Live Blog #2: Midterm Election Returns
Posted: November 4, 2014 Filed under: U.S. Politics | Tags: 2014 midterm elections, live blog 101 Comments
Hang in There, Sky Dancers!!
There are lots more races to be decided. Here’s a fresh thread to discuss them. I’m pretty pooped out, but I’m going to stay up as long as I can–at least I want to know who will be the new Governor of Massachusetts before I hit the sack.
I’ve been looking around for articles to post, but I don’t see much that isn’t depressing. I’ll add more in the comments as I find things, and Dakinikat said she would look around too.
Thanks to all of you for participating tonight. I don’t know what I would have done without you guys!!
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Martha Coakley is leading Charlie Baker 2-1 in Boston, which is what she needs. She has also won the liberal suburbs. She is also doing well in Western Mass. cities! She “crushed” Baker in Pittsfield and Springfield.
It’s looking better by the minute. Do you think she can hold on?
If anything it will get better, I think. They are saying that Baker lost momentum in the last week.
Worcester hasn’t been counted yet at all. What do you think, Pat?
That’s great. Her lead right now looks to be about 10k
With 62% of the polls reporting
She’s a shure win.
I really hope so!
If she holds on at least you will have something to feel good about.
Quote: “The early good feelings at Baker headquarters have likely given way to concern.” Coakley has taken a lead in the raw vote total of 10,000 votes.
Personhood Election Results: Amendment 67 fails in Colorado
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/election-results-for-personhood-amendment-or-amendment-67-in-colorado
It failed by a good margin, which I find encouraging. Colorado can be a conservative state (despite the legal pot).
Exit poll: Voters unhappy with Obama and GOP
http://news.yahoo.com/exit-poll-voters-unhappy-obama-gop-221726708–election.html
NPR projects a loss for Mark Udall in Colorado. That’s bad.
Personhood went down while they elected the asshole who first pushed it. Speaking of Udall, raising hell about the NSA really did him a lot of good.
Arkansans voted to raise the minimum wage and voted to replace Pryor with a young right winger named Cotton.
How’s that supposed to work?
What is with these people? Makes no sense.
No, it doesn’t,
It’s like these people are intentionally creating gridlock.
Shit we just lost Colorado.
NBC News @NBCNews 28s29 seconds ago
NBC News projects Cory Gardner (R) wins Colorado Senate http://nbcnews.to/1utwWSX
Rand Paul is an idiot.
He can dream on!!!
I saw him say that on NBC. it was bullshit. He was asked for analysis (ahem) and he just slammed the Clintons. What did anyone expect?
Amendment 1 in TN is leading 54%-45% about 90k votes. It’s a measure that will regulate abortion providers out of business. Basically the same thing they did in TX.
Oh, fine.
Politicians practicing medicine is a dangerous thing.
Looks like Scott and Walker are staying in the governor’s mansions. Most of the Republican Governors are squeaking through. Must be low turnout.
BREAKING: GOP Rick Scott wins re-election as governor of Florida. @AP race call at 10:20 p.m. EST. #Election2014 -@AP
That’s very disappointing.
Ugh.
I think Florida turnout was supposed to be huge.
Suzanne Malveaux @SuzanneMalveaux 3m3 minutes ago
#CNNElection calls Louisiana race to go to a run off Dec.6th. @MaryLandrieu won’t get +50% to win tonight. Faces tough fight w/Rep.Cassidy
Scott Walker wins reelection in Wisconsin.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/04/live-election-coverage_n_5878118.html?1415142296&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067
I’m very sad about that and about Florida.
Remember Thomas Frank who wrote “What’s The Matter With Kansas?’
The sequel will be “What’s The Matter With Everywhere?”
Exactly.
Bob Cesca @bobcesca_go 21s21 seconds ago
MY LATEST AT BANTER: Republicans Pick Up Senate Seats in Arkansas and West Virginia; Florida Governor Race Nec… http://bit.ly/1s1XJ1X
Well, that’s all the BS election results I can take for one night. Good Night Everyone.
GuardianUS @GuardianUS 1m1 minute ago
Republican win in Colorado brings the US Senate within reach – follow our live updates http://trib.al/9BYn8LZ
NC is wigging out.
Political Line @PoliticaILine 3m3 minutes ago
REPUBLICANS WILL TAKE CONTROL OF THE US SENATE… IOWA HAS BEEN CALLE DFOR JONI ERNST https://twitter.com/politicalwire/status/529836804896485376 …
Just what you want your senator to know — how to castrate hogs.
What the hell century are we in?
NBC just said Iowa is too close to call. Let me check my twitter feed. I know someone working in Iowa.
I checked. I have no intel.
Tough Road ahead for Mary Landrieu
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/louisiana-senate-runoff?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
My internet keeps going out, so if I disappear, you’ll know what happened.
Mine too. What is happening out there”
I am waiting on the governor race here in MA and the outcome of the casino question.
Other than that, I can’t take another minute of Chris Matthews!
I’m so nervous. Scott Brown seems to be gaining in NH, and if Martha Coakley doesn’t win I’m going to be suicidal. Scott Brown says he won’t concede until every vote is counted.
The casino question has been decided in favor of casinos.
I am not even a fan of Martha Coakley but the thought of Charlie Baker pulling it off is unappealing.
Scotty will need to find himself another state to run in. Like Romney with umpteen homes across the country.
Brown is leading Shaheen in the raw vote. I just hope he doesn’t pull it out.
Mercy, I really can’t figure out how the trigger was pulled for the republicans. David Perdue is outright winner.
