***Mass Senate Special Election - Results Thread #2***

[Clio the Leo]

hour two....

[Clio the Leo]

1. More than halfway counted. 52% in. Brown 52.5, Coakley 46.5.

http://twitter.com/TheHyperFix/status/7969331043

[Clio the Leo]

2. Boston update: 21% in. Coakley 58, Brown 40. Not enough.

http://twitter.com/TheHyperFix/status/7969304474

[Obamacare]

5. Damn

Coakley needs to at least hit 50%, come on Boston, don't let us down!!!

[CBR]

6. On Boston.gov it is 61.6% - 37.3% with 37% reporting. Still not

going to pull it out for her. :(

[Clio the Leo]

3. Liberal Northamptoncame through for Coakley: she needed 76%, she got 79%, but not enough overall

http://twitter.com/Dave_Wasserman/status/7969394927
Liberal Northampton (in the Western MA Maddow Belt) came through for Coakley: she needed 76%, she got 79%, but not enough overall

[DrToast]

4. Not looking good

[Clio the Leo]

7. Brown lead now near 78K votes...

http://twitter.com/TheHyperFix/status/7969462383

[ChairmanAgnostic]

10. I just read TPM's review of her campaign. Ugh.

What a fucking mess. What an ignorant. . . . never mind. And what a complete failure by the White house, losing contact or interest in a critical seat, at the worst possible time.

We need new leadership in the D party. The current crowd was lucky, and now their true stripes are visible. They show just how incompetent they are.

[blitzburgh55]

16. Hyper fix tweet says

"theory among Dems is that Coakley needs to carry Boston by 25+ points (and probably more)..."

Is this true? If so, right now she's up

MARTHA COAKLEY DEM 42138 64.00%
SCOTT P. BROWN REP 22965 34.88%

[ChicagoSuz219]

8. If this is a special election...

...how long would the person serve before having to run again?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

12. I believe 3 yrs.

[ChicagoSuz219]

51. On the plus side...

...this should make Lieberman pretty much irrelevant now.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

53. Why Rahm and others made him relevant in the 1st place, I do not understand

We just had a huge house and a decent senate lead, with an incredibly popular president.

talk about squandering the lead.

[Clio the Leo]

9. 60% in. Brown 53, Coakley 46.

http://twitter.com/TheHyperFix/status/7969532080

[Clio the Leo]

11. 62-37 Coakley in Boston.

http://twitter.com/universalhub/status/7969576434

[Sanity Claws]

13. I can't get Boston. com to load

Sounds like it's overwhelmed.

[FVZA_Colonel]

19. The TPM return list seems a bit out of date compared to what's being posted here.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

[FVZA_Colonel]

14. Unfortunately, I don't think that'll be enough at this point.

Here's hoping Democrats can get a health bill passed before MA is legally required to be sworn in.

[RoccoR5955]

18. The election has yet to be certified, and with reported voting irregularities...

this could take quite some time.

[Clio the Leo]

15. 63% in, Brown 53, Coakley 46.

http://twitter.com/TheHyperFix/status/7969618836

[Clio the Leo]

17. Nate: "At this point, forget the projections"

"At this point, forget the projections -- Coakley just has a fair # of raw votes she'd need to make up."

http://twitter.com/fivethirtyeight/status/7969628451

Unfortunately, I dont know what he means by that.

[senseandsensibility]

21. Norah on MSNBC just said

that Brown's camp is no longer expecting a "blowout" and that this could be close.

[RoccoR5955]

22. What Nate means is that

Coakley has a fair amount of votes in places where she needed to make up votes to win, so forget any projections or polls.

[blitzburgh55]

23. She's up 27% in Boston with 44% in n/t

[NYC Liberal]

28. Now up 32% with 53% in. nt

[krawhitham]

29. she is down 90,000 votes

and can not over come it

[krawhitham]

43. WBZ-TV projects Brown the winner

[Clio the Leo]

20. 66% in. Brown 53, Coakley 46.

http://twitter.com/TheHyperFix/status/7969743124

[Clio the Leo]

24. Coakley up 27 pts in Boston with 47% in.

http://twitter.com/TheHyperFix/status/7969719569

[jenmito]

26. Howard Dean just said if the results so far do NOT include Boston, Coakley's in good shape!

I hope he's right!

[RoccoR5955]

33. As of this minute... City of Boston Unofficial Results are

SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Total
Number of Precincts 254
Precincts Reporting 135 53.1 %
Total Votes 72446
Number of Uncast Votes 8
MARTHA COAKLEY DEM 47475 65.53%
SCOTT P. BROWN REP 24152 33.34%
JOSEPH L. KENNEDY LIB 728 1.00%
Write-in Votes 91 0.13%

[Clio the Leo]

35. It includes half of Boston. NT

[jenmito]

38. Oh. So half of Boston IS in? Oh, well. Maybe they're not Coakley districts.

[Mass]

39. Several major towns which are democratic strongholds are missing or incomplete.

I am not sure if this will be enough though.

[jenmito]

42. Well, at least there's a sliver of hope then.

[Mass]

46. Turnout seem very low - 31 % in Springfield.

[Clio the Leo]

25. Coakley manages to carry her own home town...

.... whoohooo!

http://twitter.com/FOX25News/status/7969823213

[Mass]

31. Not really a surprise,

[Kdillard]

27. Sigh. Is there any way this can turn around?

[jenmito]

34. See my post #26 right above re: Howard Dean.

[RoccoR5955]

36. As Yogi Berra said...

"It ain't over till it's over."
There's a long way to go yet.

[Odin2005]

30. God Damnit...

:grr:

[Clio the Leo]

32. 66% of the Commonwealth reporting 53% 46% BROWN

http://twitter.com/RedMassGroup/status/7969880157

[Clio the Leo]

37. 69% in. 53 Brown, 46 Coakley.

http://twitter.com/TheHyperFix/status/7969941721

[FVZA_Colonel]

40. Coakely Concedes (according to Brown aide)

9:13 p.m. -- Coakley has conceded in a call to Scott Brown, according to a Brown aide.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/01/live_coverage_o.html

[Sanity Claws]

44. OMG

What's the hurry? The counting is not even done.

[FVZA_Colonel]

45. Boston.com has the lead at 102,000 some votes for Brown.

Unless Boston really comes in for Coakely...

[Clio the Leo]

41. Cilizza is reporting that Coakley has conceeded

http://twitter.com/TheHyperFix/status/7969988570

and he knows what he's talking about .... other sources are as well

[Kdillard]

47. Sucks. I guess she realizes she doesn't have the votes to make up the difference. I

am gutted.

[high density]

48. The press is going to enjoy this for the next week

"Democrats are crashing and burning-- lose liberal Massachusetts vote!"

[Clio the Leo]

49. for crying out loud! Even her concession speech sucked! NT

[Clio the Leo]

50. well was that his first gaffe?

Telling the world that his daughters were available?

[Kdillard]

52. Sigh. Hopefully the people of MA will wake up and this clown

Will only serve one term.