Election 2018 Open Thread - Part 1

[Helsinkian]

CNN: DeSantis wins.

[Cashew]

Senate is gone until 2024.

Wow.

Btw... anyone still wanna laugh at my Nevada Lean R?

Wow? The only people surprised by the senate results are polarization deniers.

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

Senate is gone until 2024.

Wow.

Btw... anyone still wanna laugh at my Nevada Lean R?

Yeah, I will still laugh at it. NV is very different from Indiana/Missouri etc. Totally different dynamic there.

[Storr]

Screw Florida, the House matters more.

[NewYorkExpress]

According to CNN, Jeff Van Drew is losing to an open Nazi.

I don't know whether to be shocked or sad.

[RI]

FL is becoming a lean R state.

[lfromnj]

People say candidate quality doesn't matter but if so why did Tenny lose and Katko win?

[MT Treasurer]

The last thing I want to dump in this thread are the margins for each county, ranked here from most R to most D. This may be useful if you want to follow another statewide or Senate race in the state in 2018 or 2020 on election night.

Garfield: R+84.81
Carter: R+73.04
Fallon: R+65.51
Petroleum: R+64.71
Powder River: R+61.34
Wibaux: R+60.8
Phillips: R+58.95               
McCone: R+57.89             
Musselshell: R+55.45
Prairie: R+55.13
Richland: R+51.09
Daniels: R+50.58
Golden Valley: R+48.86
Sweet Grass: R+43.34
Stillwater: R+42.06
Meagher: R+41.29
Treasure: R+40.36
Fergus: R+39.71
Dawson: R+39.4
Judith Basin: R+39.2
Broadwater: R+37.19
Wheatland: R+36.02
Lincoln: R+34.63       
Valley: R+34.45     
Toole: R+34.17                     
Sanders: R+34.06
Powell: R+33.85
Liberty: R+33.61
Beaverhead: R+30.46
Custer: R+28.5                   
Madison: R+27.26 
Granite: R+26.38
Teton: R+24.63
Pondera: R+24.48
Ravalli: R+24.27 
Chouteau: R+24.15
Mineral: R+24.1
Rosebud: R+21.08           
Jefferson: R+18.94
Flathead: R+18.86             
Yellowstone: R+18.35 
Sheridan: R+16.37
Carbon: R+12.33             
Lake: R+7.16       
Cascade: R+6.97     
-------------------------------------------------------         
Hill: D+0.64
Park: D+4.73
Roosevelt: D+5.48
Big Horn: D+7.36     
Blaine: D+7.8                               
Lewis and Clark: D+9.34
Gallatin: D+13.96               
Missoula: D+31.63     
Deer Lodge: D+33.64       
Glacier: D+33.91               
Silver Bow: D+34.19         

The county which voted closest to the statewide result (R+5.59) was Cascade and not Lake. Interestingly enough (though not that surprising), every county won by Gianforte was more Republican than the state as a whole.

So yeah, I guess the Titanium Tester meme was real, after all.

[libertpaulian]

Future President Cordray loses.

RIP The_Doctor

[The Free North]

People say candidate quality doesn't matter but if so why did Tenny lose and Katko win?

Tenney was too far right for a central NY seat?

[Brittain33]

Tragically, Harris is gonna scrape by in NC-09. Truly one of the worst GOP candidates this cycle, and that's saying a lot.

It looks like the gerrymander held in Ohio and may hold in NC. Maps with changes in VA and PA saw a large number of seats turn over. Depressing news given that gerrymandering will continue to be ignored by SCOTUS.

[Roronoa D. Law]

According to CNN, Jeff Van Drew is losing to an open Nazi.

I don't know whether to be shocked or sad.

Still got Atlantic County

[Bidenworth2020]

According to CNN, Jeff Van Drew is losing to an open Nazi.

I don't know whether to be shocked or sad.

but MUH BLUEDOG NEEDED TO WIN SEAT

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

Both the FOX and CNN exit polls have Rosen up narrowly in NV FWIW

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

According to CNN, Jeff Van Drew is losing to an open Nazi.

I don't know whether to be shocked or sad.

I see Van Drew up 3% with 70% reporting.  Still much closer than it should be.

[The Undefeatable Debbie Stabenow]

I liked Levine in the primary, but watching Gillum's concession speech makes me realize how charismatic he is. It really is terrible that DeSantis won.

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California re-elects fan of the confederate flag.

[Horus]

Very happy to see Antonio Delgado win in NY-19, I think we'll see big things from him.

[Pericles]

538 says 100% of a Democratic House win. Beautiful.

[Crumpets]

There is only one election that matters. The Chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee. That just went to the Democrats.

[Ye We Can]

NYT still has Davis up with 79 in, whats up with that?

[Badger]

Tragically, Harris is gonna scrape by in NC-09. Truly one of the worst GOP candidates this cycle, and that's saying a lot.

It looks like the gerrymander held in Ohio and may hold in NC. Maps with changes in VA and PA saw a large number of seats turn over. Depressing news given that gerrymandering will continue to be ignored by SCOTUS.

[lfromnj]

People say candidate quality doesn't matter but if so why did Tenny lose and Katko win?

Tenney was too far right for a central NY seat?

Trump won it by 16 points. This does show that candidate quality does matter although it can be overrated. But if tester actually wins this while Air Claire and Donnely get rekt this forum is gonna meme.

[The Free North]

Still doesnt look great for Dems in Missouri.

[OBD]

RIP BUEHLER