About the only things interesting in my state this year are two competing gun initiatives. One would call for tighter background checks. The other is some RWNJ version of banning background checks. No results will be posted for about another half hour. Washington state is all vote by mail, must be mailed or dropped off by 8 pm tonight. So results can sometimes take days to tally.
Looks like Mark Warner is going to squeak it out in Virginia. Whew! They haven’t called it for him yet but he finally slipped ahead and the only remaining districts should carry him further. We got lucky. Chuck Todd said the national GOP had some money to spread around and had to decide whether to spend it on Ed Gillespie or Scott Brown. They picked Brown. If they had thrown that money here, we would have had a disastrous result.
Sometimes even money won’t buff a Scott Brown!
That’s good news about Warner. Phew!
Good god, what will 2016 look like? Can’t even fathom it. Hillary vs the Tea Party in full regalia.
My money’s on Hillary.
Mine too. What little I’ve got left.
Ditto.
Fox is projecting Roberts the winner in Kansas.
It wasn’t him, Charley, it was you. Remember that night in the Garden you came down to my dressing room and you said, “Kid, this ain’t your night.
This wasn’t our night.
Who’ll be the first to identify this quote? I’m betting on JJ.
Rod Steiger to Marlon Brando.
“On the Waterfront”.
Bingo.
I am not as dumb as I look!
How can it be that both Rick Scott and Scott Walker won again? They are horrible civil servants!
Either people are not paying attention or the system is rigged for sure. And Walker is being touted as a possible presidential candidate to boot.
Once a jerk, always a jerk.
It’s looking like the banjo players won this one.
81% of vote in and MA Gov race is still too close to call.
Scott Brown could still win in NH.
— NPR
Too close to call Idaho…………I will tell yall…….Colorado should have hung in.
Michelle Nunn is conceding.
Charlie Crist might file for a recount.
Rick Scott had a very, very low approval rating in Florida. How did this happen?
You got me.
I’ll bet Obama is counting the days until he can finally get out of DC. Facing this newest crowd of naysayers, and having to deal with BOTH Boehner and McConnell calls for a handy supply of Aleve.
I can’t stay awake any longer. Like the talking heads are saying, this is not a wave, this is what was expected to happen. In two years the Republicans will have 23 incumbencies to defend to the Dems’ 10 so things will change again. Should be an interesting couple of years anyway! lol! Good night all. It’s nice to have like-minded people to commiserate with.
Good night, Janicen. I’m not going to last much longer either. I’m probably going to get in bed and listen to the radio.
It’s not looking good for Martha Coakley now, but there are still lots of places in Western Mass where she should win. But it’s going to be “uphill” for her, according to both the Dem and Repub. on NPR.
Appears as though Nate Silver got it “right” once again. Unfortunately.
The thought of waking up tomorrow and finding that both Charlie Baker and Scott Brown won their election is going to be a nightmare.
I’m not giving up yet.
Shit! Tillis won in NC.
Terrible defeat. The lame duck session should be an all out shit show between now and January,
Julie Davis @juliehdavis 5m5 minutes ago
Will every Dem gubernatorial candidate Obama campaigned 4 lose? 3 already gone (IL, MI, WI), 3 behind (CT, MD, ME), all in states he carried
Armando retweeted
Daily Kos Elections @DKElections 5m5 minutes ago
Brown has conceded to Shaheen. Maybe candidate quality matters after all! #nhsen
Well, that is good news at least.
God, it was an awful night. Worse than I expected. I tend to be an optimist and think that people will be sane when they cast their ballots. When will I learn?
Me to, I was not prepared for the complete disaster. Oh well, there’s always next time.
Carl Monsterjoke @TheCarlWoodward 3m3 minutes ago
gonna be immensely satisfying to see a single black man repeatedly tell our country’s most powerful crackers: NO
I needed the laugh; thanks.
It looks like it’s over for Martha Coakley. She’s behind by only one point, but it’s most likely too many votes for her to overcome with 90% reporting. I’m just sick about it.
Good night everyone.
OMG. The gun initiatives in WA state are headed the right way, and I don’t mean the Republican way!
About 50-60% of the votes in, and tighter background checks initiative is passing about 60% to 40%. The roll-back standards on background checks is losing, about 45% to 55%.
Also winning, to maintain “no agricultural excise tax preferences for various aspects of the marijuana industry,” in other words, no tax write-offs for legalized pot.
Glad WA state voters have some sense. Bummed about the bigger picture though.
A little bit of sanity on each coast in Washington state and New Hampshire.
Unbelievable! The Republican won the Maryland governor’s race.
Republican Larry Hogan wins Md. governor’s race in stunning upset
Hi BB,
don’t even get me started about that horrible election night. How depressing?
Has our electorate ever found a detestable rightwing cracpote it wouldn’t vote into office? This is beyond bizarre.
Bizarre to say the least. Michael Grimm from Staten Island, under indictment for fraud, has been re-elected to another term in congress.
How low must a candidate go before he/she is voted out?
This will give Chris Christie a boost in 2016 since it appears as if few care about truth and integrity when it comes to leadership.
Miichael Grimm’s election beats me. The guy has been indicted by the FBI on 20(!) counts, and he gets reelected as if that was nothing. This stuff happens only with rightwingers.
Richard Nixon muss be turning in his grave because nobody in the GOP normally gets punished for anything. Maybe he was simply around before we all became crazy.
I am calling shenanigans on this election. I did the math earlier this morning and do the powers that be really expect me to believe that more than 200,000 people in Colorado voted against the personhood amendment and then turned around and voted for the republican for the US Senate? And that something like 60,000 of those people then turned around and voted for the Democrat for Governor? I call shenanigans.
Yes, the numbers don’t add up…I thought the same thing.