Congressional Special Election (last call! unstickied after NY-27 final results)

[Lisa's voting Biden]

I haven't found a NYT results page, though it looks like there is one on PBS:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-north-carolinas-special-election

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/10/us/elections/results-north-carolina-house-district-9-special-election.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/10/us/elections/results-north-carolina-house-district-3-special-election.html

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1171529174789439488?s=20

[Oryxslayer]

I haven't found a NYT results page, though it looks like there is one on PBS:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-north-carolinas-special-election

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/10/us/elections/results-north-carolina-house-district-9-special-election.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/10/us/elections/results-north-carolina-house-district-3-special-election.html

No needle

[Matty]

So I was talking to some people in the office today about this race

None of them knew it was happening or remotely knew anything about it

“Why do you care about an election in NC” they asked

They are right, but I love following this stuff. Lol

In the grand scheme of things, this is a totally meaningless event in the long run

Unless you live in the district

[Nyvin]

So I was talking to some people in the office today about this race

None of them knew it was happening or remotely knew anything about it

“Why do you care about an election in NC” they asked

They are right, but I love following this stuff. Lol

In the grand scheme of things, this is a totally meaningless event in the long run

Unless you live in the district

Yeah, it's entirely symbolic.   It won't affect what happens in Congress at all.

I'd say most special elections are like this, except the ones for Senate seats.

[Continential]

So I was talking to some people in the office today about this race

None of them knew it was happening or remotely knew anything about it

“Why do you care about an election in NC” they asked

They are right, but I love following this stuff. Lol

In the grand scheme of things, this is a totally meaningless event in the long run

Unless you live in the district

Yeah, it's entirely symbolic.   It won't affect what happens in Congress at all.

I'd say most special elections are like this, except the ones for Senate seats.

Yeah, nobody cares about special elections unless if it is your district.

[Virginiá]

Yeah, it's entirely symbolic.   It won't affect what happens in Congress at all.

I'd say most special elections are like this, except the ones for Senate seats.

The sad thing is, even if McCready wins, he's going to have to go right back to campaigning again, which will mean by 2021, he'll have been campaigning for like 3 years straight. That is something out of a nightmare.

[bilaps]

Yeah, it's entirely symbolic.   It won't affect what happens in Congress at all.

I'd say most special elections are like this, except the ones for Senate seats.

The sad thing is, even if McCready wins, he's going to have to go right back to campaigning again, which will mean by 2021, he'll have been campaigning for like 3 years straight. That is something out of a nightmare.

Real nightmare, imagine if he had to work a real job

[Matty]

Yeah, it's entirely symbolic.   It won't affect what happens in Congress at all.

I'd say most special elections are like this, except the ones for Senate seats.

The sad thing is, even if McCready wins, he's going to have to go right back to campaigning again, which will mean by 2021, he'll have been campaigning for like 3 years straight. That is something out of a nightmare.

Real nightmare, imagine if he had to work a real job

Do y’all think this will be the main topic on the news tonight? Or just a little meter down in the corner of the screen?

[bilaps]

Yeah, it's entirely symbolic.   It won't affect what happens in Congress at all.

I'd say most special elections are like this, except the ones for Senate seats.

The sad thing is, even if McCready wins, he's going to have to go right back to campaigning again, which will mean by 2021, he'll have been campaigning for like 3 years straight. That is something out of a nightmare.

Real nightmare, imagine if he had to work a real job

Do y’all think this will be the main topic on the news tonight? Or just a little meter down in the corner of the screen?

It won't be the main topic for sure, but it will get mentioned.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Yeah, it's entirely symbolic.   It won't affect what happens in Congress at all.

I'd say most special elections are like this, except the ones for Senate seats.

The sad thing is, even if McCready wins, he's going to have to go right back to campaigning again, which will mean by 2021, he'll have been campaigning for like 3 years straight. That is something out of a nightmare.

Well, he'll have lots of practice.

[TrendsareUsuallyReal]

Yeah, it's entirely symbolic.   It won't affect what happens in Congress at all.

I'd say most special elections are like this, except the ones for Senate seats.

The sad thing is, even if McCready wins, he's going to have to go right back to campaigning again, which will mean by 2021, he'll have been campaigning for like 3 years straight. That is something out of a nightmare.

I’m curious what the Nc Supreme Court does. Do they give him a better seat or do they dismantle it completely and move the Dem opportunities to the Research triangle and Winston-Salem instead? If the latter, wonder if he runs statewide instead

[Epaminondas]

Republicans are experts at the expectations game, I'll certainly give them that.

Even the reputable Guardian is guilty of this: "Republicans play down expectations in North Carolina House race"

Expect GOP triumphant celebrations that a Trump+12 seat was won by a hair.

[Panhandle Progressive]

Republicans are experts at the expectations game, I'll certainly give them that.

Even the reputable Guardian is guilty of this: "Republicans play down expectations in North Carolina House race"

Expect GOP triumphant celebrations that a Trump+12 seat was won by a hair.

Cook Political Report identified more than 30 House seats that are less Republican-leaning than NC-9. If R's win by low digits here, they are in for a world of hurt next year.

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/ryanobles/status/1171530960707276800?s=20

[Donerail]

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[Oryxslayer]

https://twitter.com/ryanobles/status/1171530960707276800?s=20

https://twitter.com/JoeBrunoWSOC9/status/1171551296362561536

[Ebsy]

NCSBE held an emergency meeting and took no action on the camplaint. All precincts will close in a little under an hour.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

You know Republicans are worried when they want to give people more time to vote.

[Bidenworth2020]

MCCREADY WILL WIN!

[Gass3268]

You know Republicans are worried when they want to give people more time to vote.

I'm not seeing the recommended button on this post, but Recommended.

[Matty]

Historically, are elections in years between midterm and presidential indicative of presidential elections a year later?

What were elections like in 2007, 2011, and 2015?

[2016]

Strangely enough I feel pretty good that Bishop will pull this out by a Point or two despite all the kumbaya from Democrats.

[libertpaulian]

Historically, are elections in years between midterm and presidential indicative of presidential elections a year later?

What were elections like in 2007, 2011, and 2015?

The specials that year were all held in Safe D/R districts.

[GeorgiaModerate]

You know Republicans are worried when they want to give people more time to vote.

I'm not seeing the recommended button on this post, but Recommended.

I had an issue recently where I wasn't seeing the Recommend button on anything.  It turned out that my overly aggressive ad blocker was eating it.  Whitelisting the site fixed it.