The 2014 primary season ends (Sept. 9: DE, MA, NH, NY, RI)

[Tender Branson]

BTW: Turnout in IL was only 16-17% of RV ...

There are 7.5 Mio. RV, but only 1.25 Mio. voted.

[Mr. Illini]

Results...

Democratic Primary
Pat Quinn (Inc.)
Tio Hardiman




Republican Primary

Bruce Rauner
Kirk Dillard
Bill Brady
Dan Rutherford


CREDIT: OurCampaigns.com


Very strong regional divides, as has become the norm with Illinois politics.

[Maxwell]

Rauner may have won the GOP primary, but Pat Quinn was the real winner last night.  This race just got a lot uglier for Republicans.

Rauner is not the worst candidate could've put up: with Rutherford being scandal-ridden, and Brady far too conservative for the state, Rauner is a better fit AND he has more big business on his side. That being said, Dillard would've neutralized union support and probably beat Quinn in a wash, so that's sad. Nevertheless, I think Rauner has a shot at this, but he's already said some pretty toxic things.

[Bojack Horseman]

So Bruce Rauner is the next governor of Illinois...

[Flake]

Businessman Bruce Rauner (R): 40.1%
State Sen. Kirk Dillard (R): 37.3%
State Sen. Bill Brady (R): 15.1%
Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford (R): 7.5%

I left the atlas key on the Illinois map since it would be confusing to read some numbers (like how Rutherford has either >50% or >20%).

[Tender Branson]

The next 1.5 months will be very boring: Only some FL House special election primary and the DC primary.

Next important stop: NC (May 6)

[ElectionsGuy]

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Lovely. That's literally what she has on the front page of her twitter.

[Deus Naturae]

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Lovely. That's literally what she has on the front page of her twitter.

The one with bananas as the cover photo? I'm pretty sure that's a troll account.

[ElectionsGuy]

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Lovely. That's literally what she has on the front page of her twitter.

The one with bananas as the cover photo? I'm pretty sure that's a troll account.

I thought it was for sure too, but it actually looks pretty real.

[jimrtex]

State Reps who lost: Lon Burnam (D-Fort Worth),

Lon Burnam is basically a Tea Partier's stereotype of what all Democrats are like - he's a sanctimonious, elitist liberal and the fact that he's a white male makes it all even worse. He was heavy on commentary and light on legislative accomplishment.

Burnam is contesting his defeat, claiming that the victor Ramon Romero committed vote fraud with regard to absentee ballots in winning the heavily Hispanic district.

[Tender Branson]

OH results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/OH_Governor_0506.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

[ElectionsGuy]

Pretty event-less primaries in Indiana and Ohio. IN Democrats don't even have a candidate for Treasurer where Richard Mourdock is term-limited. All statewide races only have one candidate for both sides otherwise. North Carolina on the other hand is going to be fun to watch the republican senate primary.

[ElectionsGuy]

Ed FitzGerald winning his primary easily against an irrelevant opponent.

So far the ballot measure is winning overwhelmingly.

[Maxwell]

Walter Jones' last term may be coming up soon: he's only at 52%. Even if he beats Griffin, he probably won't survive a second time.

And Aiken may not even win his primary: I thought he was close to a sure thing.

[Tender Branson]

Votes in OH:

FitzGerald, Edward (D)    358,312    
   83.19%
Ealy, Larry (D)    72,408    
   16.81%
Total Votes Cast    430,720    

...

Kasich, John (R)    550,618    
   100.00%
Total Votes Cast    550,618    

http://vote.ohio.gov/Results.aspx?race=Governor

[Tender Branson]

John Boehner btw wins with 71.5% of the vote.

[TJ in Oregon]

The only Ohio primary that's somewhat notable is that David Joyce held off Tea Party candidate Matt Lynch in the OH-14 Republican Primary. Lynch probably would have had more difficulty in the general election than Joyce, who has one of the most moderate voting records of any Republican in Congress, and fits the views of his district well.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

The only Ohio primary that's somewhat notable is that David Joyce held off Tea Party candidate Matt Lynch in the OH-14 Republican Primary. Lynch probably would have had more difficulty in the general election than Joyce, who has one of the most moderate voting records of any Republican in Congress, and fits the views of his district well.

That was actually a pretty weak showing by Joyce considering his opponent.

[publicunofficial]

The only Ohio primary that's somewhat notable is that David Joyce held off Tea Party candidate Matt Lynch in the OH-14 Republican Primary. Lynch probably would have had more difficulty in the general election than Joyce, who has one of the most moderate voting records of any Republican in Congress, and fits the views of his district well.

That was actually a pretty weak showing by Joyce considering his opponent.

Him and Rodney Davis both had weak showing mainly because it was their first primary election since taking office, and are basically incumbents in name only unless/until they win in November.

[TJ in Oregon]

I think Lynch would have won if this primary was in 2012, or even if neither of the two was an incumbent. Lynch had both the Tea Party and Ohio Right to Life behind him, while Joyce had LaTourette. The Republican base, even in OH-14, is probably closer to Lynch than Joyce ideologically. I think what saved Joyce was the realization that a vote for Lynch may very well be a vote for Michael Wager.

[Tender Branson]

NE Governor results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/NE_Governor_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

NE other statewide results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/NE_Page_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

WV statewide results:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2014/by_state/WV_Page_0513.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

[LeBron]

With 6% in, Ricketts leads Bruning 30-27 with Foley in 3rd at 19% and McCoy at 17%. Bruning is the endorsed candidate in this race from term-limited Governor Heineman, but Rickett has the cash advantage from his wealthy father. Ricketts lost a Senate race in 2006 to Ben Nelson and Bruning lost the primary in 2012. Bruning is also the same "Stand Your Ground" Attorney General who filed a lawsuit against the ACA and has views on abortion that make Rick Berg seem reasonable. Still, I'm hoping Bruning takes out the self-funder.

In the Treasurer race, Don Stenberg (R), is coasting to re-election against Costello who works as treasurer of Douglas County. This is a massive sign that the storms really did hurt Costello here.

Secretary of State John Gale (R) goes unopposed in his primary to no surprise.

In the Attorney General race, Doug Peterson (R), a Lincoln lawyer (not the NFL guy) leads the field with 31% of the vote to replace Bruning. Dems haven't held this seat since Truman was President, so Democrats obviously have no chance at the open seat.

And the Auditor race seems to be going the way of State Senator Charlie Janssen (R) who originally was in the Governor race this year.

[rbt48]

Bruning s the "moderate" Republican with the best chance to win, but he is lagging behind Ricketts.  Hard to imagine that GOP voters would not choose their three term AG who set a record for avoiding costly losing suits to the US Supreme Court like his predecessor, Stenberg.  Bruning needs to win big in Douglas and Sarpy County (Omaha and suburbs south of the city) and Lancaster County (Lincoln).  Omaha is about half counted and I'm not sure he can pass Ricketts.

Ricketts would surely win in November baring an Akin gaffe.  In contrast, Bruning wouldn't even need to campaign.

[ElectionsGuy]

More than a 1/3 in: Ricketts and Bruning both at 27%, Ricketts 393 votes ahead!

[Flake]

Ricketts: 27.3%
Bruning: 26.7%
McCoy: 20.9%
Foley: 17.6%
Slone: 4.1%
Carlson: 3.4%

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