2010 Primaries Thread (It's all over now, baby blue)

[Tender Branson]

Who are people on here rooting for between Bennet and Romanoff?

Next question: Lamont or Malloy, Atlas Forum?

I think it doesn´t really matter, all 4 are acceptable candidates and once the primary is over the folks who backed the defeated should move over to the winner side. If Romanoff had more money, I´d prefer him over Bennet. In CT, I don´t really care, both candidates have made arguments to abolish the state´s death penalty which is fine with me. The Republicans will be destroyed in the GE anyway.

[Cubby]

I'll be voting for Dan Malloy today. I'll let you guys know what I see after I get back. Too bad I can't vote in the GOP Gubernatorial race. Fedele is way better than Foley. Fedele reminds me of Rowland (in a good way, I started liking Rowland the day he was hounded out of office by his own party).

My friend is voting for Lamont because she feels he deserves to be elected since he was unfairly denied election in 2006 (i.e. Republicans crossed over in the G.E. and voted for Lieberman).

I'm going to miss Schiff's attack ad showing McMahon kicking a guy in the crotch during a fight.

Willard Romney has been robo-calling people in support of Schiff.

[tmthforu94]

My predictions:

GA Runoff

Handel: 50.4%*
Deal: 49.6%

CT Governor & Senate

Foley: 39.8%*
Fedele: 31.8%
Griebel: 25.4%

Lamont: 51.2%
Malloy: 48.8%*

McMahon: 53.1%*
Simmons: 21.8%
Schiff: 11.1%

CO Governor & Senate

McInnis: 50.4%*
Maes: 49.6%

Bennet: 50.9%*
Romanoff: 49.1%

Norton: 51.4%*
Buck: 48.6%

* - Indicates candidate whom I'd support

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Ah, election day once again. Results links: CO | CT | GA | MN

Polls close at 7 ET in Georgia, 8 in Connecticut, and 9 in Colorado and Minnesota. However, the majority of the counties in Colorado are conducting this election by mail, so there's no telling if or when we will know the victors in Colorado.

[California8429]

My predictions

Ryan Frazier 59
Lang Sias 41

Bob McConnell 46
Scott Tipton 54

Frazier may even pull a wider lead, but CD-3 may be closer

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's raining pretty bad in Minneapolis now. Doubt that'll affect much as only more hardcore voters will show up on primaries anyway. I dislike rainwater though so I took a second shower just after getting back. Should clear up in the afternoon though, a second wave is coming but won't hit us until after the polls close, if there was something big in western Minnesota that could be a factor.

Voted around 10:45AM and was the 96th person in my precinct to vote. Not bad turnout really. Voted for Margaret Anderson-Kelliher and for Keith Ellison, Lori Swanson and Mark Ritchie over their token opposition.

[Eraserhead]

Some very quick and not especially informed guesstimates:

GA Runoff

Deal: 52%
Handel: 48%

CT Governor & Senate

Foley: 41%
Fedele: 34%
Griebel: 25%

Lamont: 52%
Malloy: 48%  (ZOMG: The same result as Lamont/Lieberman!)

McMahon: 50%
Simmons: 33%
Schiff: 17%

MN Governor (Democrats)

Dayton: 42%
Kelliher: 33%
Entenza: 22%
Idusogie: 3%

CO Governor & Senate

Maes: 54%
McInnis: 46%

Bennet: 51%
Romanoff: 49%

Buck: 51%
Norton: 49%

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I see no reason to disagree. They seem like the best option in each race as well.

[Bacon King]

I think Handel's going to win in Georgia; Deal could win, though. It largely depends on if he's managed to get the support from Oxendine and Johnson voters. Handel's campaign did an amazing job at messaging before the primary, basically making a case of "it's Handel against these three guys who are all the same"; if that didn't sink in to Johnson/Ox voters, maybe her Deal-specific attacks won't either.

I also wonder what's going on downstate right now. If Deal can win Chatham and Houston counties (and their environs), he'll win.

Also, everything I'm seeing on the ground is making me very fearful of Hice winning here in GA-7. I hope not; I hate that guy.   

[JohnnyLongtorso]

We have a thread to discuss these things...

[Bacon King]

A few predictions before polls close

Senate District 47: Ginn 60%
GA 7: Hice 53%
Governor: Handel 55%
Insurance Commish: Sheffield 60%
PSC: Douglas 53%
Attorney General: Olens 54%

[Sam Spade]

GA should be rural vs. suburban/urban.  If it's anything else, I'll be surprised.

[Lunar]

The few Dems I know who actually live in CT are all Malloy.

[Mr. Morden]

A few hundred votes are in from GA:

Handel 54%
Deal 46%

But that's with just 0.4% of precincts reporting. 

[JohnnyLongtorso]

The SOS site looks to be faster than the AP site.

[Verily]

GA should be rural vs. suburban/urban.  If it's anything else, I'll be surprised.

I would think suburban beats rural any time, and easily, in a GA GOP primary simply because so many in rural areas are still registered Dem. Or is it an open primary?

[Mr. Morden]

13% in:

Handel 51.5%
Deal 48.5%

NOTE: Looks like that's mostly from early voting.  The % of precincts reporting from "election day voting" is only 5%.

[Sam Spade]

GA should be rural vs. suburban/urban.  If it's anything else, I'll be surprised.

I would think suburban beats rural any time, and easily, in a GA GOP primary simply because so many in rural areas are still registered Dem. Or is it an open primary?

Pretty sure it's completely open.  Anyway, these things depend on where - Alabama no.  Georgia used to be no, but I'm suspecting it's yes now.

[Bacon King]

Verily: it's open, GA don't even have partisan registration.

Also, look at the results so far for Deal in Gwinnett- he's holding even; pretty promising for him.

[Hash]

GA should be rural vs. suburban/urban.  If it's anything else, I'll be surprised.

Deal being the rural guy and Handel being the suburban/urban gal?

[Bacon King]

GA should be rural vs. suburban/urban.  If it's anything else, I'll be surprised.

Deal being the rural guy and Handel being the suburban/urban gal?

That's what he's getting at, yeah. I don't think it'll be so
cut and dry though. I wouldn't be surprised if Handel won rural south GA by a mile.

[Mr. Morden]

Deal takes the lead, 50.6%-49.4%, which is about a 700 vote margin at this point.  Deal's lead would be double that if not for Handel's lead in Cobb County.

[cinyc]

CT just closed.  No results yet.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Woodall, Graves, McKinney, and Crane are leading in the House runoffs.

[Sam Spade]

The results are actually quite surprising in a number of areas (Deal strength in Atlanta suburbs, Handel strength in South Georgia), FYI.