1:25am (J): Team SSP is signing off for the night. Feel free to keep the flame going in the comments, though.
12:43am (J): Ugh, the AP has called the TX-22 Dem nomination for LaRouchite nutcase Kesha Rogers. Check out thesepics that we pulled from her campaign website.
12:36am: Man, check out that Land Commissioner race: Austin attorney Hector Uribe leads east Texas realtor Bill Burton by 236,921 to 236,634. That's less than 300 votes.
12:20am: Ultra-geezer Ralph Hall is winning with just 58%. A united front could surely unseat him in 2012 - if he doesn't retire. His weakness perhaps suggests his district might also be on the chopping block come redistricting. Despite his extraordinarily advanced age, he just doesn't have that much seniority in the GOP caucus, since he only switched in 2004.
12:12am (D): TX-17 and TX-23 Republican primaries will go to runoffs, between Flores/Curnock and Canseco/Hurd respectively. Meanwhile, over in TX-22, some f*cking LaRouchie is leading the Dem field with 53% of the vote. Hard to believe Nick Lampson was our nominee here less than two years ago.
11:59pm: Looking at the Board of Eduaction again... Over in the ominously-named District 9, "moderate" Republican Tom Ratliff is ahead of lunatic Republican Don McLeroy by just under 2000 votes with most of the votes counted.
10:59pm (J): The AP has called the Ag Commish race for Hank Gilbert. Kinky Friedman will have to find some other way into this show.
10:56pm: TX-18: Sheila Jackson Lee has been declared the victor. Jarvis Johnson got into the race too late.
10:37pm (J): Despite the snoozefest at the top of the ballot, there are some pretty suspenseful elections for the TX Board of Education -- especially in District 9. Darth Jeff has the details.
10:32pm: Looks like her wish came true: KBH just called Rick Perry to concede. Presumably her brain trust ran the numbers and found he'd stay over 50% no matter what.
10:27pm: The saddest thing is that KBH is up in her hotel suite praying that Rick Perry doesn't fall below 50%.
10:12pm: The TX-23 Dem primary has been called for Ciro Rodriguez - no surprise there. The GOP side is a bit more interesting, with Quico leading Hurd 37-31. Still three quarters of the vote to count, so maybe Quico will lose again. UPDATE: Of course, there's still the little matter of the run-off....
10:10pm (D): Check out the race for Land Commissioner - the two Dems are literally tied at 50% apiece.
10:09pm (J): 18% in, and Perry sits at 52.2%.
9:59pm (David): 13% and Perry's at 52.5%. I'm not optimistic.
9:36pm: With 6.9% in, Perry's take has nudged down to 52.6%.
9:24pm: Wowza. Incumbent Republican Railroad Commissioner Victor G. Carrillo is losing his primary to newcomer David Porter by 19 points. That's a shockingly huge spread to me, but I wasn't giving that race any attention at all. Can any local commenters fill in the gaps on this one?
9:17pm: Let's look at some House races! With 8.3% in, TX-04 fossil Ralph Hall is checking in at under 57%. In TX-17, Bill Flores leads '08 candidate Rob Curnock by 36-27. And in TX-23, Quico Canseco leads Will Hurd by 36-30.
9:08pm: The AP calls it for White, which was expected, but still good news. Perry's at 52.9% with just 2.8% of precincts reporting.
9:04pm: Just looking further down the totem poll here... Surprisingly (to me, at least), Kinky Friedman is down by about 8 points to Hank Gilbert in the Ag Commissioner race. Linda Chavez-Thompson has a bigger lead on Ronnie Earle for the Lt-Governor nod, but there are still tons of votes left to count.
8:47pm (James): Wow. It looks like Democrat Eileen Filler-Corn just barely retained the swingy VA-HD41 seat by a margin of 42 votes. I'd expect a recount!
8:31pm: While the Texas results trickle in, that VA House race is super-close. However, Johnny thinks the remaining precincts probably favor the Dem.
8:15pm: Some early numbers (less than 1% reporting) show White just crushing while Perry is over 50%.
Polls have just closed in most of Texas (though they are still open another hour in the El Paso area). We'll be bringing you returns as they come in. If you have any other good sites for results links, please let us know.
