Tue
Nov 7 2006
08:41 pm
By: R. Neal
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UPDATE: Never mind. Just go here and keep hitting refresh. (Brought to you by Exxon/Mobil according to the banner ads. Are they talking about the election or just the returns?)
UPDATE: Knox Co. numbers expected here soon.
UPDATE: WOW! Look at this:
Hamilton, 10% of precincts reporting:
Corker 20,749 50%
Ford, Jr. 20,460 49%
UPDATE: Corker pulling away in Hamilton:
Hamilton 75% of precincts reporting
Corker 45,055 52%
Ford, Jr. 40,591 47%
UPDATE: Knox County early vote in:
Ford 43.39%
Corker 55.61%
Tennessee House 18th
Schree 43.68%
Campfield 52.79%
UPDATE: Looks like Ford may have done what he needed to do in East Tennessee? Is it up to Davidson, Shelby and some key rural counties now? This could get interesting.
UPDATE: Bleh.
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Thank you!
My family is very upset, it is looking like Ford is going to loose our state and VA is also going to go to the republicans.
Please let us know the truth!
yes, Im sorry you're so
yes,
Im sorry you're so disraught. The truth is America will remain secure and proseperous. Comfort your family for me.
Now let us all suffer with our low taxes.
Dem's lose once again.
Go Bob!!!
Sorry SOB Republican
...doesn't know that all tax bills originate in the House.
Which means that his sorry tax future is in the hands of Nancy Pelosi.
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Hey, you 'proseperous'
Hey, you 'proseperous' dumbass--
You're 32 down in the House now, and teetering on the cusp of losing the Senate.
And HFJ'll be back.
And next time he'll win.
Book it.
Not to plug CNN over your
Not to plug CNN over your site but they have a really slick election page up.
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/
You can even narrow it down to how the counties voted for each office.
CNN will also let you
CNN will also let you customize for up to twenty of your "favorite" races.
"Only the pure in heart can make a good soup." - Ludwig van Beethoven
8:01pm est...TN polls
8:01pm est...TN polls closed. Keep your fingers crossed!
Projected winner
I'm making an early call that Phil Bredesen will win reelection as Tennessee governor.
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
KY-03
An early one to watch. A Democrat pickup would be a good start to the night.
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
Wow
CNN really is already projecting a Bredesen win.
And no response from Brian's Blog?
No response from Brian's
No response from Brian's Blog?
I hear he's busy lobbying for a recount in the Florida senate race.
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
No need to apologize. CNN
No need to apologize. CNN definitely looks like they will have the best national coverage. Lame local news aren't even coming on until 10 PM. MSNBC looks OK, with Olberman getting promoted to sit with Matthews. I'm still hitting reload here.... Anyone feel free to jump in at any time in case I get distracted.
The same sex marriage
The same sex marriage amendment is getting an ass beating...
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/TN/
Looks like the fundies and bigots will win that fight...
To break the monotony, what
To break the monotony, what are you drinking? I have my Cab Shiraz keeping me company.
Drinking?
Sierra Nevada at the moment.
Anybody else?
Sierra Nevada Brown Ale for
Sierra Nevada Brown Ale for me right now.
Patriotic beer
Samuel Adams Boston Lager, the most patriotic beer I could think of.
--Socialist With A Gold Card
"I'm a socialist with a gold card. I firmly believe we need a revolution; I'm just concerned that I won't be able to get good moisturizer afterwards." --Brett Butler
Go Vol
Heath locked in what might be a close election.
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
I'm really hoping that all
I'm really hoping that all of those numbers for Corker dont include Nashville/Memphis..uggh...looking ugly (56%/43%)
TN-Senate
Numbers on CNN site don't include the big counties yet, so it could change.
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
Almost 9pm and Knox county
Almost 9pm and Knox county hasn't reported yet??
Polls not yet closed in CST
Polls not yet closed in CST time zone.
