3:07am: The AR-03 (R) runoff has been called for Womack and Bledsoe.
1:52am: OR-01's R primary has finally been called by the AP for Rob Cornilles, who beat opponents Keller and Kuzmanich 40-29-28. We're still waiting on one race: which wingnut squeaks into the Republican runoff in AR-03 against Steve Womack: will it be Cecile Bledsoe or Gunner DeLay? Bledsoe has pulled into a tiny lead (13% each, with a 182 vote spread, with 510 of 533 reporting).
12:54am: The AP has called the OR-Gov GOP primary for Chris Dudley. I forget which pundit made the point, but this sets up possibly the tallest major election ever, if you laid the two candidates end-to-end. At any rate, I think Dudley poses less of a challenge for Kitz than would Alley, who came across more, uh, substantial.
12:49am: Two last races out there. In the wingnut central that is AR-03, Gunner DeLay and Cecile Bledsoe are duking it out for the right to go into a runoff with Steve Womack (91% counted). And in OR-01, Rob Cornilles has a 10-point lead over Douglas Keller, but the vote's still being counted.
12:42am: The AP calls PA-06 (D) for Manan Trivedi and PA-17 (R) for Dave Argall.
12:34am: All 100% are reporting in PA-17 as well, and David Argall seems to have won, beating Frank Ryan 32-31 (with a 900 vote spread). AP hasn't called this one, yet.
12:22am: Trivedi wins! 100% in according to the AP, and he's up 21,338 to 20,667, a 50.8% to 49.2% victory! WOOHOO!!!! GREAT NIGHT!
12:12am: Manan Trivedi is up 672 votes, and it looks like there are very few if any precincts outstanding. Hard to tell, though, since the SoS doesn't say, and AP is lagging.
12:09am: AP calls OR-05 (R) for Scott Bruun. He'll face freshman Rep. Kurt Schrader in the fall.
12:05am: Alright, where's the foul up with the PA-19 (R) numbers? According to the AP, Rep. Todd Platts dispatched his primary challenger, Michael Smeltzer, with ease - 70-30. But the PA SoS shows him barely surviving, at 54-46. State Rep. Eugene DePasquale (D) tweets at us that the 70-30 figure is correct.
12:03am: Ah well - the AP says John Boozman won't face a runoff. Fortunately, the Dem runoff in Arkansas is in just three weeks, so we won't face a prolonged exposure like we do in NC (six weeks).
12:02am: The clock's struck midnight, and as we like to say around here, we're getting down to stems and seeds, folks. The AP has called PA-03 (R) for Mike Kelly, who wins with 28% to Paul Huber's 26%.
11:59pm: A moment ago, Bill Halter temporarily pulled into the lead (by 86 votes) over Blanche Lincoln. She's back ahead now by some 1,400 votes, but it would be interesting if Halter finished the night ahead.
11:55pm: Following these PA races is a bit of a pain -- the AP is updating at a sluggish pace compared to the DoS, but the DoS won't tell us where any outstanding votes are. Still, between the two, we have some good news for Manan Trivedi. Trivedi leads Pike by 800 votes according to the latest DoS count. The latest AP count (91% of the vote) indicates that almost all of Chester County is in (where Pike romped by 67-33), with a few outstanding precincts in Montgomery County, where Trivedi beat Pike. Great news.
11:40pm: What else is still on the board? Well, John Boozman is desperately trying to avoid getting teabagged into a runoff - he's at 51.2% now with 60% reporting. And things just got a LOT tighter in PA-06, where Manan Trivedi is at 50.7% to 49.3% for Doug Pike now.
11:35pm: AP calls the OR-Sen R primary for law professor Jim Huffman, even though he's only at 42%; none of his many opponents broke 15%.
11:32pm: Now we're getting down to just a handful of races left. AR-01 (D) is going to be a runoff between Tim Wooldridge and Chad Causey. AR-02 (D) will be a runoff between Joyce Elliott and Robbie Wills.
11:31pm: So three races left in Pennsylvania: PA-06, PA-03 (where 100% are reporting but the race is uncalled), and PA-17.
11:30pm: Looks like our friends down in PA-06 have returned from a phat ganja break - Trivedi now has 18,132 to Pike's 15,521. The problem is that the PA SoS doesn't say how many precincts are outstanding, and the AP is well behind the SoS. But I'm guessing we're around 70-75% counted.
11:28pm: On the R side in OR-Gov, with 40% reporting (see how fast it goes when all the ballots are already in hand?), it's Chris Dudley with the slam dunk, or at least the lightly-contested layup: he's at 41, Allen Alley at 32, John Lim at 13, and Bill Sizemore proving you can still be competitive even after indictment, at 8.
11:24pm: Well, that was easy - the AP just called OR-Gov (D) for Kitz. Kinda gotta wonder why Bradbury never just got out of the way in the first place....
11:21 pm: Detouring down into the weeds in Oregon: the nonpartisan race for Superintendent of Public Instruction is being decided today, not in November, because only two people ran. The incumbent Susan Castillo (whomever everyone knows is the D) is beating Ron Maurer (the R) 55-45. Also, in the Treasurer primary, incumbent appointee Ted Wheeler is beating Rick Metsger 63-37.
11:16pm: ALERT! AR-Sen (D) will go to a run-off. And the tally (with 50% in) is a lot closer than polls suggested it was likely to be. Blanche Lincoln is at 43.5% and Bill Halter is at 42.3%.
11:15pm: In OR-01 (R), it's Rob Cornilles 38, Douglas Keller 32, John Kuzmanich 28 with 36% in. In OR-05 (R), it's Scott Bruun 59, "Not That" Fred Thompson 42 (23% in).
11:13pm: Miles to go before we sleep: Out in Oregon, John Kitzhaber is crushing Bill Bradbury in the Dem gov primary, 69-27, with 20% reporting. Chris Dudley has a 41-33 lead over Allen Alley on the GOP side.
11:01pm: So it looks like the PA SoS is further along than Politico. They show PA-06 already at 54-46 Trivedi.
11:00pm: Polls have just closed in Oregon.
10:58pm: Gonna guess run-off in AR-01 as well, where Tim Wooldridge leads Chad Causey 34-28.
10:57pm: With about a third in, Joye Elliott leads AR-02 over Robbie Wills, 36-33. Looks like there will be a runoff here.
10:53pm: Alright, the AP just called it for Tom Marino, who wins with an unspiring 42% or so. He'll square off against Chris Carney in the fall.
10:50pm: Still some unsettled GOP primaries in Pennsylvania. PA-03: Mike Kelly has a narrow 29-26 lead over Paul Huber with all but 7% counted. PA-10: Tom Marino hanging on with 42% (87% counted). PA-17: Dave Argall at just 35 with Frank Ryan at 32, with 82% in.
10:47pm: So here's a look at what's going on: In AR-Sen, Lincoln is up just 44-42 over Halter with a third of the vote in. John Boozman keeps flirting with the 50% mark. In PA-06, Manan Trivedi is up 59-41 with half the vote in; our model shows a 54% victory for him.
Polls will close in Oregon at 11pm Eastern. Let's rock this party west coast style! Laiiiid back.
