Election 2018 Open Thread - Part 1

[The Free North]

Democrats retain MA-Gov and VT-Gov

Both of which were controlled by Republicans beforehand??

[Storr]

NC Elect Anita Earls (D) to the state Supreme Court.   Dems will have 5-2 majority.   

Silver linings are great things.

[Hammy]

Hey guys Atlas didn't crash! Thanks Dave!!!

Biggest upset of the night!

[MasterJedi]

Governor Race in Wisconsin is extremely close, 96% of Milwaukee reported 

In the Milwaukee thread Green Bay still 100% out where Evers should have a lead and about 60k absentee ballots for Milwaukee not counted yet.

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

LOL, I couldn't care less if Dems "underperform expectations" or not. They won the House. Therefore they won. Enjoy the "optics" circlejerk conservatives, I'll be enjoying killing the Trump/Republican agenda for at least 2 years.

LOL, exactly! The GOP can sit on their hands for the next two years. Their +2 in the Senate or whatever will be real useful when they can't pass a single bill!

Gridlock was expected going into tonight.

Laugh all you want, but it blocks conviction of Impeachment, and it ensures any further justices on SCOTUS, should there be further openings. And it provides building blocks for 2020. The GOP base is right behind Trump. GOP has the last laugh on this.

It does mean that in the short term. But over the longer term, all it means is that the Senate is an illegitimate legislative institution and that Dems will in the future prioritize reforming it along actual democratic representative lines.

I always find it amusing when opponents of Republicans complain that the system is against them. Seems a bit childish, with all due respect.

Nah, what we have here is an outcome where Dems are winning the popular vote by 10% (maybe a bit less, but even if it is more like 5%, it is still a clear and substantial win).

It is not childish to think that election results should reflect the will of the people. It is just democratic principles.

If our electoral system violates fundamental democratic principles, so much the worse for our electoral system.

[Roronoa D. Law]

SC-01 is down to 3 points.

[Storr]

Freehan (D) now leading in MN-01 with 64% of the vote in.

[RI]

Did anybody have Ohio senate race being this close?

Nope. Looks like John James' late close in the polls was real, too.

I think the GOP takes both OH and MI if they were open seats.

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

Does anyone have any idea what's happening in TX-31? Hegar is over Carter 50.2-48.4 with 60% in.

I have no idea what has reported, but my guess would be that probably the votes that reported are mostly in Killeen or Round Rock/Cedar Park.

Most likely R precincts in Georgetown/north Williamson County or around Temple still have to report.

[Helsinkian]

So Arthur Jones, the former leader of the American Nazi Party, got ~26% in IL-03. That's more than the normal Republican candidate in neighbouring IL-01.

[Doimper]

Hey guys Atlas didn't crash! Thanks Dave!!!

*Virginia

[Beet]

I mean, there have been plenty of times where election results have gone against the will of the people, and there has been systematic bias before, but I can't think of a time where there has been systematic bias that has overturned the popular vote result over an extended period of time, in modern democracies. Just from a purely non-partisan perspective, this indicates dysfunction.

[Ye We Can]

DAVIS STILL LEADS IN IL-13 WITH 95 IN, CNN RETRACTED THE CALL

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

Democrats retain MA-Gov and VT-Gov

Republicans, you mean.

[RI]

Democrats retain MA-Gov and VT-Gov

Republicans, you mean.

Might as well be Dems

[Nyvin]

NC elects Anita Earls (D) to the state Supreme Court.   Dems will have 5-2 majority.  

On top of this....both of the NCGOP's ballot proposals went down in utter flames.

The Judicial Vacancy Commission is losing 33% - 67%

The Legislative Appointments to Elections Board is losing 38% - 62%

both with 97% in

The voter ID proposal is approved though

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

Republicans doing well in Minnesota, they won the 8th, the 1st congressional seat is extremely competitive..

They are doing well in RURAL Minneosta, yes. RURAL is the key there, and this is part of the larger trend of Rs doing well in rural areas and Dems doing well in urban/suburban areas.

[Storr]

CNN is projecting Fletcher winning TX-07. Culberson Down!

[Sestak]

This is a weird election.

[Tintrlvr]

Governor Race in Wisconsin is extremely close, 96% of Milwaukee reported  

The WOW counties are also all in. Remaining votes are scattered, some in the Driftless, a bunch in La Crosse, some in Dane, some in the Walker-friendly eastern small cities, some in random rural counties. Given how close it is, tiny, heavily D Menominee could also make the difference when it finally decides to drop.

[libertpaulian]

Yeah, Ohio is definitely going to be the toughest nut to crack of the Trump states.

[indietraveler]

NYT called it for Cindy Anxe!

[Jersey Jimmy]

SC-01 is down to 3 points.

almost down to 2 points

gonna be poppin mad bottles if Joe pulls it off

[RINO Tom]

Democrats retain MA-Gov and VT-Gov

Republicans, you mean.

Look who you’re quoting.   Republicans he likes = Democrats, and to his credit, it caught on rather nicely with his circle jerk club of IceSpear, IndyRep and Timmy!

[OSR stands with Israel]

The worst Governor Oregon has had in at least the past 60 years got reelected


Just damn