Primary Night Results Thread (AL, CA, IA, MT, NJ, NM, SD)

[Sam Spade]

What all primaries are up, though I will probably keep going my NM special thread (it's a state I love).

[Sam Spade]

Done

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I partially corrected your post to list the primaries occurring this evening.

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By the way, the split primary is a horrible idea, and turnout in California is expected to be rotten.

You should be happy.  That makes McClintock an even more sure primary winner than I might otherwise think he would be up there.

[Sam Spade]

I'll work a little on that.  The AP sites may also be ok, if they can be found, in association with some local newspaper.

The NM SOS is completely incompetent, but they will report.

[Sam Spade]

Thanks.

The NM SOS has nothing up.  Why am I not surprised?

CA has a good SOS office.

[Sam Spade]

Results are coming in from New Mexico, just a handful of votes from two precincts though. Pearce leads Wilson.

Do you have a link to counties?

[Sam Spade]

Results are coming in from New Mexico, just a handful of votes from two precincts though. Pearce leads Wilson.

Do you have a link to counties?

AP numbers show Pearce winning by five...votes. I don't think it matters which county. 

That's for later on, silly...

[Sam Spade]

Results are coming in from New Mexico, just a handful of votes from two precincts though. Pearce leads Wilson.

Do you have a link to counties?

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2008/by_county/NM_Page_0603.html The two precincts are in Quay County.

Thanks.  Quay is a rural Republican county up North.

[Sam Spade]

Early, but amusing...

NM-03 Dem Primary

   Lujan, Ben   Dem   5   33%
   Montoya, Harry   Dem   4   27%
   Adams, Jon   Dem   3   20%
   Wiviott, Donald   Dem   2   13%
   Shendo, Benny   Dem   1   7%
   Martin, Rudy   Dem   0   0%

[Sam Spade]

Nearly all of Roswell in, Pearce 80-20.  Not surprising.  Amusingly, Paul only got 11% here.  What's up with dat?

[Sam Spade]

So apparently NM-03 Republicans really like Steve Pearce.

We have seven precincts in from rural northern NM (and that area is actually much more like the South).  The rest is from NM-02.

[Sam Spade]

Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright wins the Democratic nomination in AL-02 and State Senator Parker Griffith wins the Democratic nod in AL-05. Both Republican contests are still up for grabs

Probably be a runoff in AL-02, but that was expected.  AL-05 - I don't know what's in, as well as not knowing where candidate strong points are, so just guess.

[Sam Spade]

Early voting in from Bernalillo - bumps Wilson to 60-40 lead.

[Sam Spade]

Just an early observation, and it is too early to say that much from this, but turnout down South doesn't look that great., especially in comparison to early voting in Bernanillo.  The key is Dona Ana, however, which is not reporting..

[Sam Spade]

And Pearce takes the lead 54-46, with 14%.  Still no Dona Ana.  And no Bernanillo, except for early results.

[Sam Spade]

It's still early, but I'm surprised Aubrey Dunn is slightly leading 28% to Tinsley 28% and Newman 23%.  Dona Ana is what decides this race, though.

Ya, and that's Tinsley's home base, so I think he has to be favored.

[Sam Spade]

You know, Dona Ana (McCamley's home) hasn't reported yet and Teague's only up 59-41, whereas Lea County (his home) has.  That one could be a good bit closer than I thought.

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Lance declared the winner in CD-07.  Pennachio's pulled within 4, for your amusement.

As I expected, McCamley-Teague is tightening, as Dona Ana comes in and Pearce is now up 57-43.

[Sam Spade]

Correction - not Dona Ana, but more of the rural (Hispanic) South.

[Sam Spade]

Another big early voting precinct dump from Bernalillo pulls it back to Pearce 51-49.

Correction:  That was 32 precincts from Bernanillo.

[Sam Spade]

Zimmer declared winner.  Myers declared winner in NJ-03 (he ended up winning by 22% when BurlCo came in).  Same with Lautenberg declared winner - 30 point win or so.

[Sam Spade]

Has Santa Fe county reported yet? I'm interested to see as to whether they will go for Wiviott (most of the white people in Northern NM live there) or Lujan (I think his dad is a state senator there)

No.

[Sam Spade]

Rio Arriba county just reported all but *one precinct*.  I wonder if the numbers will be wrong.

[Sam Spade]

I don't think Wayne Parker can make up 900 votes in the last three precincts to avoid runoff, so he's going to be there against Guthrie in AL-05.

AL-02 looks like Love vs. Jerri Anne Smith