner in the 42nd Senate District

Where does that put us?

GOP up 30-29 in called races, the 7th, 37th and 60th too close to call, but Dems have a slight edge in all three. 

If the Dems hold the three they have a slight lead in it will stay 32-30 Dems, each side picking up one from the other and cancelling each other out (3rd and 11th)

Does that include the Dem win in SD-38?  I think that was an open-seat pickup.  (Or was the dead Rockland guy a Democrat)?

It was a Dem pick up, GOP did pick up SD-48, Ritchie knocked off Aubertine.  I was wondering about that.  I did think that SD-38 was a GOP held seat prior to the vacancy, but didn't realize Aubertine was the incumbent, so when I saw the NY-38 race I simply assumed I was wrong and it was a Dem held seat.

Martins now ahead 50.49-49.49.  97.04% reporting (8 precincts left)   Looks like 7 of the 8 are from McCarthy's Congressional district.

[??????????]

The votes left in Florida to count are less than Scott's margin (or almost there), so he will win by a margin beyond lawsuit potential. That means the Pubbies can gerrymander the sh*t out of the state, like last time, which is the major national significance of this race to my mind. Scott in totals tracked Rubio pretty closely, suggesting that if Crist had been a moderate Dem from day one as governor, he might have run a skin tight race against Rubio.

I wish.  Even though Scott is (maybe, appears) victorious and Republicans obtained veto proof majorities in both the state house and senate, the fair districting amendment passed.  Unless Republicans can come up with a way to keep it from going into effect, the Republican state domination days are over.

And yes, Republicans tried to get the amendments kicked off the ballot before the election.  I wonder what argument they could use now to keep them from going into effect.

I'm assuming you voted against that garbage.

We certainly hope so. Yey gerrymandering!Corrupting the very spirit of one person one vote is ever so good for a democracy, you know....

Again, how do you determine if a district has been drawn in a "non-partisan" manner? Who are the people who draw the lines? Look at the groups who support this amendment.

[East Coast Republican]

The votes left in Florida to count are less than Scott's margin (or almost there), so he will win by a margin beyond lawsuit potential. That means the Pubbies can gerrymander the sh*t out of the state, like last time, which is the major national significance of this race to my mind. Scott in totals tracked Rubio pretty closely, suggesting that if Crist had been a moderate Dem from day one as governor, he might have run a skin tight race against Rubio.

I wish.  Even though Scott is (maybe, appears) victorious and Republicans obtained veto proof majorities in both the state house and senate, the fair districting amendment passed.  Unless Republicans can come up with a way to keep it from going into effect, the Republican state domination days are over.

And yes, Republicans tried to get the amendments kicked off the ballot before the election.  I wonder what argument they could use now to keep them from going into effect.

I'm assuming you voted against that garbage.

You better believe I voted no on both of them.  Yeah 'fair districts' sponsored by a ton of northeastern unions and out of state liberal special interest groups.  Talk about a hidden power grab.

And Badger, stop being self righteous.  Gerrymandering has always been a part of this country.  I don't complain about the gerrymandered districts in California or Massachusetts.  To the victor goes the spoils that's what I say.  The pure pure swing states can worry about switching between conservative and liberal gerrymandering schemes every 10 years.  Really if you think about it, the liberal and conservative gerrymanders balance themselves out while the dominant party has a substantial, but not insurmountable, advantage.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

The Democrats' demise in Arkansas appears to be real. Republicans are leading in the three statewide offices they contested (Lt. Gov., SOS, and Land Commissioner), and the Republicans are winning 6 Dem Senate seats and 15 Dem House seats.

Dems there are exceptionally fortunate that the GOP didn't even bother to contest the rest.

[??????????]

And Badger, stop being self righteous.  

Sky, stop being blue!

Dude, just tell them +58. hahahaha

[East Coast Republican]

And Badger, stop being self righteous.  

Sky, stop being blue!

Dude, just tell them +58. hahahaha

I think we actually got around 65.  We definitely got more than 60. 

[Sam Spade]

Dems will be back in Arkansas.  Be patient.  Just maybe not while Obama is at the top.