NATIONAL SENATE/HOUSE RESULTS THREAD (LATE RESULTS/POSTMORTEM)

[Alcon]

Harry Reid ended up winning Searchlight by just 3 votes.  

Only 3 votes ? That's certainly one of the poorest "home turf effects" ever.

Searchlight is pretty darn Republican.  I don't think Obama won it

[Smash255]

Not sure if this was answered earlier in the thread or not, but does anyone know how Dioguardi wound up with those 50,000 extra votes in Niagara County?

[Joe Republic]

Harry Reid ended up winning Searchlight by just 3 votes. 

Only 3 votes ? That's certainly one of the poorest "home turf effects" ever.

Searchlight is pretty darn Republican.  I don't think Obama won it

It also has a population of 600.

[Linus Van Pelt]

Not sure if this was answered earlier in the thread or not, but does anyone know how Dioguardi wound up with those 50,000 extra votes in Niagara County?

There seems to be have just been some reporting error - NY Times is now reporting that he got 25,714, which is 43%, rather than 75,714 which was reported on election night. The Atlas here still has 75,714 though.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Hey, I found y'all another Republican Jew:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ross

[Sam Spade]

Hey, I found y'all another Republican Jew:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ross

Has anyone noted yet that Michael Grimm is Jewish (remembering the McMahon staffer rants on the subject...)

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Hey, I found y'all another Republican Jew:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ross

Has anyone noted yet that Michael Grimm is Jewish (remembering the McMahon staffer rants on the subject...)

Is Grimm himself actually Jewish? I thought the McMahon staffer scandal only involved a list of Jewish donors to Grimm's campaign.

Grimm did run flyers during the primary touting his Italian-American mother, but people with German surnames can indeed often actually be Jewish.

Of course, he was endorsed by Dov Hikind, which was the last straw in terms of having any chance of getting my vote.

[Verily]

Wikipedia says he's Catholic, FWIW. I think that might be a legal requirement to win NY-13.

[Linus Van Pelt]

Hey, I found y'all another Republican Jew:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ross

I think you're confusing the diplomat Dennis Ross (who is Jewish) with the new Florida congressman Dennis Ross (who isn't).

[Torie]

Wikipedia says he's Catholic, FWIW. I think that might be a legal requirement to win NY-13.

And I thought you had to be Italian too, but apparently not, in the case of McMahon.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Hey, I found y'all another Republican Jew:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ross

I think you're confusing the diplomat Dennis Ross (who is Jewish) with the new Florida congressman Dennis Ross (who isn't).

Ah, screw wikipedia and its lack of disambiguation.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

So there is absolutely no chance of me ever ever winning NY-13, correct?

[JohnnyLongtorso]

So there is absolutely no chance of me ever ever winning NY-13, correct?

Yes, but Catholicism is the least of your worries there.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

What do they also hate strip clubs there or something? Staten Island doesn't strike me as a strip club haven, they are mostly in Manhattan or Brooklyn in NYC from what I understand. Or are you just referring to the whole "being a liberal Democrat" thing?

[Sam Spade]

What do they also hate strip clubs there or something? Staten Island doesn't strike me as a strip club haven, they are mostly in Manhattan or Brooklyn in NYC from what I understand. Or are you just referring to the whole "being a liberal Democrat" thing?

Do you wear gold chains and have a cousin named Vinnie?

Anyway, I stand corrected on Grimm.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Recanvass in KY-06 changes the outcome... by 1 vote.

[minionofmidas]

So there is absolutely no chance of me ever ever winning NY-13, correct?

No. You'll convert three days after your first romantic date with KP, and be elected Representative for NY-13 in 14 years.

[minionofmidas]

Harry Reid ended up winning Searchlight by just 3 votes.  

Only 3 votes ? That's certainly one of the poorest "home turf effects" ever.

Searchlight is pretty darn Republican.  I don't think Obama won it

McCain by ten.

[Associate Justice PiT]

If Cooley ends up losing by a tiny margin, and since Mcnerney has more or less held on in his district, this election cycle will have been awesome.

But what chance is there really of Cooley losing? He is still ahead by 20,000 votes, and that margin is going to be hard to whittle down. She might be able to get it down below 10,000 but obviously that is not enough. The one statewide race where I actually cared whether the Democrat won, the Republican wins.

     Yeah, Harris was probably the only Democrat I actually wanted to see win in California. Not that I voted for her anyway.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Barr has conceded in KY-06.

http://www.lex18.com/news/barr-concedes-to-chandler-in-congressional-race-after-re-canvass

[Torie]

Maffei, in NY-25, is almost as in extremis as Harmer in CA-11. Looking at the numbers at the link will tell you why. That race is probably over.

Meanwhile, the fun and games will probably continue for weeks, in NY-1. That seat will probably be the last in the United States to be decided.

Presumably next Tuesday will be the day that IL-8 is decided, unless of course it isn't.

[J. J.]

GOP at 242?

[Torie]

GOP at 242?

NY-25 gives them 241 (that one is almost in the bag), and if you think Walsh has won IL-8 (too early to say that quite yet), that would be 242, and if the Pubbie wins in a month or so in NY-1, that would be 243, or a gain of 64 seats. If Bishop (D) wins NY-1, that is a gain of 63 seats, which is the precise number that I "predicted."  

[Keystone Phil]

Wait...we're at 240 right now, right? There are five races out there that are still undecided but the Republican leads. If we win all five, doesn't that put us just one seat short of our all time high (246) in the House?

[Meeker]

You guys are at 239 right now. You'll win IL-08, NY-25 and TX-27. We'll take CA-11 and CA-20. NY-01 is up in the air.