Election 2018 Open Thread - Part 1

[Tintrlvr]

Young Kim campaign goes full Trump. Saying any new batches that are too Democratic means there is foul play. They must know that things coming up won't look too good.



https://twitter.com/YoungKimCD39/status/1062130986291318784

Such a shame that a palatable Republican with a potential future is selling their soul.

Yup. After the report about McSally being asked to allege voter fraud and refusing, it’s obvious that this statement was ghostwritten by either the RNC or the White House. Sad.

[Gass3268]

McSally has conceded:

https://twitter.com/MarthaMcSally/status/1062144676822577152

Edit: Oh my, read the responses. So many are saying that she's awful because she's not fighting against the "voter fraud." Really scary.

[libertpaulian]

WaPo officially calls it.  Just got the alert on my phone.

[Brittain33]

https://twitter.com/Garrett_Archer/status/1062133529654394882

Which means dems F***ed up here, since they only had one nominee instead of two (you get two votes for the MMD house districts). If they had two nominees who both won, then the house would be 30 - 30.

Their nominee only got 34% of the vote!

Does that mean anything, though? People voting Republican cast two votes, one for each R; people voting Democrat cast one vote and forfeited their second vote rather than vote R. If there were 2 Dems, wouldn't each have gotten a little more than a quarter of the vote?

[Ebsy]

It means that if there had been 2 dems running we likely would have picked up a seat there.

[GeorgiaModerate]

McSally has conceded:

https://twitter.com/MarthaMcSally/status/1062144676822577152

 

McSally deserves some credit for losing graciously and not drinking the Republican voter fraud Kool-Aid.

[IceSpear]

Yeah, it's a low standard at this point, but you've gotta give McSally some respect for not jumping on the psychotic nutjob train like Trump, Scott, Kim, Poliquin, etc.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Yeah, it's a low standard at this point, but you've gotta give McSally some respect for not jumping on the psychotic nutjob train like Trump, Scott, Kim, Poliquin, etc.

[YE]

AP official

https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/1062143663835353089

Did they retract SOS

Is it me or have there been way more retractions this cycle than normal?

[YE]

Yeah, it's a low standard at this point, but you've gotta give McSally some respect for not jumping on the psychotic nutjob train like Trump, Scott, Kim, Poliquin, etc.

[Gass3268]

Kim's lead narrowed .4% in Orange County.

Walters is only up .4% now.

[Oryxslayer]

AP official

https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/1062143663835353089

Did they retract SOS

Is it me or have there been way more retractions this cycle than normal?

Its a sign that the old assumptions are breaking down, and a new system arriving on the scene.

[Skill and Chance]

Walters is almost surely going to lose now.

[Ebsy]

Walters now leads by 1k votes, Kim by just under 2k.

[Crumpets]

AP official

https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/1062143663835353089

Did they retract SOS

Is it me or have there been way more retractions this cycle than normal?

Its a sign that the old assumptions are breaking down, and a new system arriving on the scene.

More than about demographics, I think it's true about how votes are counted in general. A lot more ballots are being counted days after the election, and a lot of "100% reporting" precincts are being misleading.

[Gass3268]

Walters now leads by 1k votes, Kim by just under 2k.

My guess is Cisneros will take the lead whenever Los Angeles County drops tomorrow.

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/kyrstensinema/status/1062148866068246528

Victory speech incoming

[Xing]

Kim's lead narrowed .4% in Orange County.

Walters is only up .4% now.

Where are people getting these numbers? NYT still has Walters up 1% and Kim up 1.4%.

[Oryxslayer]

Kim's lead narrowed .4% in Orange County.

Walters is only up .4% now.

Where are people getting these numbers? NYT still has Walters up 1% and Kim up 1.4%.

NYT is Slow, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse.

[OneJ]

Kim's lead narrowed .4% in Orange County.

Walters is only up .4% now.

Where are people getting these numbers? NYT still has Walters up 1% and Kim up 1.4%.

From this Twitter page. The SOS page seems behind rn.
https://mobile.twitter.com/catargetbot/status/1062148406884294656

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

McSally has conceded:

https://twitter.com/MarthaMcSally/status/1062144676822577152

 

McSally deserves some credit for losing graciously and not drinking the Republican voter fraud Kool-Aid.

Agreed, although it is sad that it has come to a point that this is at all unusual or unexpected. But respect to McSally anyway. She was a good candidate running in the face of a Dem wave and the alternative Rs would have definitely lost by more.

[lfromnj]

McSally has conceded:

https://twitter.com/MarthaMcSally/status/1062144676822577152

 

McSally deserves some credit for losing graciously and not drinking the Republican voter fraud Kool-Aid.

Agreed, although it is sad that it has come to a point that this is at all unusual or unexpected. But respect to McSally anyway. She was a good candidate running in the face of a Dem wave and the alternative Rs would have definitely lost by more.

I think mitch at this point just wished she lost the primary to Ward.
Now you will get Ward winning the primary unless Ducey runs and then the RGA throws a fit over giving the governorship and possibily the legislature away in 2020 making Arizona a dem trifecta.

[South Dakota Democrat]

Is it just me or is Sinema insanely attractive?

[Progressive Pessimist]

Arizona pulled through in a way that Florida couldn't! Clearly one of these states with a high percentage of old, white retirees is better than the other. So thanks, Arizona, you decreased the Republican net gains in the Senate and helped take me out of my post-November 6 election malaise. It really is kind of remarkable to me that a bisexual, nonreligious Democrat managed to defeat a female Republican veteran. Sinema has clearly provided a road-map as to how a Democrat can win statewide in Arizona, and it needs to be considered for 2020.

[RFK Jr.’s Brain Worm]

More news from CA: Tony Thurmond is only behind Marshall Tuck by about 13,000 votes.

Have late ballots been breaking towards Thurmond?

I don’t have exact numbers, but it has been getting tighter. I’d lean yes to your question.