KY, MS etc. Results Thread

[Lisa's voting Biden]

https://twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/1191904298982166528

But GOP picked up the AG and SoS spots and Bevin is the most unpopular governor in the country so is it really THAT much of a win?

Yes, we just won a governorship in Kentucky.

GOP still has a net +1 in statewide positions.

[KaiserDave]

https://twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/1191904298982166528

But GOP picked up the AG and SoS spots and Bevin is the most unpopular governor in the country so is it really THAT much of a win?

GOP still has a net +1 in statewide positions.
Yes, we just won a governorship in Kentucky.

Doesn't matter all that much to me in the grand scheme of things. This overall is a win.

[Badger]

Hood is pretty much done.

You can't really say that with basically no Delta or Jackson or Hood's neck of the woods in yet.

But yeah, Hood is probably going to lose. He could have held the AG seat for life and threw it away. He should have run for Senate last year instead if he's tired of being AG, and he should have lined up a successor Democrat who's not an ACLU lawyer with no funding.

Come on and give him credit man. Democrats both Statewide and nationally have been baking Hood to run for governor forever. It's been a recurring theme on Atlas and one of the few that actually matched that in real life that Jim Hood was the Great White Hope for Democrats hookah when in this deeply Republican state.

Federal races are just too polarized for him to beat CHS, instead he only would have further narrowed the margins some. I think Hood rightly saw both ESPYs performance and the overall Democratic Trend and thought this was his year. It just turned out that Mississippi Republicans actually had a decent candidate win their primary.

[fluffypanther19]

https://twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/1191904298982166528

But GOP picked up the AG and SoS spots and Bevin is the most unpopular governor in the country so is it really THAT much of a win?

Yes, we just won a governorship in Kentucky.

GOP still has a net +1 in statewide positions.

let us enjoy this, please?

[Badger]

https://twitter.com/alexwagner/status/1191904483879641095

Sounds like myself, Xing, and IceSpear were advising them. And other atlas posters who thought Bevin was inevitable.

That's got to be the classiest way I've ever heard anyone eat crow before.

[KaiserDave]

https://twitter.com/alexwagner/status/1191904483879641095

Sounds like myself, Xing, and IceSpear were advising them. And other atlas posters who thought Bevin was inevitable.

That's got to be the classiest way I've ever heard anyone eat crow before.

I'm more than happy to do so.

[Lisa's voting Biden]

https://twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/1191904298982166528

But GOP picked up the AG and SoS spots and Bevin is the most unpopular governor in the country so is it really THAT much of a win?

Yes, we just won a governorship in Kentucky.

GOP still has a net +1 in statewide positions.

let us enjoy this, please?

I supported Beshear so I'm happy about this too, but I'm just saying that it wasn't as bad for Republicans as a lot of people are saying.

[Torrain]

CNN and the NYTimes are still refusing to call the race. Cuomo keeps parroting that CNN has 'their own standards' which is bizarre given that the 100% of results are in.

[Oryxslayer]

Beshear is giving his victory speech now.

[Dr. MB]

It turns out that it's a lot harder to sweep a mountain than it is a valley.

[roxas11]

Even with Hood losing, he's not doing all that badly. I think fears of impeachment backlash might have been put to rest tonight, atleast for the moment.

agreed

Im seeing no evidence of any impeachment backlash and that is the big news of these elections

In Kentucky they ran ads attacking the dems over impeachment but that did not work at all. this is a very ominous sign for the GOP since they believe the impeachment fight will help them.

[KaiserDave]

God-Emperor Beshear declaring victory.

[Epaminondas]

I'm just saying that it wasn't as bad for Republicans as a lot of people are saying.

And so the goalpost shifting begins.

[Calthrina950]

CNN and the NYTimes are still refusing to call the race. Cuomo keeps parroting that CNN has 'their own standards' which is bizarre given that the 100% of results are in.

They obviously expected Beshear to lose, and so did most other mainstream media outlets. It reminds me of how in 2016, the networks waited until Trump was already giving his victory speech to declare him as the winner of the election.

[7,052,770]

Hood is pretty much done.

You can't really say that with basically no Delta or Jackson or Hood's neck of the woods in yet.

But yeah, Hood is probably going to lose. He could have held the AG seat for life and threw it away. He should have run for Senate last year instead if he's tired of being AG, and he should have lined up a successor Democrat who's not an ACLU lawyer with no funding.

Come on and give him credit man. Democrats both Statewide and nationally have been baking Hood to run for governor forever. It's been a recurring theme on Atlas and one of the few that actually matched that in real life that Jim Hood was the Great White Hope for Democrats hookah when in this deeply Republican state.

Federal races are just too polarized for him to beat CHS, instead he only would have further narrowed the margins some. I think Hood rightly saw both ESPYs performance and the overall Democratic Trend and thought this was his year. It just turned out that Mississippi Republicans actually had a decent candidate win their primary.

Sorry, I just don't agree with this analysis. I think Hood would have had a better chance of beating Hyde-Smith than Reeves, and an even better chance of just keeping the AG seat, which is considerably more powerful than the figurehead-ish governor anyway.

I think Hood was tired of being AG and wanted to go home to Chickasaw County. Just quitting would have looked bad, so he decided to roll the dice for governor, and if he wins, great, easy gig, and if he loses, no big deal.

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1191914429643984904

[Frodo]

Tate Reeves currently has a ten-point lead over Jim Hood, with a third of all precincts reporting, according to the Clarion-Ledger:

https://data.clarionledger.com/mississippi-general-election-results-2019/

[Lisa's voting Biden]

I'm just saying that it wasn't as bad for Republicans as a lot of people are saying.

And so the goalpost shifting begins.

They got a net +1 of statewide offices, if I were Republican I'd be mostly happy. Beshear isn't a super liberal type either.

[KaiserDave]

CNN and the NYTimes are still refusing to call the race. Cuomo keeps parroting that CNN has 'their own standards' which is bizarre given that the 100% of results are in.

They obviously expected Beshear to lose, and so did most other mainstream media outlets. It reminds of how in 2016, the networks waited until Trump was already giving his victory speech to declare him as the winner of the election.

MSNBC called it however.

[Oryxslayer]

MCI maps out with his swing map. Note the heavy overpreformance in Louisville, Lexington, and the Cincinnati Suburbs.

OH AND CNN CALLS IT.

[KaiserDave]

CNN calls it

[Calthrina950]

CNN and the NYTimes are still refusing to call the race. Cuomo keeps parroting that CNN has 'their own standards' which is bizarre given that the 100% of results are in.

They obviously expected Beshear to lose, and so did most other mainstream media outlets. It reminds of how in 2016, the networks waited until Trump was already giving his victory speech to declare him as the winner of the election.

MSNBC called it however.

You're right, but I said most other mainstream media outlets. DDHQ has also called the race in Beshear's favor, as has Vox.

[Torrain]

CNN has called it!

Governor Beshear!

[7,052,770]

5 counties in now, Hood running 1-10 points ahead of Hillary. Not going to be enough.

[Lisa's voting Biden]

42.5% of MS in - Reeves leading by 4.5%

Bevin is refusing to concede.