Nov 7th - MA, OH, PA, GA, ME - Mayor, Referendum, PA Supreme Court ONLY

[MAINEiac4434]

Gonna put on my Wulfric hat and PROJECT SOME RACES:

Maine Question 1 - York County Casino VICTORY FOR NO

Maine Question 2 - Medicaid Expansion VICTORY FOR YES

Maine Question 3 - Transportation bond issue VICTORY FOR YES

Maine Question 4 - Pension bond issue VICTORY FOR YES

Portland Question 1 - Rent Control VICTORY FOR NO (goddammit)

Portland Question 2 - Change to zoning laws VICTORY FOR NO

Portland Question 3 - Rebuild four decrepit elementary schools VICTORY FOR YES

Portland Question 4 - Rebuild just two decrepit elementary schools TOO CLOSE TO CALL (but the two school plan will not be initiated even if it does pass because of the overwhelming victory of the four school plan)

Portland At-Large City Council Race - VICTORY FOR JILL DUSON (D-incumbent) over Joey Brunelle (D) and Bree LaCasse (D)

Portland City Council District 4 - TOO CLOSE TO CALL BETWEEN JUSTIN COSTA (D-incumbent) and Kim Rich (D)

Portland City Council District 5 - VICTORY FOR KIM COOK (D) over Marpheen Chann (D-DSA) and Craig Dorais (G) (extremely upset about this result, Marpheen is a good friend of mine).

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The thing we saw in 2015 was that Democrats finally overcame the down ballot edge in Philly burbs that Republicans had managed to maintain previous even as they shifted up ballot in prior decades, but hadn't compensated in the rest of the state.

Luzerne, Erie and Lackawanna should be very concerning for Democrats going forward. And Democrats are lucky that Bob Casey Jr. is a home town hero in Scranton.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Well that dampened my enthusiasm for Northam's win. At least it will go unnoticed by Trump and his goons.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

The thing we saw in 2015 was that Democrats finally overcame the downballot edge in Philly burbs that Republicans had managed to maintain, but hadn't compensated in the rest of the state.

Luzerne, Erie and Lackawanna should be very concerning for Democrats going forward. And Democrats are lucky that Bob Casey Jr. is a home town hero in Scranton.

I have full confidence in Casey and his reelection campaign...

Fun Fact: My sister and her husband and daughter met him on the tram at the airport and got a picture with him! All happened today!

[Roronoa D. Law]

Looks like Georgia SD-06 is going to be a primary between two Democrats.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Woodruff closed the gap. It's a .7 race. He still has votes in Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware, and Lehigh so he may still have a chance.

[MAINEiac4434]

MEDICAID EXPANSION HAS PASSED

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

sh**t this race will be close.

Now it's Mundy +.18

[krazen1211]

Mundy is building a lead, and nothing yet from Lancaster County.

[Holmes]

This is where you decide to show up, krazen?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Woodruff closed the gap. It's a .7 race. He still has votes in Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware, and Lehigh so he may still have a chance.

Remember in PA, a lot of counties start of Dem and get more Republican as the night goes on. I remember this threw people off in 2010 Senate for instance and in 2016.

A lot of these swing counties also get more Republican. Clinton had some hefty leads in Bucks, Centre, Northampton and by the end they were 50-50 one way or the other.

[Comrade Funk]

This is where you decide to show up, krazen?

Not much to celebrate tonight for Reps. Sad!

[Beet]

Mundy appears to be running about 4 points ahead of Trump in Philadelphia county. But yeah, the nearly 20 point lead in Luzerne and 10 point lead in Erie bode poorly for Dems.

[krazen1211]

Even better for Mundy....up 2%. That's the Trumpification at work.

[MAINEiac4434]

It appears that Republicans may actually gain a seat on the NY City Council, as Republican Robert Holden is current leading incumbent Democrat Elizabeth Crowley, but it's a 50/50 race.

[MAINEiac4434]

Marty Walsh has defeated Tito Jackson to win a second term as Boston's mayor (ugh).

[Shadows]

pghDSA
BREAKING: @MikPappas, PGH DSA & @OurRevolution endorsed indpendent progressive promising to push back against mass incarceration unseats 24-year incumbent Ron Costa as District Justice!

@bphuang12  18m18 minutes ago
 .@Boston_DSA won the damn thing!!!! @BenForWard3, @JTforWard2 & @LydiaMEdwards won tonight! When we fight, we win! #VAGovRace #mapoli #BosPoli 🌹✊

@bphuang12
The @OurRevolution slate went 7 for 7 in Somerville! Two are @DemSocialists members! @JTforWard2 and @BenForWard3

Multiple DSA people won elections, Our-Revolution folks may have won all seats in Sommerville, Mass elections.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Just want to let everyone who is reading way too much into this Supreme court race to know that the turnout in this election is abysmally low. Neither candidate is going to hit a million votes. Think about that. Trump and Clinton both had 2.9 million votes respectively. And as we all know, low turnout benefits Republicans. Mundy actually won Delaware county... think about that.

I do wish Woodruff won. I met him before and he was a very genuine guy with an awesome story, he attended law school while still playing for the Steelers. I hope he runs again for an open seat during a Presidential or Midterm election year.

[MAINEiac4434]

pghDSA
BREAKING: @MikPappas, PGH DSA & @OurRevolution endorsed indpendent progressive promising to push back against mass incarceration unseats 24-year incumbent Ron Costa as District Justice!

@bphuang12  18m18 minutes ago
 .@Boston_DSA won the damn thing!!!! @BenForWard3, @JTforWard2 & @LydiaMEdwards won tonight! When we fight, we win! #VAGovRace #mapoli #BosPoli 🌹✊

@bphuang12
The @OurRevolution slate went 7 for 7 in Somerville! Two are @DemSocialists members! @JTforWard2 and @BenForWard3

Multiple DSA people won elections, Our-Revolution folks may have won all seats in Sommerville, Mass elections.

