He's gotten about a hundred closer, and they are still counting, but it's still a long way to go.
The Marriage amendment got about a hundred closer as well, in the last 2000 votes counted, but it's got to pick up 49,000 more votes, so it's probably a lost cause.
Latest numbers for JD:
HAYWORTH: 82,485 - 46.8%
MITCHELL: 88,302 - 50.1%
SEVERIN: 5,578 - 3.2%
TOTAL: 176,365
Why did the marriage amendment fail so badly? How odd.