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

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I want my money back!

I wonder how many heart attacks Phil suffered from while they counted this though?

Oh, if you guys only knew. 

There was a period (I think it was from 9:45 - 10:30) where I thought it was over or close to being finished for Toomey but that slow comeback led to some pretty interesting reactions. 

The best was racing over to the Board of Elections when we thought it was going to a recount. I got out of my car with some others and as I'm running across the street towards the building, I found out that Sestak called Toomey to concede and that the AP called the race for Toomey.

I was initially very calm, reassuring people at the party that the early numbers were going to favor Sestak by a very wide margin. Things kept getting worse and I'm thinking to myself, "This isn't happening, is it?" Then the comeback. Ironic that the final comeback was for the guy that lead in polling almost the entire race. 

It might have been a stressful night but it was exciting. I can appreciate that.

I really didn't notice any last minute "comeback". From my perspective (following it entirely from the PA SOS site) Toomey was a rocket ship, going from 27% to 51%. It might have slowed during that period in which you mentioned but in several counties that I knew Toomey would win, Sestak would start out with a 2-1 lead or even in the mid 70's, then collapse, as Republican precincts came in. It was epic.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

So the Tear Party won what? Paul? Buck looks to be in trouble. Angle, O'Donnell lost. Rubio won, but he's not really been a crazy tea partier.

Toomey?

Toomey is a Club for Growther.

Before Angle was a Tea Party candidate, she was a C4G candidate as well.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Just to make sure the record is clear, Pat Toomey is now at 52% of the vote to Sestak's 48% - http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=39&OfficeID=2

What happened with Westmoreland?

Westmoreland County

Candidate Votes Percent
SESTAK, JOE (DEM)   
 8,338 9.9%
TOOMEY, PAT (REP)   
 76,002 90.1%

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Just to make sure the record is clear, Pat Toomey is now at 52% of the vote to Sestak's 48% - http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=39&OfficeID=2

What happened with Westmoreland?

Westmoreland County

Candidate Votes Percent
SESTAK, JOE (DEM)  
 8,338 9.9%
TOOMEY, PAT (REP)  
 76,002 90.1%

Hahaha, as Republican as Westmoreland county might be trending, we obviously didn't hit 90% there. I'm guessing there was a glitch. This would explain what I didn't notice before: Sestak's overall vote total dropped so Toomey might not really be at 52%.

Toomey had 61% in Westmoreland, the last I checked.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Current Atlas info

Pat Toomey Republican 73,265 60.91%
 Joe Sestak Democratic 47,016 39.09%

So add 38,000 to Sestaks

That gives you 48.9% for Sestak and 51.1% for Toomey. 2.2% margin.