State legislatures

[Nym90]

Which chambers have flipped control? Which ones might still be too close to call?

In Michigan, I know the Dems have taken the House 58-52, and the Senate is coming down to one seat (32nd district) in which the votes are still being counted. If the Dems can win that seat it would tie the chamber 19-19 and the tiebreaking vote of Lt. Gov. Cherry would give the Senate to the Dems.

[Nym90]

State Senate, 32nd District
40 of 40 Precincts Reporting
(D)CARL WILLIAMS    44,472    49%    .
(R)ROGER KAHN    44,158    49%    .
LLOYD CLARKE    2,241    2%    .

The Michigan State Senate is ours!!!

So they've definitely counted all of the ballots in the "broken voting machine" precinct?

I would assume there may still be absentees to count, and that's close enough that a recount is also warranted. But yeah, quite good news if it holds up. GOP has held the State Senate since 1984.

[Nym90]

Ah, daggum it. Ah well, at least we gained in the Senate and took the House. Still an excellent night.

[Nym90]

DFL took the State House and increased our Senate margin.

Senate is now 44-23 from the previous 38-29

House is now 85-49 from the previous GOP majority of 68-66

Bad news though is it looks like we lost our Senate Majority Leader.

Too bad Pawlenty appears likely to win (it still isn't called yet though...provisional ballots still outstanding maybe?). At least you'll be able to keep him well in check.