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

[WMS]

Heinrich is lucky man.  Vigil-Giron and Lujan-Grisham really the split the vote right down the middle to give him a likely win.

NM-02 and NM-03 on the Dem side are going to be interesting too, depending on what's left.

I'm rooting for Wiviott and Teague.  McCamley seems really phony from what I've seen and Ben R. Lujan is only doing as well as he is because his dad Ben Lujan is immensely popular in the North.

No kidding about Heinrich.  What do you think about the NM-01 race?

I'm a big Martin Heinrich supporter and I'm glad the vote split happened.  Vigil-Giron (a former incompetent SoS) and Darren White (overemotional Sheriff who seeks the local news cameras when a crime occurs like Jesse Jackson does when a black man gets beaten by the police) are pretty slimy individuals.   Heinrich is a hard worker with the Albuquerque City Council and fairly moderate on a lot of issues.

I hate to reappear just to shoot ya down, King but Martin Heinrich is neither much of a hard worker (has the man ever held a real job in his life?) nor, and I mean nor, fairly moderate. He's the Albuquerque City Councilor from the most leftist district in ABQ, and he has voted consistently left-wing on basically everything, being part of the 'Left Bloc' on the City Council. He's a white liberal from a very bourgeois lefty part of town - Nob Hill - very much Obama country for those who wonder - and is rather undistinguished. He basically won this because he consolidated the white liberal vote - as Sam Spade, who has been doing an excellent job covering NM politics, might I add pointed out - and because he started first out the gate, being the only one who was going to run against Wilson before Domenici announced his retirement. In addition to this, bringing in those lovely local issues, he is well-known as a hard-core anti-West Sider, and the West Side will bury him in the general election. This does not mean that Darren White is great - too conservative for me and not a terrific candidate either - but White will beat Heinrich in the general.

Hey, it's not my fault the Dems never nominate a Blue Dog Hispanic female here...that combination would probably have won this year...

Harry Montoya bringing up the "Ben Lujan is gay" rumor has to go down as another classic moment in NM politics, if Lujan loses.

Sam, Sam, Sam...it's Benny Shando who brought that up, not Harry Montoya (via Joe Monahan).

Oh, and if Pearce beats Wilson, as it is looking like at the moment, I will have a rant later on.

No guarantees on how often I'll pop up on the site, but the NM Primary drew me out of retirement...

[WMS]

WMS!

Heya Sam! The opportunity to bash Martin Heinrich was too much to resist.

[WMS]

Heh, I only remembered that because 1)I would've backed Montoya in that primary and 2)one minority using an anti-gay slur against another minority amuses me.

[WMS]

Isn't it fitting that Heather Wilson's career once again depends on a few remaining precincts?

For selfish reasons, I'm hoping Pearce wins with 51.4% of the vote.

It would be par for the course...

For both selfish and noble reasons I'm hoping Wilson pulls it out. I like her the best out of the three Representatives running for this job, and I think she'd be the best Senator.

Hey, it's not my fault the Dems never nominate a Blue Dog Hispanic female here...that combination would probably have won this year...

Hmm... What about Patsy Madrid? If only she hadn't stuttered in that debate, she would've been running for reelection this time.

A bit too liberal and a lot too machine. The Treasurer scandals would've hurt her. Richard Romero was closer ideologically, but was crippled by Dem infighting. The NM Dem machine can master every race...except NM-1, for some reason.

I didn't know Madrid was a blue dog Hispanic.  I thought she was just incompetent.

So, a competent Hispanic would have won last time around. 

She wasn't. Actually, a more moderate and talented candidate might have tipped those last thousand votes...

Well, she could've pretended that she was Blue Dog. It would've been quite simply actually. Madrid in a TV ad: Here's my plan to increase gun ownership, cut the federal deficit, and enforce tougher border proection, and I'll pay for it by suing abortion doctors!

Her donors would've been upset.

The last non-JCP candidate to hold office in the Pacific!

[That's what I think of.]

Ergh, don't remind me...

[WMS]

The last non-JCP candidate to hold office in the Pacific!

[That's what I think of.]

Ergh, don't remind me...

Heh. I almost did it.

I actually read about that. You're screwed out there, ya know...

[WMS]

So are we actually going to get results tonight, or will I be pressing Refresh until noon tomorrow waiting for the last precincts to trickle in?

This is New Mexico.  Don't expect the final results until next week.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (and these ^^^ have more authority than other people's ^^^ because I live in NM )

[WMS]

The last non-JCP candidate to hold office in the Pacific!

[That's what I think of.]

Ergh, don't remind me...

Heh. I almost did it.

I actually read about that. You're screwed out there, ya know...

Atlasia exposes my inner masochist, now, doesn't it? Now rejoice, for the Midwest still demands NM.

Atlasia does that for everyone...except the sociopaths. Sorry, I'm wanted for sedition, but good luck.

[WMS]

The last non-JCP candidate to hold office in the Pacific!

[That's what I think of.]

Ergh, don't remind me...

Heh. I almost did it.

I actually read about that. You're screwed out there, ya know...

Atlasia exposes my inner masochist, now, doesn't it? Now rejoice, for the Midwest still demands NM.

Atlasia does that for everyone...except the sociopaths. Sorry, I'm wanted for sedition, but good luck.

Thanks; I need it now more than ever, what with my futile VP bid.

I did the VP thing once...lost, of course, but it was probably one of the better races, with five decent Pres-VP tickets...

[WMS]

The last non-JCP candidate to hold office in the Pacific!

[That's what I think of.]

Ergh, don't remind me...

Heh. I almost did it.

I actually read about that. You're screwed out there, ya know...

Atlasia exposes my inner masochist, now, doesn't it? Now rejoice, for the Midwest still demands NM.

Atlasia does that for everyone...except the sociopaths. Sorry, I'm wanted for sedition, but good luck.

Thanks; I need it now more than ever, what with my futile VP bid.

I did the VP thing once...lost, of course, but it was probably one of the better races, with five decent Pres-VP tickets...

I'd see what you're referring to, but the Wiki is unfunnily slow.

VP with someone you know.

Well, enough hijacking the thread with Atlasia. Let's quit before it gets silly.

[WMS]

Heather Wilson would have to win around 65% of the remaining vote to defeat Pearce. Since only 13 precincts in NM-01 remain, Pearce's margin is nearly insurmountable. It's time to close the curtains on Wilson's career.

I'll rant when it's all over. Although being given the choice of a Progressive Caucus Democrat and a Club-For-Growth Republican rather pisses me off...

Edit: And the results are wonky:

SOS, says BernCo has 425/425 precincts and all early/absentee votes in:
Wilson 24378
Pearce 11921

BernCo Clerks says 416/423 precincts and early/absentee but not hand-delivered ballots in:
Wilson 27559
Pearce 14041

So the site that says there are still precincts outstanding has MORE votes counted than the one that says they are all in. WTF?