Thune's lead down to 1600 votes [Update- Down To 135, 3 of 844 Precincts Remaining.]

SOS ^

[Satadru]

(L) EVANS KURT 3036
(D) JOHNSON TIM 164341
(R) THUNE JOHN 165705

Thune leads by 1364. 831/844 precincts reporting.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

I thought that the GOP gains in late votes. Working people don't get in during the day as much. Then again, dead voters have special permission to vote after midnight.

[goldstategop]

If they hadn't uncovered the Indian reservations scam a week ago, I feel the Democrats would have gotten Johnson back in without anyone being the wiser. Not tonight.

[ambrose]

they're saving up the Indian reservation vote for last... ugh

[goldstategop]

Uh huh maybe they can manufacture the difference there. Who knows.

[Satadru]

In the MN race,
NORM COLEMAN 876571 50.29
WALTER F. MONDALE 809157 46.42
So, Coleman is leading by 67414. 3885/4106 precincts reporting.

[Jorge]

Very bad news........looks like this one is the Dems to keep.

No! Never. We will not stand for it.

[Satadru]

Coleman up by 70494 with 114 precincts to go.

[CityOnAHill]

Davison county now has all of its precincts reporting. It basically ended up 50-50. With 13 precincts left, 6 are in Shannon county (91-9 in favor of Johnson so far), 3 are in Hamlin county (53-47 in favor of Thune so far), and 2 are in Clark county (55-44 in favor of Johnson so far).

[Satadru]

It doesn't look good. How many votes are in those 13 precincts?

[Carry_Okie]

Remember how Willie Brown kept the speakership in California with a Repulican majority in the Assembly? What do you bet Dashole tries to pull a Willie number with Chafee if the Slave Party takes South Dakota?

[comebacknewt]

Shannon County is enough to put Johnson over the top. IMHO he goes ahead by 500 or so votes.

We'll get a recount for sure, and who knows, maybe a court challenge by the GOP.

[rwfromkansas]

This is extremely nerve-racking.

[goldstategop]

We'll win MN and probably LA next month. It won't matter what happens in SD now. We've got a Senate majority.

[Brandon]

It doesn't look good. How many votes are in those 13 precincts?

We don't know. Could be large. Could be small. Could be pro-GOP. Could be pro-Dem. We're just going to have to wait and see.

[UofORepublican]

Things are looking good in Minnesota.

Unofficial Statistics (% reporting may not reflect all offices)

Precincts Reporting: 94.86% (3895 of 4106)





Statewide Results for U.S. Senator
US SENATOR Totals Pct

Republican NORM COLEMAN 901597 50.34
Democrat WALTER F. MONDALE 830785 46.38
Democrat PAUL WELLSTONE 10309 0.58

[CityOnAHill]

I don't know how many votes are left to be counted, just the number of precincts. I'm getting this info from the Secratary of State WEB site: http://www.state.sd.us/sos/results/allraces.shtml It updates every 5 minutes.

[blondee123]

Definitely should be a recount in SD.

[CityOnAHill]

Thune now up by 1446, 12 precincts to go, including those 6 in Shannon county.

[tjg]

Our guy is ahead. Why don't you wait for the Dem to actually have more votes before you throw in the towel?

Watching election results in real time is a lot more fun if you think positively.