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WA-02: AP Calls the Race for Rick Larsen (D)

by: DavidNYC

Mon Nov 08, 2010 at 9:46 PM EST


Another dose of good news:

Democratic U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen has held off a challenge by Republican challenger John Koster to win re-election to Washington state's 2nd Congressional District.

With nearly all of the expected vote counted in early returns, Larsen led by 4,408 votes, and held 51 percent of the vote, compared to Koster's 49 perent.

Larsen trailed Koster by less than 1,500 votes after the initial count on election night last week, but took the lead on Wednesday and has steadily increased it.
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Great!
Whew. Koster kept it closer than I would have thought. Anyway, now it's really just down to Costa regaining the lead in CA-20 and McNerney maintaining his narrow edge in CA-11 and Democrats will not have lost any seats on the West Coast except for the open WA-03, which was in any case closer than expected.  
You didn't know Rick Larsen was vulnerable?


28, Liberal Democrat, CA-26
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I knew he was vulnerable
but it was still closer than I thought it should have been, seeing as how it was a 50-46 race in the first round, which typically has a lower Democratic turnout than the second one. Plus Larsen is a fairly moderate 5 term incumbent, and this district has gotten a lot more Democratic than it was 10 years ago. To say nothing of the fact that Koster had been out of politics for a while. This race shouldn't have been this close, but basically it came down to neither candidate getting much crossover support in the Senate race. Which was about 50-50 here. Oh well. A very bad national environment.  
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Koster won the primary...
...by a couple hundred votes. No surprise it was close.

"Where free Unions and collective bargaining is forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan
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I meant the total Democratic vote in the primary
But I meant on initial look it shouldn't have been so close.  
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Good.
Will Costa do the same? Any updates there?  

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  
Costa is down by 648
Also known as 1%. nit sure what hasn't been counted yet though, but I know statewide 23% of ballots haven't been counted, so, this had potential to change.

20, Male, Democrat, CA-44 (home) CA-12 (college)
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yeah we're looking good
Andy Vidak's lead over incumbent Jim Costa in the nationally watched 20th Congressional District race shrank to just 145 votes Monday evening as Kern County updated its tally of counted ballots.

http://www.bakersfield.com/new...

Male 21 Dem Ca's 1st  
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You know this is what really bugged me on election day this year
When I was watching returns on Kron 4 here in the bay area, it was different than what was on the SOS site, which was also different on the Chronical site, and the la times.

Where do these people get their numbers if not from the SOS?

20, Male, Democrat, CA-44 (home) CA-12 (college)

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That's a really good question
I judge the validity of the vote totals by the date of the article published

I.e I saw an online news articles dated Saturday and it still had Vidak leading 648
so I searched for a more recent up to date article which had the vote difference as just 145!

But I have no clue why different news publications have differing results and no clue where they are getting their numbers.  

Male 21 Dem Ca's 1st  

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The sos still has Vidak in the lead by 648
Where is this Bakersfield paper getting its numbers?

20, Male, Democrat, CA-44 (home) CA-12 (college)
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If you check the county websites..
.. their results match up with the Bakersfield paper. For some reason the State website has not been updated.

"Where free Unions and collective bargaining is forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan
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So Washington gains a seat for '12
And they have an independent comission of some sort.  Does 6-4 Dem sound right to all of you how things will end up.  I doubt that both Reichert and Herrera could get safe districts and there is a new GOP one.
I'm not sure Washington will gain a seat

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Where did you hear that?
Politico says Washington +1
http://dyn.politico.com/prints...
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Probably what happens.
6 soild Dem seats vs 4 soild/leaning Rep seats? Herrera's seat will have to shrink, and that most likely means dropping Dem heavy Olympia. Hasting's district also will shrink, and likely expand Reichert's into eastern WA to make up for it. What does that leave? New fresh Democratic leaning areas for the new seat and to shore up Larsen's and Smith's seats. Maybe finally see Darcy Burner take her place in Congress with the new seat?
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Anyone else notice that Reichart only won 53-47 this year?


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I'm really hoping that's going to be the last time he has to beat Koster
And isn't his a 70% Obama district?
Obama 56-42
PVI is D+3.  

"Where free Unions and collective bargaining is forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan
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heh if it was we would be in pretty bad shape. n/t


CO-02 (college)/FL-15 (home).  
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Well
I'm fairly sure Obama got 70% in NY SD 60, which we appear to have lost...

21, dude, RI-01 (registered) IL-01 (college)
please help Japan. click "donate funds" in upper right and then "Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami." http://www.redcross.org/
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Colbert was wrong!!
Stephen had Larsen as one of the Better Know a District Congressmen he talked with that had lost.
Means it's 239-189
With KY-6, CA 11, CA 20, IL 8, TX 27, NY 1 and NY 25 still not resolved.  
NC-02 too no?
since Etheridge asked for a recount.

21, dude, RI-01 (registered) IL-01 (college)
please help Japan. click "donate funds" in upper right and then "Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami." http://www.redcross.org/
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NC 2
Asking for a recount is one thing.  Having a realistic chance of changing the outcome is another.  That seat's been called and I don't expect it to change.
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