11:16pm: Move over, Sarah Palin and Jim DeMint, because the GOP has a new kingmaker, and his name is Dale Peterson. With John McMillan haven gotten the Peterson Bump, he sent Dummy back to his chicken farm, 52-48. (That's with 2800 out of 2804 precincts reporting, although there's still no call from the AP. Because they're thorough like that.) (Um, with that, I think we're going to call it a night.)
10:10pm: In what I'm sure is a case of a late-breaking surge of former Dale Peterson supporters, John McMillan has pushed into the lead in the Agriculture Commissioner GOP primary, 51-49, over that sign-stealing cur, "Dummy" Dorman Grace.
10:05pm: In case you're wondering, Sewell will face off in November against Donald Chamberlain, who won the AL-07 GOP runoff over C. Salter 57-43. In other news, congratulations to future Rep. Terri Sewell.
10:02pm: And with about 80% reporting, the AP has finally called AL-07, in favor of Terri Sewell. She wins 56-44, after outspending Shelia Smoot almost 10:1.
10:00pm: This is way down in the weeds, but the delightfully-named Twinkle Cavanaugh has won the GOP runoff for Public Service Commission Position 1, 61-39.
9:56pm: At the federal level, that leaves just AL-07. And with Shelia Smoot losing Jefferson County 53-47 (that's the county where she's a Commissioner), that doesn't bode well for her chances.
9:52pm: And hot on the heels of that, the AP calls AL-02 for Martha Roby. She's at 61%, over Rick Barber, and she'll face Bobby Bright in November. In the meantime, Zombie Lincoln must cry himself to sleep tonight, his nation condemned to health care slavery.
9:49pm: The AP has called AL-Gov for Robert Bentley. He'll face Ron Sparks in the fall.
9:33pm: Looks like more whimper than bang. Bentley 57, Roby 61, Sewell 54.
9:20pm: With 30% reporting, Bentley is crushing, 56-44. So is Roby (22% in), 58-42. Sewell (20% in) has widened her lead to 55-45.
9:09pm: Bentley up by more than 7 points now with 15% in statewide.
9:08pm: More results are coming in. AL-07 has shot up to 15% reporting, and the race has tightened to 53-47 Sewell.
9:00pm: Time, fortunately, appears to have resumed its forward progress. With 7% in, Bentley has a 59-41 lead. With 6% in, Roby is at 72%. AL-07 still stuck on 2%.
8:45pm: Some eleven-dimensional superstrings have wriggled a few AL-07 results into existence - for now. Terri Sewell leads Shelia Smoot 57-43 with about 2% (maybe???) reporting.
8:42pm: Hahah - this has been pretty funny. Now we're down to 1% in AL-Gov, but the vote totals actually keep increasing. Bentley leads 62-38, 2,727 to 1,666 votes. Forget about a ganja break - this has been more like an LSD break.
8:37pm: The DeLorean has hit 88mph, because we are travelling BACK THROUGH TIME. The AP is now down to less than 2% reporting in the gov race, or as I like to call it, the Curious Election of Benjamin Button.
8:30pm: Hmm, wonder if that was an error on the AP's part. We're now down to just 3% reporting, with a 56-44 Bentley lead. Over in AL-02, 1% is reporting, and Martha Roby has a 69-31 lead over Rick "The Barber" Barber. Nothing in AL-07 yet.
8:19pm: A teeny trickle of results are in so far. With 7% of precincts reporting, Robert Bentley has a 52-48 lead over Bradley Byrne in the gov race - though that translates to just 718 votes to 653.
We're watching runoffs in a trio of Alabama races tonight: AL-Gov & AL-02 on the Republican side, and AL-07 on the Democratic side. Polls closed a few minutes ago, at 8pm Eastern.
