Election 2009 Results Thread, No. 3

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11:49PM: Mark Kleinschmidt narrowly beat Matt Czajkowski for the mayoral job in Chapel Hill, NC.

11:46PM: Oh, yeah, so the NYC mayoral race was officially called for Bloombo, but it wound up being close – just five points. A lot of people are going to have a lot of ‘splainin’ to do tomorrow.

11:44PM: 85% tallied and Owens still leads 49-45 – about 4,200 votes.

11:41PM: Democrat Anthony Foxx looks to have won the Charlotte mayor’s race by a little more than 3,000 votes. (All precincts are in.)

11:39PM: Out in California’s 10th CD, John Garamendi is up 56-40 with 22% in.

11:35PM: Taegan Goddard says that there are 10K absentees in NY-23.

11:31PM: Good guys with a narrow lead on Washington’s Ref. 71, 52-48. But remember, it can take a long time (even weeks) to count the vote in Washington.

11:28PM: Bad guys pull ahead, 51.6 to 48.4 in Maine.

11:27PM: Also in the NYC burbs, incumbent Dem Andy Spano (Westchester Co. Exec.) is getting destroyed, 58-42. Did anyone see that coming? Down in Hotlanta, Norwood is holding a lead at 45, with Reed at 37. This one looks headed to a run-off.

11:23PM: Ambitious Nassau County (Long Island) Executive Tom Suozzi is leading his Republican challenger by just 1% with half the vote counted. Suozzi would probably run for AG if Cuomo runs for governor – wonder if this might put a crimp in his plans.

11:22PM: Reid Wilson of The Hill: “Several GOP sources telling me they expect Bill Owens (D) to win NY23.”

11:00PM: We are down 52-48 in that PA Sup. Ct. race – 83% reporting. Not good.

10:57PM: A bright ray of sunshine? Owens leading 49-46 with two thirds in.

10:44PM: Dave Weigel says: “WHOA – Hoffman splitting Madison County, where he was leading 2-1 in Siena Poll. Getting ready to say ‘Congressman Bill Owens.'” You can get county results here.

10:33PM: The good guys have won in Kalamazoo.

131 thoughts on “Election 2009 Results Thread, No. 3”

  1. NBC never called the NYC mayors race, they merely reported the call of the exit pollster.  If that’s not the biggest load of crap I’ve ever heard…

  5. Down by 300 votes with the mystery absentee precinct left.

    Republican pickups – 3rd, 23rd, 32nd, 34th, 51st, 67th, 83rd

    Democratic pickups – 52nd, 93rd

    Looks like Mark Keam will narrowly hold the 35th — one Democratic precinct left and he’s up by 216 votes.

    Dem seats to continue watching: 21st, 41st

  9.      You know back in the spring and the summer. I first thought that Bloomberg was going to spank Thompson by like a margin of 59% to 39%, or something to that effect. But then I realized if you looked at the polls, Bloomberg despite the fact that he spent a gazillion dollars was always polling between 50% and 53%. I also did some work collecting signatures for Paul Vallone, who ran for the city council. I encountered a lot of people on the street who expressed there unhappiness with Bloomberg for the term limits thing. To think Obama put so much on the line in NJ. Here’s a race where I think he would have made a difference.

  10. Okay…I’m a poor partisan fool out here in Colorado.  I’m looking at the results by state Assembly district for the Bloomberg-Thompson race.  Why the hell would Chelsea, Tribeca-SoHo, and Greenwich Village–all populated by very liberal (though mostly Caucasian?) folks vote for Bloombo?  I mean, yes, he’s isn’t particularly conservative and would go over well as a centrist Dem.  But…Deborah Glick’s voters also being Bloomberg supporters? Really? I mean these should not just be social liberal folks, but fiscal progressives too.  Please explain…

  11. SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. – I caught Watertown, N.Y., Mayor Jeff Graham, who endorsed NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman this weekend, looking very glum at Hoffman’s election party. I asked him what happened in Jefferson County, where Watertown is located, and where Democrat Bill Owens is leading the vote.

    “We lost,” said Graham. “The Scozzafava endorsement, the [Watertown Daily Times] endorsement of Owens-I mean, they roughed Hoffman up.”

    Could Hoffman still pull out a win? Graham grimaced. “It’s over.”

    http://washingtonindependent.c…

  12. County Executive – Nassau – General

    540 of 1142 Precincts Reporting – 47%

    Name Party Votes Vote %

    Suozzi, Thomas (i) Dem 50,772 49%

    Mangano, Edward GOP 49,803 48%

    Hansen, Steven Con 3,968 4%

    This is probably the end of Tom Suozzi’s statewide aspirations.

  13. Owens holding steady at about a 4% lead.  I’m feeling pretty good about this one.

    That PPP poll that had Hoffman ahead by 20% was WAY off.

  24. sorry guys, was confused because Bangormaine website changes the one on top based on who is winning thus I just assumed that yes was good.  My bad.

  28. As many have pointed out a lot were done when Dede was in the race.  She’ll probably get too many Republican absentees (especially the ones from when she was viable) for Hoffman to get the margin he needs assuming the current numbers hold up.  Unless Hoffman has an amazing absentee program he’s probably not going to win based on them.

  30. No specifics, but I’ve overheard that Thompson carried The Bronx and Brooklyn, they tied in Manhattan, and Bloomberg carried Queens and Staten Island comfortably.

  31. I knew that Virginia was going to be a killing field for us, but I thought Corzine could narrowly pull it out in the end.

    Anyone notice that New Jersey might most likely join Virginia in favoring the party out of the White House.



    George H.W. Bush (R) (1988-1992)     — Jim Florio (D) (1989-1993)

    Bill Clinton (D) (1992-2000) — Christine Todd Whitman (R)(1993-2001) **term ended early due to appointment to EPA

    George W. Bush (R) (2000-2008) — Jim McGreevey (D) (2001-2004)

                                        Richard Codey (D) (2004-2005)

                                        Jon Corzine (D) (2005-2009)

    Barack Obama (D) (2008-??) — Chris Christie (R) (2009-??)

  33. With 97% in, City Councilwoman Mary Norwood has 43% to former State Senator Kasim Reed’s 38%.  

  36. So we lose Westchester, lose Nassau, but pick up the Supervisor seat in friggin Southampton? I know its much more demographically varied than the storied village of Southampton that lies within the town of Southampton (confused yet), but still is significant.  

  38. I wonder if this will convince the GOP not to run these kinds of candidates in moderate districts. A mainsteam conservative would even be fine (and one can argue McHugh himself is more that than an actual moderate) but by all accounts Hoffman was much further to the right than that. So the GOP should be happy tonight but the far right should feel a little disappointed.

  39. Ohio – Issue 3 passes which means casinos are legal.

    CT – Stamford elected a Republican mayor.

    Taxpayer bill of rights fall in Maine and Washington

    Medicinal marijuana wins in Maine while legalized marijuana wins in Breckinridge, Colorado

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