2022 Primary Election Night Coverage Megathread (9/13 - GRAND FINALE - DE, NH, RI)

[Attorney General & LGC Deputy Dwarven Dragon]

Calling D Lt Gov for Driscoll!
Calling D Suffolk District Attorney for Hayden!
Calling D Auditor for DiZoglio!

Uncalled:

R Lt Gov
MA-9 R

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

Massachusetts joins Arkansas as most likely the first states to elected a woman to both governor and Lt governor

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

Personally I can't wait until I can vote against my feckless cuck Congressclowns.

[Attorney General & LGC Deputy Dwarven Dragon]

Calling Lt Gov R for Allen!

Uncalled:

MA-9 R

[Attorney General & LGC Deputy Dwarven Dragon]

Calling  MA-9 R for Brown!

[JMT]

So far Lt Gov Dem is a barn burner but Driscoll ahead in the big cities (except Springfield) could be a good sign for her. Eric’s ad buys seemed effective though

I’m sure Driscoll will be fine, but I was disappointed to see Eric Lesser lose last night. He’s a good guy. I voted for him and had hoped he would win. He’s young though, so I doubt this will be the last we see of him. Maybe he’ll run for Congress in MA-01 if/when Richard Neal retires, or perhaps make another run for statewide office when there’s another opening.

[GeorgiaModerate]

538's preview of tomorrow night: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/5-races-to-watch-in-new-hampshire-and-rhode-island/

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

Not a lot interesting over on the D side. The NHDP does a great job at keeping the party unified. The Sawx left doesn't meaningfully exist.

I will be voting exactly as you expect. I'll probably write in Jayson Tatum since there's nobody running against Pappas in NH-1. I'd expect Krautmann to get at most 5% of the vote. Nobody cares about Hassan criticizing Biden's comments on MAGA and the minimum wage thing is old news.

[RussFeingoldWasRobbed]

Not a lot interesting over here. Nothing's really going on on the Congressional side here. The NHDP does a great job at keeping the party unified. The Sawx left doesn't meaningfully exist.

I will be voting exactly as you expect. I'll probably write in Jayson Tatum since there's nobody running against Pappas in NH-1. I'd expect Krautmann to get at most 5% of the vote. Nobody cares about Hassan criticizing Biden's comments on MAGA and the minimum wage thing is old news.

Do you think Leavitt would lose to Pappas? I do. She's far right and not the kind that's appealing to swing voters

[Nyvin]

It is pretty amazing how extremely little intra-party warfare there is on the NH Dem side, the only recent case I can think of is when that carpetbagger ran against Pappas in 2018.  It's just a state party that actually gets along for a change I guess.

For the R primary I'm expecting Mowers to win for NH-1 and Buldoc to win in NH-Senate.  Both of them are just kinda coasting on their previous name recognition and that actually is working.

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

Absolutely. Another underrated aspect is the local advantage Pappas has in Manchester - he's been ingrained in the Manchester community for years. There's a difference between Shea-Porter being a former city party head and Pappas's family owning a restaurant for more than 100 years. Against Mowers (and especially Leavitt), that's huge.

It is pretty amazing how extremely little intra-party warfare there is on the NH Dem side, the only recent case I can think of is when that carpetbagger ran against Pappas in 2018.  It's just a state party that actually gets along for a change I guess.

Yeah, there was a challenge to leadership against Buckley from Emmett Soldati, but even then it was civil and a few progressives went as far as to back Buckley. 2018 was more of a proxy war between the state and national establishment, and the consolidation around CSP in 2012 was able to scare Andrew Hosmer off.

It's a breath of fresh air considering the bullsh*t that happens in places like NY, PA, and RI.

[Attorney General & LGC Deputy Dwarven Dragon]

For tonight: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/13/us/elections/results-new-hampshire.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-elections-2022&region=TOP_BANNER&context=election_recirc

(Link goes to NH, use the top menu provided at the link to switch states)


Most polls close at 8 and that's when calls will begin. Some NH precincts may close at 7.

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

https://twitter.com/andrewsylvia/status/1569830882847981569?t=p6kXCMutT4A8sOKz-Y...

Y I K E S

Early results, but if this holds in the rest of the area Mowers is f**ked.

[wbrocks67]

NYT really running behind DDHQ right now.

[GeorgiaModerate]

538's final live blog of the primary season: https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/new-hampshire-ri-election/

[Attorney General & LGC Deputy Dwarven Dragon]

Calling NH SEN D for Hassan
Calling NH GOV R for Sununu

[wbrocks67]

Bolduc winning in Manchester and nearly winning in Concord doesn't seem a great sign for Morse.

[kwabbit]

Bolduc winning in Manchester and nearly winning in Concord doesn't seem a great sign for Morse.

Morse would need to clean up in the border towns to win. Bolduc seems safe if Morse can’t win in the cities.

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

Yeah, it's holding. Leavitt is running even in Manchester - 95% of the city is in and she's only down by 4 votes.

Still a lot out on the Seacoast and I'm not ready to call it yet but it looks pretty likely from here.

[wbrocks67]

NH is being particularly slow moving tonight in counting, but NYT is even slower.

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

NH is being particularly slow moving tonight in counting, but NYT is even slower.

Decision Desk has pretty good results and is showing about 33% of the race in.

[Attorney General & LGC Deputy Dwarven Dragon]

It's early, but Senate Primary turnout is tight. If the Dems pull it out, this would be their first (and only) turnout win in a competitive state.

[Attorney General & LGC Deputy Dwarven Dragon]

I don't really trust DDHQ; I'll just deal with NYT being slow

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

f**k it, I'm calling NH-1 for Leavitt

She's beating Huff Brown in Portsmouth and running even with Mowers in Manchester. I know it's early with so much of the vote out but when you're running up the margins everywhere else and running even on their home turf that's a good sign.

[wbrocks67]

It's early, but Senate Primary turnout is tight. If the Dems pull it out, this would be their first (and only) turnout win in a competitive state.

that would be rather surprising given no competition on the D side