**ELECTION RESULTS THREAD**

[leftyandproud]

thought it'd be a good idea to start a thread now...Web-heads, see if you can find the local website links that update data as it comes in. We will probably need a few live threads to post and discuss the results.

[goobergunch]

1. KY results here

Kentucky

[LifeDuringWartime]

2. i didnt know there was an election today!

oops

[Hawkeye-X]

3. Shoo! Go out and vote!

While there's still time!

[aeon flux]

4. What's the point

I hear they are rigged with Diebold machines nowadays.

[goobergunch]

6. Not all of them

For instance, my PA precinct still uses chads.

[aeon flux]

7. Not all

but more than enough to tip the vote in their favor.

[Fovea]

8. all the more reason for you to vote

if they only flip one in ten votes, then you can beat them, if they flip higher, it will stick out so high statistically that they get caught and have to lie again and again.

Pretty soon, the lies colapse on them, and the Congress MUST impeach, or disolve.

[zonmoy]

18. BUt

why lie when you can whine about persecution and then pass fascistic laws to arrest anybody who stands up to you.

[tom_paine]

9. Even if it is RIGGED -- cast your vote!

The more honest votes, the more difficult to rig.

Plus, it might not be true.

Even if there is a 0.0001% chance that it isn't true (and it's probably a bit higher than that) it would STILL be worth it to vote!

Vote!

[Rowdyboy]

5. I hope this is a reliable source for Mississippi

http://www.thejacksonchannel.com/politics/2592199/detail.html

[Catherine Vincent]

10. Check this out: Glitches on Election Day in Houston

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory2/2200181

[Trek234]

11. Hm...

I'm going to vote (in Houston) in about an hour. Interesting.

[Malva Zebrina]

12. Here is the referendum on the Maine ballot

but I have no idea where to go to find out the results of today's vote. :-( I love voting in my little town--we vote in a village town hall that was built in the year 1800--and it is a great social event! I love meeting people there when we vote--and most are cheerful , smiling and full of mirth and good will. It is really neat. We still mark the ballot with an "x" in pencil and deposit it in a wooden box that is also an antique that has probably been around since 1800. The original benches are still there also, where people sit for town meetings.

The biggy here is the casino referendum

http://www.mainetoday.com/elections/

[UrbScotty]

15. Voting the old-fashioned way.

If technology is bad for any reason, voting is it.

[Chico Man]

48. Looks like there will be no casino in Maine!!

YEAH!!!

AUGUSTA - Analysts say opponents of a $650 million gambling casino have won the battle.

With votes counted in 22 percent of 649 Maine precincts, the no votes had nearly a 2-1 edge, 67 percent to 33 percent.

Question 3 on the referendum ballot generated intense debate as the campaigns for and against the casino drew close to $10 million in contributions - a state record - to get their messages across to voters.

Question 3 Maine Tribal Gaming Act
140 of 649 precincts - 22 percent
Yes, 36,331 - 33 percent
x-No, 74,390 - 67 percent

http://www.mainetoday.com/

[NWHarkness]

13. Goodbye, machines

Today's vote was the last one in which we will be voting on the old fashioned machines. We are, I believe, the only city in our county using them, and they will be replaced by optical scan before the next election.

I'm going to miss pulling that big lever and hearing the Ca-Ching!

[NewJerseyDem]

14. New Jersey

I know that few people care about the NJ legislative elections but control of the entire state legislature is up for grabs today.

This website will probably have election results tonight.

http://www.politicsnj.com/default3.htm

They are already predicting that Newark Mayor Sharpe James has won reelection to the state senate. (It is normal for NJ politicians to hold more than one political office) That isn't exactly a surprise though.

The biggest story is how many accusations of voter fraud will there be. Democrat turned Green Matt Ahearn says there are illegal poll workers for the democrats in his district. Very liberal democrat turned very liberal republican Arline Friscia says there is voter fraud on the part of Joe Vas in Perth Amboy. And there are reports of the absentee ballot problems in Passaic County where federal election monitors have been sent in by U.S. Attorney Chris Christie and all absentee ballots have been impounded by the Superior Court judge there. Oh yeah, the republicans in the 4th district are putting up signs in minority areas saying that Democrat Fred Madden is a racist.

Just another election day in New Jersey.

[NewJerseyDem]

16. Absentee ballots in the 4th district

http://www.politicsnj.com/default3.htm

This is some good news.

News

5:30 PM: Fred Madden has won the absentee ballot vote in the Camden County portion of the 4th district by a 2-1 margin: 224-121 over George Geist.

[leftyandproud]

17. I only care about the governor races...that's what matters..

BUMP!