I thought polls closed at
I thought polls closed at 7PM CST? Knox Co. Election Commission website says results will be available after 8PM... ???
Numbers starting to come up
Numbers starting to come up a little bit for Ford...where the hell are Knox County's votes?!?
Davidson is reporting in.
Davidson is reporting in. Looks like Corky is getting trounced there. Still no word from Knoxville.
Sigh
It's not looking good for Ford.
DeWine's out, too.
DeWine's out, too. Excellent.
--Socialist With A Gold Card
"I'm a socialist with a gold card. I firmly believe we need a revolution; I'm just concerned that I won't be able to get good moisturizer afterwards." --Brett Butler
Talk radio says
people are still voting at Cedar Bluff and some other place.
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
Ah, forgot about the "you
Ah, forgot about the "you get to vote if you are in line by 8PM" rule. That would explain the delays.
25% in Hamilton now, Ford
25% in Hamilton now, Ford down only 400.
People in Chattanooga
People in Chattanooga apparently know the score.
Knox, Wilson, Shelby Juries Still Out
some big counties out there not reporting yet. Knox, Wilson, Shelby Juries Still Out.
WBIR is reporting Cedar
WBIR is reporting Cedar Bluff's election breakdown:
Corker - 1317
Ford - 843
I was at C. Bluff, the
I was at C. Bluff, the machines were all down and when I asked for a paper ballot they asked me who i wanted to vote for, I told them Ford and they said they didn't have any.
Who do I call?
Knox County Election
Knox County Election Commission, 865-215-2480
Tennessee State Coordinator of Elections, 615-741-7956
Does this look hopeful?
Does this look hopeful? Hancock Co has 100% in and Ford got 38%. In 2004 Kerry go 31%.
Chafee
And say bye bye to Chafee
Shelby
Shelby starting to report.
Davidson: Ford 60% Corker
Davidson:
Ford 60%
Corker 39%
5 pcts reporting + early vote.
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56-43 in early voting in
56-43 in early voting in Knox County is an outstanding result for Ford.
With so many votes still out
With so many votes still out in Shelby and Davidson Counties, I just don't know. This one's going down to the wire.
Yep. X 2 to Rikki.
Yep. X 2 to Rikki.
Which is why they can't call
Which is why they can't call it. There were still a couple hundred people in line to vote at several precincts in Nashville/Davidson at 7:00 (poll closing). The ones I saw were in South Nashville, East Nashville, and Germantown.
No funny business... but it was odd to see how they only had 3 or 4 voting stations for some of these locations, given the turnout.
Expect a late night.
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50k+ votes is a lot to make
50k+ votes is a lot to make up. Me thinks we may have lost this one but at least we kicked that fuck nut Santorum out.
election day rain
odd to see how they only had 3 or 4 voting stations for some of these locations, given the turnout.
My polling location's 4 machines were enough to prevent any significant line even during peak voting, but not today. Perhaps it's a 16-year storm.
Woo hoo, Shuler!
Woo hoo, Shuler!
Heath!
A rare southern Democratic pickup.
Per DCCC, only four seats to go.
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
So far
So far, only two Southern Congressional districts have flipped parties from R to D: NC-11 (Shuler's new seat) and FL-16 (Foley's former district). It never ceases to amaze me that working people continue to vote against their own best interests.
No districts anywhere in the country have flipped from D to R.
--Socialist With A Gold Card
"I'm a socialist with a gold card. I firmly believe we need a revolution; I'm just concerned that I won't be able to get good moisturizer afterwards." --Brett Butler
Monetary settlement now!
When CNN called that one, I immediately called a friend with whom I cleaned and gutted a catfish in Hazel Creek. That morning at Eagle Creek we ran into two entomologists collecting butterflies and dragonflies on the USDOT tab. They got a little of the $16M in U.S. taxpayer currency Taylor spent studying whether to build a billion-dollar road no one wants through Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Shuler's win is sweet, but not as sweet as the belly filets baked in foil with mushrooms and lime juice in the coals.
