Election Watching Thread

[Thy Geekdom Come]

I'm going to update this original post throughout the night until I go to bed. Everyone make announcements as you see them and I'll post them in this post so their convenient and in one place.

[b][u]Key:[/u][/b]

[color="#FF0000"]Republican[/color]
[color="#000099"]Democrat[/color]
[color="#009900"]Independent[/color]

[b][u]Overall Legislature:[/u][/b]

[b]House:[/b]

[color="#FF0000"]101 Republican[/color]
[color="#000099"]119 Democrat[/color]
[color="#009900"]0 Independent[/color]

[b]Senate:[/b]

[color="#FF0000"]46 Republican[/color]
[color="#000099"]43 Democrat[/color]
[color="#009900"]2 Independent[/color]


[b][u]By State:[/u][/b]

[b]Alabama[/b]

[b]Alaska[/b]

[b]Arizona[/b]

[b]Arkansas[/b]

[b]California[/b]

[b]Colorado[/b]

[b]Connecticut[/b]

[color="#000099"]Joe Lieberman re-elected to Senate[/color]

[b]Delaware[/b]

[b]Florida[/b]

[color="#000099"]Nelson re-elected to Senate[/color]

[b]Georgia[/b]

[b]Hawaii[/b]

[b]Idaho[/b]

[b]Illinois[/b]

[b]Indiana[/b]

[color="#FF0000"]Lugar re-elected as Senator[/color]
[color="#000099"]Ellsworth elected as Representative[/color]
[color="#FF0000"]Buyer elected as Representative[/color]
[color="#FF0000"]Burton elected as Represenative[/color]

[b]Iowa[/b]

[b]Kansas[/b]

[b]Kentucky[/b]

[b]Louisiana[/b]

[b]Maine[/b]

[color="#FF0000"]Snow re-elected to Senate[/color]

[b]Maryland[/b]

[color="#000099"]Ben Cardin elected to Senate[/color]

[b]Massachusetts[/b]

[color="#000099"]Kennedy re-elected as Senator[/color]

[b]Michigan[/b]

[b]Minnesota[/b]
[color="#000099"]Keith Ellison elected as Representative[/color]

[b]Mississippi[/b]

[color="#CC0000"]Lott re-elected to Senate[/color]

[b]Missouri[/b]

[b]Montana[/b]

[b]Nebraska[/b]

[b]Nevada[/b]

[b]New Hampshire[/b]

[b]New Jersey[/b]

[color="#000099"]Menendez re-elected to Senate[/color]

[b]New Mexico[/b]

[b]New York[/b]

[b]North Carolina[/b]

[b]North Dakota[/b]

[b]Ohio[/b]

[color="#000099"]Sherrod Brown elected to Senate[/color]

[b]Oklahoma[/b]

[b]Oregon[/b]

[b]Pennsylvania[/b]

[color="#000099"]Casey elected to Senate[/color]

[b]Rhode Island[/b]

[color="#000099"]Whitehouse elected to Senate[/color]

[b]South Carolina[/b]

[b]South Dakota[/b]

[b]Tennessee[/b]

[b]Texas[/b]

[b]Utah[/b]

[b]Vermont[/b]

[color="#009900"]Sanders elected as Senator.[/color]

[b]Virginia[/b]

[b]Washington[/b]

[b]Washington, DC[/b]

[b]West Virginia[/b]

[color="#000099"]Byrd re-elected as Senator.[/color]

[b]Wisconsin[/b]

[b]Wyoming [/b]

[Thy Geekdom Come]

Any updates by people watching?

[prose]

.... Ignore that.

Edited November 8, 2006 by prose

[EcceNovaFacioOmni]

Nevermind. Ohio polls should be reporting any minute now. They were delayed until 9, everything else is polling.

Edited November 8, 2006 by thedude

[phatcatholic]

does this mean that democrats now have control over the house? sorry if that is a dumb question.....

[homeschoolmom]

Well, they're calling the Minnesota US Senate race for [color="#3333FF"]Amy Klobichar [/color] (no surprise) based on exit polling. But we'll see.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='phatcatholic' post='1114540' date='Nov 7 2006, 10:20 PM']
does this mean that democrats now have control over the house? sorry if that is a dumb question.....
[/quote]
Not yet. The only seats posted are the ones we know for certain...the uncertain ones are left out until later. Rick Santorum lost his seat. I feel sorry for the guy.

[onlygrace08]

So far in Missouri, only 1% reporting.... so nothing yet

[Aloysius]

2% reporting in PA and they've already called it...

I don't think they got to my vote yet, that'll make all the difference.

[phatcatholic]

[quote name='Aloysius' post='1114550' date='Nov 7 2006, 10:25 PM']
2% reporting in PA and they've already called it...

I don't think they got to my vote yet, that'll make all the difference.
[/quote]
praise God

[ardillacid]

[quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1114545' date='Nov 7 2006, 09:22 PM']
Well, they're calling the Minnesota US Senate race for [color="#3333FF"]Amy Klobichar [/color] (no surprise) based on exit polling. But we'll see.
[/quote]
why her, minnesota?

[Ash Wednesday]

Was Santorum expected to lose?

[Sojourner]

With 56 percent of precincts reporting, they're calling Ind. Dist. 8 for challenger [color="#000099"]Brad Ellsworth[/color]. That's one down for Rs in the House.

U.S. Reps. [color="#FF0000"]Steve Buyer[/color] and [color="#CC0000"]Dan Burton[/color] winners in their races tonight; both were incumbents.

[Aloysius]

yeah, but I had hoped against hope the polls were mistaken.

it's pretty sure now that he lost

barring divine intervention, I believe the Senate has just lost its best Senator.

hmm... could Santorum run for Specter's seat if he chose to? he probably wouldn't, but that'd be pretty sweet.

of course, it would certainly distract from his presidential run in '08 hah

goodness... now I dislike both our senators

democracy's stupid. :

[Romans1513]

Oh man guys...
Santorum's losing (PA)
Rendell is winning (PA Gov.)
Granholm is staying (MI Gov)
SD abortion ban is failing (Down 55 to 45 but still marked "too close to call")

Pray hard!

Anyone understand the "percent of precincts reporting" and why they can call it so early? Like, it will say that a clear winner is emerging when only 2 percent have reported or something.

~Katie

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='notardillacid' post='1114556' date='Nov 7 2006, 09:30 PM']
why her, minnesota?
[/quote]
Those who don't vote forfit their right to whine. :

[Aloysius]

when the numbers in those district come out with such a wide margin that it would take an unprecedented upset of the predicted voting in the other districts to turn it around. I think the 2% had Casey up in like the 70 %'s... there was no chance santorum could win the other parts of the state by enough of a margin to recover from that.

but by now I think a higher number of precincts have reported and casey's at about 60% or so. I think the final number will probably be lower than that, but there really is no chance of Santorum recovering from that.

[Sojourner]

Challenger [color="#3333FF"]Joe Donnelly[/color] is being called winner in the Indiana's 2nd District with 83 percent of precincts reporting. Another one down for R's in the House.

[homeschoolmom]

Btw, I just want to say that I don't like the Repulican = red, Democrats = blue thing... I know that's pretty much the standard, but when I was a kid, it was the other way around. The Dems must have not liked being "red." I still get confused...

[Fidei Defensor]

It's pretty certain that D - Herb Kohl will be re-elected in Wisconsin.