[NewJerseyDem]

19. why do governors matter more?

The governor basically can't do anything without the legislatures approval.

[LynneSin]

58. That Philly Mayor race was extremely important

Since Philly controls how the state will go in 2004 and Katz/Republicans were playing extremely dirty.

Street won - OVERWHELMINGLY!!!

[jenk]

26. I just voted Coniglio/Gordon/Voss

[NewJerseyDem]

27. Good

Hopefully, Rose Heck will be seeing her way out of the state legislature. I wonder though if Matt Ahearn will get enough otherwise democratic votes to let the republicans win the assembly seats.

[mndemocrat_29]

37. Democrats have picked up the 33rd Assembly district

n/t

[NewJerseyDem]

39. Hardly surprising

It isn't much of a pickup. The republicans left the democratic party earlier this year. This is one of the most solidly democratic districts in the state.

[mndemocrat_29]

41. Still, it is a pickup

n/t

[bluestateguy]

20. Chandler leads

Chandler & Owen D 352 50.6%
Fletcher & Pence R 344 49.4%

http://electionresults.ky.gov/kyelectweb/ElectionResultsServlet?RF=0&AR=0&R=D05000000&L=1999&N=GOVERNOR+%26+LT.+GOVERNOR&RV=0&DV=2705453&TP=3472&TC=120





That's it! It's over. I project Chandler the winner. Don't bother to count the rest of the votes. Nothing to see hear. Bill (Schneider), how did Chandler do it.

Isn't that how it works?

[goobergunch]

21. Carlos's big KY returns GD thread is here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=647801

[Khephra]

22. Indy's mayor race is going to be much closer than I expected

It keeps on going back and forth with Peterson (D) (231) and Jordan(R)(239).

http://www.in.gov

[goobergunch]

29. Looks not too bad to me

1A GREG JORDAN (REP) 4,775 45.86%
1B BART PETERSON (DEM) 5,638 54.14%

8.64% reporting

http://www2.indygov.org/ess/SummaryReport.html

[UrbScotty]

44. Looks like Peterson has that one

63% to 37% with 99% in.

[salin]

61. Peterson rocks...

the weekly political public radio show predicted he would win - but by under 60% - said any 60%+ win would be HUGE for any party. Mind you Peterson is the first Democrat elected as Mayor since the city and county governments were merged (Unigov) in 1970. According to the state website - with 99% reporting: Peterson (d) 87537; Jordon (r) 51185... Peterson with 63%!

At 11pm local radio predicted the democrats would take over the city county council for the first time since Unigov with 15 of 29 seats with one seat too close to call. It had been a 15/14 republican advantage. The thing is - many seats seemed to have turned over - and the races - due to absentee votes were growing closer and some that were declared may be back to undecided.

[thinkahead]

23. Chandler catching up in KY

Fletcher & Pence R 224,884 50.6%
Chandler & Owen D 219,558 49.4%

[leftyandproud]

24. MAJOR nailbiter...

I'm surprised!

[Emboldened Chimp]

25. Go Chandler!

:kick:

[Foswia]

35. It didn't last.

Yikes.
Fletcher & Pence R 531,404 55.0%
Chandler & Owen D 435,112 45.0%

[NewJerseyDem]

28. When do polls close in Mississippi?

n/t

[TSIAS]

30. 7:00 CT

8:00 ET

[kayleybeth]

31. Kentucky - have they called it for Fletcher yet?

86.1% of precincts reporting

Fletcher (R) 504,759 54.7%
Chandler (D) 417,736 45.3%

[NewJerseyDem]

32. Yeah

The AP did a little while ago.

[mndemocrat_29]

33. They just called it

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031105/ap_on_el_ge/election_rdp

[goobergunch]

34. Yes (n/t)

[kayleybeth]

36. Well, that just bites

anyone have news on the Mississippi race?

edit: typo

[goobergunch]

38. Not yet

Still all zeroed out.

Ronnie Musgrove (Dem) 0 0%
Haley Barbour (GOP) 0 0%
Sherman Dillon (Grn) 0 0%
John Thomas Cripps (Cnl) 0 0%
Shawn O'Hara (RP) 0 0%
Precincts Reporting - 0 out of 0 - 0%

http://www.thejacksonchannel.com/politics/2592199/detail.html

[nonconformist]

51. I'm going to cry

First Republican governor in 32 yrs in KY.

Why in the HELL does one of the poorest states in the union elect a REPUBLICAN governor?!? :wtf:

I feel so dejected... :puke:

[MGKrebs]

40. Dem leading for Fulton Co.(Atlanta) Comm. Chair

6 of 329 precincts reporting (8:30PM)

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/elections/2003/fultonchart.html

[MGKrebs]

54. 'Pub now ahead.

