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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 02:55 AM Nov 2013

Herring (D) has taken the lead in the VA AG race !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Virginia - 2537 of 2541 Precincts Reporting

Herring, Mark Dem 1,098,388 50%
Obenshain, Mark GOP 1,097,772 50%

http://www.timesdispatch.com/



Still 4 precincts out (Mecklenburg, PWC, Rockingham, Rockbridge)

Woohoo!


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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
2. AP has fixed Loudoun error. HOWEVER, it has NOT fixed Buchanan error
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 02:58 AM
Nov 2013

Dave Wasserman ‏@Redistrict

AP has fixed Loudoun error. HOWEVER, it has not fixed Buchanan error, which means Herring's "true" lead is more likely 416, not 616.

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/397980395855044608



LisaL

(44,973 posts)
3. And there are still absentee ballots and provisional ballots.
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 02:59 AM
Nov 2013

So who knows what the count actually is.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
5. Herring's listed lead is 616. Obershain gets (I believe) 193 more votes from Buchanan. So the margin
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 03:02 AM
Nov 2013

should be 423 for Herring.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
7. UPDATE: Fairfax County is reporting 287 more Herring votes & 270 more Obenshain votes than AP
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 03:33 AM
Nov 2013

Dave Wasserman ‏@Redistrict

Fairfax County is reporting 287 more Herring votes & 270 more Obenshain votes than AP: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2013/by_county/VA_Page_1105.html?SITE=PAEASELN&SECTION=POLITICS …. Not a big difference.

https://twitter.com/Redistrict

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
10. That brings Herring's lead to 440 votes, with 4 precincts outstanding. I'm not sure about absentees,
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 03:40 AM
Nov 2013

or provisional ballots, which may be plentiful due to Cuccinelli's voter roll purge.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
11. YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS! Make it a clean sweep in the
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 06:37 AM
Nov 2013

Old Dominion. God bless those Virginia women--they didn't disappoint!

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