Posted on 11/06/2014 1:09:52 PM PST by smoothsailing
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Leftovers: A roundup of uncalled races |
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More than 36 hours after the last polls closed, two statewide races in Alaska, the Virginia Senate race and a slew of West Coast House races have yet to be called. Here’s how things stand: THE HOUSE AZ-2: Highly touted Republican recruit Martha McSally leads Democratic Rep. Ron Barber by just under 1,300 votes. The Arizona Republic reports that only a few thousand votes remain uncounted in Cochise County, while 47,000 votes still need to be counted in Democrat-friendly Pima County. CA-7: Former GOP Rep. Doug Ose has a 3,000-vote lead over freshman Democrat Ami Bera, but even Ose’s campaign admits there are more than 60,000 uncounted ballots in the district. The Republican’s team said it expects the result of the race to be known by Saturday. CA-9: Democratic Rep. Jerry McNerney, who was expected to cruise to victory, is clinging to a roughly 2,500-vote lead over GOPer Tony Amador, a former police officer and U.S. marshall, in the Stockton-based district. CA-16: Republican Johnny Tacherra, a dairy farmer who had only one paid staffer on his campaign, appears on the verge of upsetting four-term Democratic Rep. Jim Costa. Tacherra leads by fewer than 800 votes. But Costa was also down on election night 2010 before mail and provisional ballots gave him a 3,000-vote victory. CA-17: Democratic Rep. Mike Honda has a 4,000-vote lead over intra-party challenger Ro Khanna. Khanna’s campaign says there are more than 40,000 votes still to be counted. According to the San Jose Mercury-News, Honda increased his lead Wednesday night when Santa Clara County — home to the majority of the district’s voters —updated its numbers. The other counties are set to update their figures Thursday night. CA-26: Democratic Rep. Julia Brownley leads the GOP’s Jeff Gorell by exactly 600 votes. In a statement, Gorell’s campaign said there are “more than 50,000 absentee and provisional votes left to be counted.” Ventura County is expected to update its vote count on Friday. CA-31: Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar, the Democrat in the race, has an approximately 1,750 vote lead over Republican Paul Chabot. Aguilar has declared victory, but Chabot said more than 60,000 votes remain uncounted from San Bernandino County. CA-52: Republican Carl DeMaio has a razor-thin lead of just 750 votes over freshman Democratic Rep. Scott Peters. Approximately 46,000 ballots still need to be counted. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported the earliest new results could be released is 5 p.m. Thursday. MD-6: Republican Dan Bongino is trailing freshman Democratic Rep. John Delaney by 2,200 votes. Delaney, who poured $800,000 into his campaign account in the waning days of the race to stave off an upset, has declared victory. The Baltimore Sun reported officials will begin counting 6,900 absentee ballots on Thursday. NY-25: Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter had a less than a 600-vote lead over Republican Mark Assini in the Rochester-based district on election night, but the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported Slaughter’s lead began to grow slightly as absentee ballots were counted. Elections officials said between 1,200 and 1,300 absentee ballots can’t be counted until next week. Slaughter, who has been in the House since 1987, has declared victory. WA-4: Dan Newhouse, a former state agriculture director, leads former NFL tight end Clint Didier by just under 2,200 votes. Only 64 percent of precincts are reporting, according to The Associated Press. GOVERNORS Alaska: Independent Bill Walker has a 3,100-vote lead over incumbent Republican Sean Parnell. Alaska’s elections board says about there are about 20,000 absentee ballots yet to be counted and more could still arrive before a Nov. 19 deadline. Vermont: Neither Democratic incumbent Peter Shumlin nor Republican Scott Milne cracked the 50 percent mark needed to win the governorship outright, so the state legislature will make the final decision. Milne said Thursday morning that he may request a recount after Shumlin topped him by only 2,100 votes, according to the Burlington Free Press. Democrats dominate the Vermont Legislature. SENATE Alaska: Democratic Sen. Mark Begich is trailing Republican Dan Sullivan by 8,000 votes, but he’s hoping those same 20,000 uncounted absentee ballots could help him claw back. Virginia: Incumbent Democrat Mark Warner has a lead of nearly 17,000 votes, a much-closer-than-expected tally so far in his race against Republican Ed Gillespie. Counties in Virginia are canvassing the votes. State Democrats, including Attorney General Mark Herring and Rep. Gerry Connolly, have held on to their leads after recounts in similarly close races in recent years.
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That is pretty funny . . . Owe'Malley's gerrymandering scheme just might go awry.
Maryland "Freak State" PING!
If you make the play without all hands, RINOs included, on board, it will backfire. If done with a united front (all staring at a shrinking Stuart Small in my imagination) it could help reunite the GOP. And the motivation for RINOs to go along would be highest if Gillespie could make a good case.
Gillespie has called a news conference for 1PM EST today.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/gop-senate-candidate-discuss-tight-va-race-26759062
Please tell me tonight how many votes you have right now. I will tell you how many votes I have and which of us has won next Thursday, OK?
BTW, My staff has enclosed a graceful Republican-themed Concession Speech for you (aka 'The Scott Brown Special'). Face the teleprompter and make sure there's no spinach on your teeth.
Bend over GOP. It’s coming.
That was quick. He started speaking at 1:02 PM and conceded at 1:03 PM. :(
So how did the GOP fare a few days later?
Well, McSally in Arizona-2 and Sullivan in Alaska for Senate were the two bright spots for the GOP in close races. The remainder either flipped from GOP to RAT (CA7, CA16, and CA52) or the RAT increased his lead. So if yours scoring at home thats
RATS 13
GOP 2
As I posted above
Bend over GOP. Its coming.
And theres enough uncertainty in the McSally and Sullivan races, that the RATs may yet steal those as well to net
RATs 15
GOP 0
Told you so.
No one expected R’s to carry the day in many of the late undecided races, particularly those in solid blue states. The fact that they were too close to call was all the proof needed to show how badly D’s had suffered.
Update Results
Senate R 53 D 46 1u
House R 244 D 186 5u
Govs R 31 D 18 1u
Your mileage may vary
If R’s are bending over, it’s to keep the D’s down on the ground flat on their backs.
One of the funniest visions was of Louise Slaughter in NY diving in dumpsters in alleys, trying to find more ballots. Imagine the horror she experienced breaking her manicured nails and getting her designer clothes and wig all filthy. Hardest work that pathetic skank has done in her life. LOL!
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