Congressional Special Elections Results Thread (OLD, PLEASE UNSTICKY)

[Hindsight was 2020]

When do we start getting results?

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Polls are still open for another hour.

[Figueira]

Why does California have to be so far west

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

No votes in yet.

[Pragmatic Conservative]

2/192
Ahn 27.9%
Gomez 26.24%
Morrison 5.51%
Results http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-april-4-election-results/

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

U.S. House - District 34 - Special General
Central LA
2 of 192 Precincts Reporting - 1%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Ahn, Robert   Dem   3,547   28%
Gomez, Jimmy   Dem   3,333   26%
Morrison, William   GOP   700   6%
Cabildo, Maria   Dem   656   5%
Carmona, Arturo   Dem   621   5%

[Holmes]

This district would have a latino/asian electoral battle.

[Figueira]

Based on the wide disparity between Gomez/Ahn and everyone else in the two precincts that are in, a Gomez vs. Ahn runoff (which Gomez will probably win) seems like the most likely scenario.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

^ It's only 2 precincts though. Could mean nothing.

[Figueira]

^ It's only 2 precincts though. Could mean nothing.

Oh, I know.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

So I guess we're not getting any more results tonight.....

[Shadows]

Apparently Gomez supports a Single Payer, 15$ Min Wage, publicly financed elections, paid leave etc so he won't be that bad either ! Just shows how strong left the district is. The Republican has 0 chance.

[Figueira]

There are now 6 precincts reporting, but the 4 new ones didn't provide many votes to anyone. It was a bad area for Ahn though; his total only increased by 6 votes while Gomez's increased by 69.

Robert Lee Ahn
27.49%
3,553
D
Jimmy Gomez
26.32%
3,402
R
William "Rodriguez" Morrison
5.42%
701
D
Maria Cabildo
5.32%
687
D
Arturo Carmona
5.00%
646

[Figueira]

Apparently Gomez supports a Single Payer, 15$ Min Wage, publicly financed elections, paid leave etc so he won't be that bad either ! Just shows how strong left the district is. The Republican has 0 chance.

Yeah, Gomez genuinely seems pretty good. He would be a good person to have in the House.

[smoltchanov]

Apparently Gomez supports a Single Payer, 15$ Min Wage, publicly financed elections, paid leave etc so he won't be that bad either ! Just shows how strong left the district is. The Republican has 0 chance.

In districts like this you can support communism and be elected comfortably. Especially when you know for sure that congressmen from other districts will NOT allow it to happen)))

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Apparently Gomez supports a Single Payer, 15$ Min Wage, publicly financed elections, paid leave etc so he won't be that bad either ! Just shows how strong left the district is. The Republican has 0 chance.

He endorsed Hillary in a Bernie district, though.

[Shadows]

Apparently Gomez supports a Single Payer, 15$ Min Wage, publicly financed elections, paid leave etc so he won't be that bad either ! Just shows how strong left the district is. The Republican has 0 chance.

He endorsed Hillary in a Bernie district, though.

Ohh Wendy or Kenneth would be way better but you have to make do, too many bureaucrats running & the Carmona thing totally sank the whole race.

Atleast he will support Paid leave & Medicare for all. Way better than Cory Booker I suppose !

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I'm ready to call this:

U.S. House - District 34 - Special General
Central LA
26 of 192 Precincts Reporting - 14%
Max Runoff Cands=2
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Gomez, Jimmy   Dem   3,756   27% RUNOFF
Ahn, Robert   Dem   3,716   26% RUNOFF

Cabildo, Maria   Dem   861   6%
Carmona, Arturo   Dem   721   5%
Morrison, William   GOP   721   5%

[Figueira]

Gomez has now barely pulled ahead of Ahn, and Maria Cabildo is now in third place, ahead of the Republican.

I suspect Ahn is the sort of candidate whose votes could be geographically concentrated, so it's still within the realm of possibility that he won't make the runoff after all. I suspect he does make it, but I wouldn't be absolutely certain.

@jfern, not that I actually care about this, but did Gomez's Assembly district vote for Sanders?

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

not that I actually care about this, but did Gomez's Assembly district vote for Sanders?

Bernie won his district 52.7-46.4

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Apparently Gomez supports a Single Payer, 15$ Min Wage, publicly financed elections, paid leave etc so he won't be that bad either ! Just shows how strong left the district is. The Republican has 0 chance.

He endorsed Hillary in a Bernie district, though.

At least one Bernie staffer I know appears to be involved in his campaign, for whatever that's worth.

[Webnicz]

current 100 vote margin between the Green party candidate and the republican...
Unfortunately Campoverdi is only doing slightly better than the Candidate from the NPP(?)

[Holmes]

current 100 vote margin between the Green party candidate and the republican...
Unfortunately Campoverdi is only doing slightly better than the Candidate from the NPP(?)(whats that?)

No party preference.

[Figueira]

Unsurprisingly, Gomez and Ahn will advance to the runoff.

With so many Democrats and only one Republican, is getting 15-20% and a spot in the runoff (to be killed, I know) too much to ask for?

This didn't even come close to happening. The Republican candidate came in eighth with 3.76% of the vote, lower than the Green candidate.

[smoltchanov]

Unsurprisingly, Gomez and Ahn will advance to the runoff.

With so many Democrats and only one Republican, is getting 15-20% and a spot in the runoff (to be killed, I know) too much to ask for?

This didn't even come close to happening. The Republican candidate came in eighth with 3.76% of the vote, lower than the Green candidate.

Republicans seem to have no bench in this district. Even in many liberal Bay Area districts they are routinely able to get 20-25% of vote (which would be enough for runoff), but - not here..