This is technically a 'non-partisan" election, that is, their party isn't listed on the ballot.

'Pub has 52% with 116 of 329 precincts reporting.
(10:20PM)

[mndemocrat_29]

42. Other Kentucky Races

At the Secretary of State's office:

With 96.3 percent reporting:

Sec. of State:
Grayson (R)-52.3 percent
Maple (D)-47.4 percent

Attorney General:
Stumbo (D)-47.6 percent
Wood (R)-41.6 percent
Galbraith (I)-10.8 percent

Auditor:
Luallen (D)-50.8 percent
Greenwell (R)-49.2 percent

Treasurer:
Miller (D)-56.6 percent
Koenig (R)-43.4 percent

Agriculture Commissioner:
Farmer (R)-55.2 percent
Baesler (D)-44.8 percent

[Zan_of_Texas]

49. dupe, deleted.

[Zan_of_Texas]

50. Electing mayor, controller, city council in Houston

Polls closed 2 hours ago. No live results in, just absentee/early voting.

Here is site to check: http://www.election.co.harris.tx.us/Html/results_for_20031104.htm

Moderate, white Democrat businessman Bill White who has spent something like $2 million of his own money is projected to lead, vs. African American state legislator Sylvester Turner and Republican Orlando Sanchez. Sanchez got serious backing from the Bushes two years ago when he ran, but lost. Sanchez' main asset, IMO, is he has pretty blue eyes. Bushes have been noticeably absent this round, until a last-minute endorsement yesterday. City elections have long been non-partisan, but in the past few years that is falling along the wayside.

Probably will be a run-off for mayor.

Same is true of controller, probably a run-off. Moderate Democrat and open lesbian Annise Parker, a three-term city councilmember, is running for the seat against two other councilmembers. With only the absentee/early votes in, she has a lead but not a majority.

Houston votes using electronics -- a dial system and a screen, no paper trail. Hart InterCivic machines. At least two precincts were (obviously) fouled up today. Something like 90? voters had to cast their ballots on sheets of paper torn in half given out by the judges, the voters scribbling their choices.

Hey, I've got an idea. Let's reverse it. Why don't we put the electronic voting machines in the Plan B room.

Bring out the paper ballots and the pens. If they fail to function for any reason (for example, ALL the pens in the building fail to write), use the electronic machines as backups. Whadya think?!

[goobergunch]

43. Click here for Philly mayoral results

http://www.kywonline.com/election/race301.htm

Precincts Reporting: 671 Of 1681 40%

Winner Candidate Party Incumbent Votes Vote %
John Street Democrat X 105,765 60%
Samuel Katz Republican 68,640 39%
John Staggs Socialist 406 1%

GOOBERGUNCH PROJECTS: STREET RE-ELECTED

[NewJerseyDem]

45. New Jersey

http://www.politicsnj.com/

DEMOCRAT ELLEN KARCHER BEATS JOHN BENNETT.

This is great! 1 senate pickup for the democrats already. 2 democrats are still vulnerable though but they are both leading according to politicsnj.com and 2 republicans are vulnerable well. The state assembly is too hard to tell it seems.

[UrbScotty]

46. Nailbiter in Mississippi

A candidate must get over 50%, or the race goes to the Legislature. That's how Musgrove won in 1999; the Legislature elected him.

http://www.thejacksonchannel.com/politics/2592199/detail.html

[no_arbusto]

47. Pittsburgh Dems out in full force so far!

Allegheny County
Allegheny County - County Chief Executive (Vote for One)
Candidate Votes Percent
Dan Onorato (Democrat) 37,671 64%
Jim Roddey (Republican) 20,794 36%
Precincts Reporting - 0 out of 0 - 23%

Allegheny County - County Controller (Vote for One)
Candidate Votes Percent
Mark Patrick Flaherty (Democrat) 33,166 69%
Joe Scioscia (Republican) 14,733 31%
Precincts Reporting - 0 out of 0 - 23%

Allegheny County - District Attorney (Vote for One)
Candidate Votes Percent
Stephen A. Zappala (Democrat) 0 0%
Precincts Reporting - 0 out of 0 - 0%

Allegheny County - County Treasurer (Vote for One)
Candidate Votes Percent
John K. Weinstein (Democrat) 34,087 68%
John Pierce (Republican) 15,882 32%
Precincts Reporting - 0 out of 0 - 23%

Allegheny County - Register of Wills (Vote for One)
Candidate Votes Percent
Eileen Wagner (Democrat) 34,423 70%
Tom Stepnick (Republican) 14,459 30%
Precincts Reporting - 0 out of 0 - 23%

