Election 2018 Open Thread - Part 1

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With Tester's survival, Dem House pickups in CA, WA, UT, and AZ, Wacky Jacky's defeat of UTDH, Nevada's having a Dem trifecta (not to mention a unanimous hold on the row offices!) and a nearly unanimous congressional delegation, and the very likely possibility of a Senator Sinema, I'd HATE to be a Republican west of the Great Plains right now.

Did Barbara Cegavske lose? NYT still has her up under 1pt with 99% in.

Sadly her Democratic opponent conceded. That's the only statewide office Democrats lost, which is too bad because if he had won, 2018 in Nevada would have done a complete 180 from 2014.

His opponent conceded and I don't think there's anything more than a few absentees left.

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Democrat took the lead in the Agricultural Commissioner race:

https://twitter.com/MarcACaputo/status/1060609182544642048

Looks like we’ll at least have 1 statewide office holder in the sunshine state.

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https://twitter.com/meganmesserly/status/1060620635947261952?s=21

My SD going to recount for a supermajority.

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https://twitter.com/meganmesserly/status/1060620635947261952?s=21

My SD going to recount for a supermajority.

Has there been any talk of repealing Right to Work in Nevada as a gift to the Culinary Union?

There’s been speculation from pundits but nothing yet. They’ll likely dismantle the GOP’s anti-labor laws passed when there was a trifecta first but I expect it to happen.

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Wait so the 25K error is 100% Nelson voters?

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https://twitter.com/VaughnHillyard/status/1060688348321378307

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What happened to the 30K undervote in Broward?

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Can someone explain why it's over if the 23K vote tabulation in a 85-15 Dem area is real and Nelson is down 13K with provisionals still outstanding? Is that too big of an if?

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If the margin narrows down to around 10K due to provisionals, the possible error may very well put Nelson over the finish line.

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I think McSally may be aiming for an appointment.

That would make for some nice ads in 2020: "The voters rejected her once, but was picked by the political elite to fill another seat anyway. Who is she really representing?!"

Meh. I mean, who else does the AZGOP really have? Ward? lol. Gosar? lol. Schweikert? lol. Lesko? Maybe, but her big underperformance in the special (and then the general to a lesser extent) doesn't exactly inspire confidence. McSally is still probably the best candidate in the lot.

AG Mark Brnovich?

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AP official

https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/1062143663835353089

Did they retract SOS

Is it me or have there been way more retractions this cycle than normal?

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Yeah, it's a low standard at this point, but you've gotta give McSally some respect for not jumping on the psychotic nutjob train like Trump, Scott, Kim, Poliquin, etc.