More sweetness
"Brooks Bros." riot leader and Foley buddy Sweeney out.
BREAKING: TNDP chairman Bob
BREAKING: TNDP chairman Bob Tuke just left Bredesen's victory party in a damn hurry.
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Further update: And
Further update: And Bredesen went with him.
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HOUSE FLIPS!!!!!
HOUSE FLIPS!!!!!
edit: per CNN TV
CNN just projected that the
CNN just projected that the Dems have the House.
"Only the pure in heart can make a good soup." - Ludwig van Beethoven
Speaker Pelosi
Congrats!
Good luck in trying to clean things up.
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
UPDATE: Get out your
UPDATE: Get out your sleeping bags. There are still open precincts in Nashville at this hour. Channel 2 just showed a line of voters still queued up at Cora Howe Elementary.
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Glad we have electronic voting
You know, to speed this process up.
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
Prediction
My Prediction: Cawka wins by 15K. I hope I'm wrong and that number is flipped. I can't take no more and I'm going to sleep.
Give our regards to the voters at Cora Howe Elementary. Ask them ot hang in there and win one for the Dems.
At least I can rest peacefully knowing the house has flipped. Hooray for Heath and all the others.
Virginia
Wow, last numbers CNN showed had Webb up by 2,500 votes. That race is incredibly close.
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
The most amazing figure of the night
Out of all the numbers flowing past tonight, here's the one that astonishes me the most:
Harold Ford, Jr. got 45% of the vote in Union County.
Think about that for a few months and get back to me. I mean, damn.
--Socialist With A Gold Card
"I'm a socialist with a gold card. I firmly believe we need a revolution; I'm just concerned that I won't be able to get good moisturizer afterwards." --Brett Butler
I just realized that Montana
I just realized that Montana looks good, then there's VA...
Could Harold still squeak the big city vote?
FactChecker, with Shelby in,
FactChecker, with Shelby in, I don't think he can make up 59,000 in what's left in Nashville. Still hoping though.
OK
My quick look is that it's down to Nashville, where Ford is up by about 24,500 votes w/ 43% reporting. If that margin holds, the lead should wind up to be about 57,000. The current margin is about 58,000!
Check my numbers, but this could be long nail-biter!
Still seems too close to call
I'm with factchecker... if Davidson numbers are accurate and representable across the county, Ford is going to pick up another 53,000 at least... pretty close. I'm surprised CNN is projecting Corker at this point.
New numbers.
Never mind. Davidson jumped to 80% reporting. MSNBC attributes Corker victory to racist Tennesseans.
With 91% of the precincts in
With 91% of the precincts in TN reporting, Junior is down by a disheartening 58,000 votes (51% to 48%). That'll be hard to overcome. Missouri is still a bit early to call, but the D is behind by four percentage points. That leaves Montana and Virginia; if they both go blue, that'll make it 50-50 in the Senate, with Darth Cheney casting any tie-breaking votes. We've rescued the House from the dark side, but the Senate is still iffy.
On balance, it's been a very good night for the good guys.
--Socialist With A Gold Card
"I'm a socialist with a gold card. I firmly believe we need a revolution; I'm just concerned that I won't be able to get good moisturizer afterwards." --Brett Butler
Montana!
Democrats need three seats.
Webb currently has the slightest of leads in VA.
People who know more about MO than I do are speculating that there are enough uncounted blue precincts left to put McCaskill over the top.
The balance of power may all come down to Big Sky Country. Tester is leading, but it's still early.
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
50-50 Senate
That's all right. The House votes to impeach, then the Senate hears the testimony. To paraphrase SayUncle's line, we don't need to convince all 50 Republicans, just one.
Shocker amongst the ruins...
50.35% HAROLD FORD, JR.
47.68% BOB CORKER
Final results from Montgomery County.
Clarksville.
Home of the 101st Airborne.
See for yourselves:
(link...)
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