Allegheny County - Prothonotary (Vote for One)
Candidate Votes Percent
Michael Lamb (Democrat) 32,530 68%
Liz Jackson (Republican) 15,266 32%
Precincts Reporting - 0 out of 0 - 23%

Allegheny County - Recorder of Deeds (Vote for One)
Candidate Votes Percent
Valerie McDonald Roberts (Democrat) 32,167 66%
Becky Barrett-Toomey (Republican) 16,855 34%
Precincts Reporting - 0 out of 0 - 23%

Allegheny County - Clerk of Courts (Vote for One)
Candidate Votes Percent
George F. Matta, II (Democrat) 31,575 64%
Alice Williams (Republican) 17,796 36%
Precincts Reporting - 0 out of 0 - 23%

Allegheny County - County Council At Large (Vote for One)
Candidate Votes Percent
John P. DeFazio (Democrat) 2,048 74%
Dave Fawcett (Republican) 731 26%

Justice of the Supreme Court (Vote for One)
Candidate Votes Percent
Max Baer (Democrat) 130,318 71%
Joan Orie Melvin (Republican) 53,385 29%
Precincts Reporting - 0 out of 0 - 11%

Judge of the Superior Court (Vote for not more than Three)
Candidate Votes Percent
Jack Panella (Democrat) 116,154 24%
John J. Driscoll (Democrat) 116,148 24%
Seamus McCaffery (Democrat) 126,161 26%
Grainger Bowman (Republican) 42,925 9%
Susan Gantman (Republican) 50,572 10%
Palmer Dolbin (Republican) 40,173 8%
Precincts Reporting - 0 out of 0 - 11%

Judge of the Court of the Common Pleas (Vote for not more than Three)
Candidate Votes Percent
David N. Wecht (Democrat) 30,675 23%
Christine Ward (Democrat) 28,706 21%
Alan Hertzberg (Democrat) 28,359 21%
David N. Wecht (Republican) 12,337 9%
Christine Ward (Republican) 12,981 10%
Jill Rangos (Republican) 22,485 17%

[MountainLaurel]

52. Virginia

Hooray for Fairfax! The fundamentalist fruitcake has lost her bid for chair of the board of supervisors. :party:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/va/elections/votersguide/

[minkyboodle]

63. No book banning

in our immediate future at least. My mom is a teacher's aide and I heard enough about Brickner to put the fear of god in me. At least some good news tonight :)
SCott

[goobergunch]

53. Street wins in Philly, Prop 3 goes down in NYC, and Dems take ctrl of NJ

as posted elsewhere in LBN.

[NewJerseyDem]

55. What is going on in Virginia?

Did we pick up or lose any seats in the state legislature?

[DoNotRefill]

62. nailbiter here...

the Dem incumbent (state house) apparently defeated his Republican rival by around 50 votes out of 5,000 cast.

[Frodo]

56. Not going well in Mississippi?

27% Reporting - Barbour up 55%-44%.

A couple networks calling this one "too close to call". Does anyone know if our strongholds are still out? I heard Ranking county was still out and that one will go badly for us.

Any good news???

[IndianaGreen]

57. We elected the first woman, and the first Dem Mayor, in Lawrence, IN

Debbie Cantwell, a fireman, beat long time Lawrence Mayor and last year's Congressional candidate, Tom Schneider. Schneider was first elected Mayor in 1987.

Cantwell's victory was sweeter with the reelection of neighboring Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson. It appears that Democrats make take control of the city council for the first time since the days Richard Lugar was Mayor.

A good night for Hoosier Democrats!

[Ouabache]

59. Is Deborah Cantwell related to Maria Cantwell the Dem Senator from WA?

Because I'm pretty sure Maria Cantwell is an Indianapolis girl, and her father ran unsuccessfully for mayor as the Dem candidate a couple of times in the 80's. Just wondered if Deborah is like her sister?

Democrats took control of the Indianapolis City-County Council for the first time in around 30+ years tonight as well.

Democrats re-elected Mayor Bart Peterson to a second term as Indy Mayor.

A great night.

Mayor Peterson



from www.indystar.com

[barbaraann]

60. Washington State

Election Results: http://vote.wa.gov/results/index.tpl

This is what I am worried sick about:

Initiative Measure 841
Ergonomics Regulations

Official Ballot Title:Initiative Measure No. 841 concerns the repeal and future limitation of ergonomics regulations. This measure would repeal existing state ergonomics regulations and would direct the department of labor and industries not to adopt new ergonomics regulations unless a uniform federal standard is required. Should this measure be enacted into law?

Right now it's passing by a small margin.