Kentucky 2015 - Predictions and Results Thread

[Holmes]

Holy crap. Statewide offices change parties all the time. Dems please stop acting like it's the end of the world. Not every state votes 100% for one party all the time. Try again harder in four years.

[Skye]

I find this whole situation extremely hilarious. Congratulations gentlemen: Our predictions were spot on!

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Congrats Governor Bevin

Bevin isn't someone who deserves "congratulations."

Yes he is

[kansasdemocrat]

Holy crap. Statewide offices change parties all the time. Dems please stop acting like it's the end of the world. Not every state votes 100% for one party all the time. Try again harder in four years.

LOL

RIP Kentucky

[CountyTy90]

Why is that little dot to the west part of Fulton County?

Interesting story

[Maxwell]

I will say, the last time it looked like doom for the Democrats forever in Kentucky, Ernie Fletcher turned out to be a huge disaster, so much so that Steve Beshear won by a huge 18 point margin. I suspect Matt Bevin won't be an Ernie Fletcher level disaster, but Bevin could be pretty brutal. And Kentucky Democrats won't think about running Jack Conway again.

If Andy Beshear wins his race, I think he's definitely the go to candidate.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Before you start writing Conway off, remember that Cucinelli was beating McAuliffe for most of the night in Virginia two years ago.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Bevin up to an 8 point margin now.

Attorney General - General
2439 of 3697 Precincts Reporting - 66%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Beshear, Andy   Dem   323,505   51%
Westerfield, Whitney   GOP   315,534   49%

Auditor - General
2420 of 3697 Precincts Reporting - 65%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Harmon, Mike   GOP   316,262   51%
Edelen, Adam (i)   Dem   306,651   49%

Governor - General
2455 of 3697 Precincts Reporting - 66%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Bevin, Matt   GOP   338,157   52%
Conway, Jack   Dem   290,623   44%
Curtis, Drew   Ind   25,304   4%

Secretary of State - General
2440 of 3697 Precincts Reporting - 66%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Grimes, Alison Lundergan (i)   Dem   334,130   52%
Knipper, Stephen   GOP   309,125   48%

Supreme Court - District 7 - General
427 of 514 Precincts Reporting - 83%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Wright, Sam   NP   33,177   53%
Stumbo, Janet   NP   29,367   47%

[100% pro-life no matter what]

I'm proud to say that I stuck with Bevin winning in the end the whole time

[DrScholl]

Holy crap. Statewide offices change parties all the time. Dems please stop acting like it's the end of the world. Not every state votes 100% for one party all the time. Try again harder in four years.

This is true. Ernie Fletcher won the Governor's seat and that didn't turn out so well.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Before you start writing Conway off, remember that Cucinelli was beating McAuliffe for most of the night in Virginia two years ago.

KY doesn't have the huge republican counting bias that VA does.

[Suburbia]

Democrats need to do better with white Southern voters. A lot of people think that they are priding too much on a multicultural coalition, which is good, but you can't forget white voters either.

[Maxwell]

Harmon is beating Edelen, Andy Beshear's lead is narrow as all hell, Grimes may be the only one who survives.

[cinyc]

Why is that little dot to the west part of Fulton County?

Because part of the county is across the Mississippi River from the rest.  The river bends, Missouri is across it, the river bends again, and the western part of the county points upward from Tennessee.

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

RIP Kentucky

Looks like Obama will have to drone them too.

[ElectionsGuy]

Goodbye Senator Edelen

[Skye]

Before you start writing Conway off, remember that Cucinelli was beating McAuliffe for most of the night in Virginia two years ago.

Fairfax county, even closer election, yada yada...

[Gass3268]

Hopefully everyone in Kentucky knows they just voted away their healthcare.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I love Democrat tears.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Congratulations, Governor Bevin!!  I look forward to seeing what you can do in our neighbors to the north!

HA!  The race isn't even called yet and there's a ton of outstanding vote left.

[Asian Nazi]

Holy crap. Statewide offices change parties all the time. Dems please stop acting like it's the end of the world. Not every state votes 100% for one party all the time. Try again harder in four years.

It's not the end of the world for the Democrats, and I'm sure that they could pull off a win in 2019 or 2023 under better circumstances but....

The climate in this election was about as good as the Democrats could've expected.  I think the only thing that could've been better for the KY Democrats here would've been Obama not being President.

I think this is a pretty clear indication that Kentucky, and the rest of the White South/Appalachia are slowly turning on the Democrats.  

[kansasdemocrat]

Hopefully everyone in Kentucky knows they just voted away their healthcare.

They'll never know because they'll be dead!

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I love Democrat tears.

So do I, but not tonight.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Hopefully everyone in Kentucky knows they just voted away their healthcare.

They'll never know because they'll be dead!

See, this is why Democrats are losing in places like Kentucky.

[IceSpear]

Holy crap. Statewide offices change parties all the time. Dems please stop acting like it's the end of the world. Not every state votes 100% for one party all the time. Try again harder in four years.

The difference is that this is a re-alignment, not a purple state oscillating.