10:20PM: (Crisitunity) Yeesh. Final result in Pennsylvania was 66-30 in favor of Mensch (R), with the balance to the Libertarian.
9:52PM: As for Pennsylvania, I'm not going to manually add up the various county totals, but suffice it to say, we got crushed there.
9:48PM: These races are totally over. With over 80% of the vote counted, Liu has racked up almost 57% of the vote while de Blasio utterly pounded Mark Green with 63% of the vote.
9:36PM: Half the vote is in and it's looking pretty solid for Liu & de Blasio. When was the last time in NYC that a candidate who led after the first round of voting didn't win the runoff? If we really do have to keep runoffs (this one cost $15 million), at least adopt instant runoff voting (IRV) for primaries.
9:31PM: A quarter of the vote has been counted, and de Blasio is up to 61% while Liu is doing well at 58%. Both men had the endorsement of the Working Families Party, whose GOTV strengths probably played a big role in this low-turnout affair.
9:28PM: 15% in, and Liu and de Blasio are both in the high 50s. If this holds, I'll be a happy camper.
9:24PM: 9% in now - Liu 55, de Blasio 59. Don't know what's wrong with NY1's website, but that's why you've got SSP!
9:21PM: With 4.6% in, both Liu and de Blasio are at about 58% apiece.
9:19PM (David): NY1's website hasn't updated yet, but on TV, they just flashed some very early nums. With 2% of precincts reporting, both de Blasio (54%) and Liu (58%) have leads.
Two elections going on tonight, in New York City and the suburbs of Philadelphia. Polls close at 8 pm eastern in Pennsyvlania, and at 9 pm eastern in NYC.
In New York, there are primary runoffs between the top two Democratic candidates in two of the three citywide offices. In the Public Advocate race, ex-PA Mark Green and city council Bill DeBlasio face off. In the Comptroller race, city councilors John Liu and David Yassky meet. (DeBlasio and Liu came out of the primaries with narrow edges.)
You can follow the NYC results at NY1.
In Pennsylvania, there's an open seat in state Senate district 24, which takes in low-density portions of Montgomery, Bucks, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties in between Philadelphia and Allentown. This district does reach up to take the old industrial town of Easton (where they make Crayola crayons), which -- having added up precinct-level results -- pushes the district a little more to the left than I'd originally thought. Barack Obama won this district in 2008, in fact by a margin that gives this about as close to "even" a PVI as you'll ever see: he beat John McCain 52.9%-45.8%. (More than one-third of the votes are in MontCo, where Obama won 52-47. Easton and environs are in Northampton, where Obama won 59-40. Fewer votes are in Bucks and Lehigh, both of which Obama won 50-49.)
Unfortunately, Democrats don't seem poised to capitalize on the district's lean after higher-profile candidates passed on the race; against a Republican state Representative, Bob Mensch, the Democratic candidate, Anne Scheuring, has only been on the Lansdale city council since 2008. Results can be followed at the SoS website. |
