The OFFICIAL 2013 Election Results Thread

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Virginia House (leading so far):

GOP: 48
DEM: 18

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61.16% in:

Cuccinelli: 48.03%
McAuliffe: 44.66%

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67.89% in

Cuccinelli: 47.52%
McAuliffe: 45.22%
Sarvis:       6.96%

R +2.3

McAuliffe has this.

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74.10% in

Cuccinelli: 47.35%
McAuliffe:  45.42%
Sarvis:        6.94%

R +1.93

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The Va Governor's race is now within 1%.

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Cuccinelli and McAuliffe separated by 0.51% now at 84.57% in.

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The AG race is razor thin...

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Don't start blaming Sarvis.  The reason why Republicans are voting for Sarvis are because of how extreme Cuccinelli is.  There is only one person to blame for the Republican's defeat and that is Cuccinelli (well, him and everyone who voted for him.)

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Don't start blaming Sarvis.  The reason why Republicans are voting for Sarvis are because of how extreme Cuccinelli is.  There is only one person to blame for the Republican's defeat and that is Cuccinelli (well, him and everyone who voted for him.)

Well, if polls that showed R behind by 4 or 6 before the election had R and D close to being tied if  Sarvis were not running, then one can assume that R would win given the results tonight.

Technically true, but if that is the lesson Republicans take away from this, they should be prepared to continue to lose voters to Democrats and third party candidates. 

Third parties will always be on the ballot, keeping members are their party from voting for third parties should be among the simplest of tasks for a campaign.  The fact that Cuccinelli let so many voters go to a random Libertarian shows that he as a candidate is fundamentally flawed.

Republicans are free to deny their candidate had any flaws and that it's all Sarvis' fault.  However, they should be prepared to keep losing elections.

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The AG race is now at less than 1%, but it looks like Obenshain will sneak away with a victory.

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Virginia result ought to be mildly troubling for both parties, I think. The reasons are obvious enough for the Republicans (yet another winnable race has been pissed away due to the nomination of a fruitcake. This has become a structural problem rather than an occasional embarrassment), but the narrow margin given that and the general bad publicity for the Republicans of late should concern Democrats with regards to next year (even if a certain degree of that can be put down to McAwful being McAwful).

That fact that McAuliffe almost blew it against Cuccinelli, even with the government shutdown fresh in people's minds cannot be a good sign for Democrats.

Well, McAuliffe is a really bad candidate as well. 

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A 32 vote lead, you can't make this up!

At this point, I'm REALLY glad that I voted.

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And according to Dave Wasserman, 3,000 absentee ballots might be missing from the most Democratic House district in Fairfax. An official in Fairfax County also says he's convinced there's an issue.

This would probably put Herring over the top for good!

Except there still will be a recount, right?