*Official Election 2005 Results Thread*

[Jake]

Looks like a solid ass whooping all around. I'll give props to Kaine for coming back over the past month. Hopefully, he'll be Warner rather than Kaine the next four years. On Corzine, I really hope New Jersey slides deeper into the hole they're in. Thank god Detroit's voted that piece of slime out of office. As an aside, Doherty has declared victory in Scranton with 57%.

[Moooooo]

Anyone know where I can find a live feed of Kaine and Corzines annoucnement speech?

[Gabu]

Not only did we refrain from celebration of our MA and RI Gubernatorial victories, we didn't even mention it.

But the big difference is that, up until, like, a week or so ago, the race had been completely neck-and-neck with a slight Kilgore edge.  Having Kaine prevail in the end is at least somewhat of a victory for the Democratic Party.

I really don't see what the big deal is with being happy over this victory in the face of uncertainty.

[Keystone Phil]

The state of New Jersey will now be called...New Detroit.

No. We'll just start calling it Camden. Yeah, all of it will be called Camden...

If a Republican won in the heart of New England, would you not consider this a very good thing?

When the GOP retained the RI Governor spot, I wasn't going crazy.

I don't see anyone "going crazy".  There are a lot of Democrats who are happy to see these results, for sure, but I don't see anything abnormal in taking pleasure in a victory for one's own team.  Are we supposed to be going "ho hum, Kaine won, big deal"?

Not only did we refrain from celebration of our MA and RI Gubernatorial victories, we didn't even mention it.

Well, there were other races at the same time.

Your point? Shouldn't we have been celebrating about those "huge" wins, too?

[Storebought]

I think Jake has been adequately brought up to speed.

Oh, the Ohio Reform props all look to be going down.

Detroit Mayor
Candidate   Votes   Percent   Winner
Freman Hendrix    24,277   59%   
Kwame Kilpatrick    16,514   40%   
Precincts Reporting - 99 out of 720 - 13%

And Detroit mayor is underway too.

Serious question: Have Detroit's ghettoes been counted yet, or are those results from the *ordinary* townships that are shared between the city and the county?

In New Orleans, the project vote was always, conveniently, last to be counted.

[ATFFL]

I think Jake has been adequately brought up to speed.

Oh, the Ohio Reform props all look to be going down.

Detroit Mayor
Candidate   Votes   Percent   Winner
Freman Hendrix    24,277   59%   
Kwame Kilpatrick    16,514   40%   
Precincts Reporting - 99 out of 720 - 13%

And Detroit mayor is underway too.

Serious question: Have Detroit's ghettoes been counted yet, or are those results from townships that are shared between the city and the county?

In New Orleans, the project vote was always, conveniently, last to be counted.

I have no freaking clue.

[Keystone Phil]

I really don't see what the big deal is with being happy over this victory in the face of uncertainty.

It's not just being happy. Just wait until the blogs start going crazy, saying that this will completely destroy the GOP in 2006.

[MHS2002]

AP site with some county by county results for VA: click on "View By County"

[Sam Spade]

I really don't see what the big deal is with being happy over this victory in the face of uncertainty.

It's not just being happy. Just wait until the blogs start going crazy, saying that this will completely destroy the GOP in 2006.

Phil, what else do you expect them to say?

You need to grow thicker skin than that.

[Gabu]

I really don't see what the big deal is with being happy over this victory in the face of uncertainty.

It's not just being happy. Just wait until the blogs start going crazy, saying that this will completely destroy the GOP in 2006.

Okay... but we aren't "the blogs", so I'm not sure what your point exactly is or what you want us to do.

[Moooooo]

Live feed from NJ:

http://www.njn.net/television/webcast/livestreaming.html

[MHS2002]

Bolling (R) declared Lt. Gov. winner in VA

[Sarnstrom]

http://news.nbc12.com/returns/

Live feed from Kilgore Headquarters

[Sarnstrom]

Forrester is at the podium

[Moooooo]

Live feed from NJ:

http://www.njn.net/television/webcast/livestreaming.html

Forrester speaking now.

[YRABNNRM]

People of New Jersey...You have voted unwisely.

[Sam Spade]

Texas results are coming in.

Needless to say, the banning same-sex marriage initiative will get about 75%-80% and Houston's incumbent mayor Bill White (who was a crappy chair of the state Democratic party, but an extremely good mayor) will get about 90%.

[WalterMitty]

were the state legislatures up for election in nj and va?

if so, how did they turn out?

[AkSaber]

I don't know why, but I'm always excited on election nights.

Does anyone know how some of the state ballot measures are doing, like the S.F. handgun ban?

[Sam Spade]

The only real major races left to decide are the AG race in Virginia and the California ballot propositions.  When do the polls close out in California? (a jfern question)

[YRABNNRM]

The only real major races left to decide are the AG race in Virginia and the California ballot propositions.  When do the polls close out in California? (a jfern question)

11 or 12 I believe.

[TheresNoMoney]

Looks like Deeds will lose by a few thousand (less than 1%), but a recount could be in order in such a close race.

[Storebought]

AP site with some county by county results for VA: click on "View By County"

It looks as though the GOP had better come up with a "Missouri Plan*" for VA in the next 2 years

*For decades in MO, the strongest GOP county in the state was St Louis Co. Often, winning the state in the old days (before 1988) meant little more than winning that county by a convincing margin. But, little by little, the GOP margins there shrank, so that, by 1992, it had become a Democrat base. Now, St Louis Co. is among the three most liberal and Democrat counties/cities in the state. Fortunately for the GOP, they expanded into the Ozarks, which had just enough country voters to compensate for the loss.

[MHS2002]

were the state legislatures up for election in nj and va?

if so, how did they turn out?

House of Delegates up in VA, not sure what the final totals will be.

[Sarnstrom]

Kilgore is also conceding the race right now as he speaks at the podium.
http://news.nbc12.com/returns/