Yes! Yes!

[MAINEiac4434]

Fun fact: the second-largest margin of victory for medicaid expansion in Maine was actually in the second district. The town of Orono voted 80-20 in favor of medicaid expansion. It's the home of the University of Maine.

[MAINEiac4434]

Early reports notwithstanding, it appears Lewiston (the second-largest city in the state) and Auburn (the fourth-largest city in the state) have voted against merging (together they'd still be smaller than Portland, though Portland is double the size of Lewiston and the combined cities would be only 5,000 people behind Portland).

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

All races below can be called for the leading candidate:


MA Results:

Mayor - Boston - General
250 of 255 Precincts Reporting - 98%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
   Walsh, Marty (i)   NP   67,194   65%
Jackson, Tito   NP   35,397   35%

Mayor - Framingham - General
18 of 18 Precincts Reporting - 100%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
   Spicer, Yvonne   NP   9,128   59%
Stefanini, John   NP   6,455   41%

Mayor - Lawrence - General
24 of 24 Precincts Reporting - 100%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
   Rivera, Dan (i)   NP   7,965   51%
Lantigua, William   NP   7,525   49%

Mayor - Newton - General
32 of 32 Precincts Reporting - 100%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
   Fuller, Ruthanne   NP   12,405   51%
Lennon, Scott   NP   12,061   49%


OH:

Issue - 1 - Expand Crime Victim Rights - General
8089 of 8909 Precincts Reporting - 91%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Yes   NPA   1,806,369   83%
No   NPA   380,570   17%

Issue - 2 - Cap State Agency Drug Costs - General
8088 of 8909 Precincts Reporting - 91%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
No   NPA   1,737,520   80%
Yes   NPA   444,548   20%

ME:

Question - 1 - Allow York Casino or Slots - Ballot Issue
Citizens Initiative
453 of 584 Precincts Reporting - 78%
Name   Votes   Vote %
   No   233,568   83%
Yes   47,262   17%

Question - 2 - Expand Medicaid Eligibility - Ballot Issue
Citizens Initiative
452 of 584 Precincts Reporting - 77%
Name   Votes   Vote %
   Yes   165,107   59%
No   115,456   41%

Question - 3 - Allow Infrastructure Bonds - Ballot Issue
Bond Issue
452 of 584 Precincts Reporting - 77%
Name   Votes   Vote %
   Yes   200,501   72%
No   78,562   28%

Question - 4 - Stabilize Pension Funding - Ballot Issue
Constitutional Amendment
452 of 584 Precincts Reporting - 77%
Name   Votes   Vote %
   Yes   169,571   63%
No   100,292   37%

PA:

Mayor - Allentown - General
39 of 58 Precincts Reporting - 67%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Pawlowski, Ed (i)   Dem   3,253   52%
Hyman, Nat   GOP   2,528   41%
Ingram, John   Oth   295   5%
Tembo, Solomon   Oth   134   2%

Mayor - Erie - General
63 of 63 Precincts Reporting - 100%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
   Schember, Joe   Dem   10,073   53%
Persinger, John   GOP   8,816   47%

Mayor - Harrisburg - General
Uncontested race, no results will be reported.
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
   Papenfuse, Eric (i)   Dem   0   0

Mayor - Lancaster - General
39 of 39 Precincts Reporting - 100%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
   Sorace, Danene   Dem   4,752   73%
Stewart, Cindy   GOP   1,463   23%
Dastra, Tony   Ind   147   2%
Nesbitt, Zac   Ind   69   1%
Chandler, Woody   NPA   65   1%

Mayor - Pittsburgh - General
Uncontested race, no results will be reported.
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
   Peduto, Bill (i)   Dem   0   0

Mayor - Scranton - General
28 of 48 Precincts Reporting - 58%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Courtright, William (i)   Dem   3,532   51%
Mulligan, Jim   GOP   3,446   49%

Mayor - State College - General
17 of 19 Precincts Reporting - 89%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
   Hahn, Don   Dem   2,265   55%
Black, Michael   GOP   1,304   32%
Madrid, Ron   Ind   562   14%

Mayor - York - General
17 of 17 Precincts Reporting - 100%
Name   Party   Votes   Vote %
Bracey, Kim (i)   Dem   1,987   97%
Moser, Dave   Lib   63   3%

Supreme Court - Retain Saylor - Retention
7149 of 9165 Precincts Reporting - 78%
Name   Votes   Vote %
   Yes   755,241   68%
No   350,541   32%

Supreme Court - Retain Todd - Retention
6990 of 9165 Precincts Reporting - 76%
Name   Votes   Vote %
   Yes   771,304   71%
No   314,694   29%

Amendment - Expand Homestead Tax Exclusion - Ballot Issue
Permit Leg to enact law
6983 of 9165 Precincts Reporting - 76%
Name   Votes   Vote %
Yes   649,209   53%
No   571,982   47%



Still too close to call for the open supreme court race in PA and for Atlanta Mayor in GA

[MAINEiac4434]

Early reports notwithstanding, it appears Lewiston (the second-largest city in the state) and Auburn (the fourth-largest city in the state) have voted against merging (together they'd still be smaller than Portland, though Portland is double the size of Lewiston and the combined cities would be only 5,000 people behind Portland).

Interestingly, the residents of Lewiston voted more for merging than the residents of Auburn, despite Auburn being the smaller, more poor city.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

I hope Peduto wins his race against Write-in!

[krazen1211]

Mundy up 3%. Bob Casey is squealing seeing these results.