Polls have now closed in New York and Minnesota. Lots of sideshows here, but NY-26 is by far the biggest marquee race of the night.
RESULTS: NY (AP) | MN-01 (AP) | MN-Sen (AP)
11:38PM: The AP has called it for Brian Davis in MN-01. Al Franken’s at 66%-30%, which doesn’t strike me as so hot.
10:53PM: It’s now official — Alice Kryzan is the Dem nominee in NY-26. She leads by 1200 votes with 4% outstanding.
10:42PM: Amusing tidbit of the day: The loser of the Dem primary in NY-13, Steven Harrison, claimed more votes than the winner of the GOP primary, Robert “Weiner King of Manhattan” Straniere, by 3,805 to 3,591 with 98% reporting.
10:36PM: Checking in on Minnesota, Franken leads by 68%-28% over Priscilla Lord Faris with 40% reporting. In MN-01, Brian Davis leads Dick Day by 68%-32% with 38% of precincts reporting. I guess it wasn’t a Dick Day afternoon.
10:22PM: 91% in, and Kryzan leads by 1300 votes. I think we can stick a fork in this one. With Powers still on the ballot as the Working Families Party candidate, I think we can strike this district off the map of Democratic pick-up opportunities.
10:10PM: 85% in, and Kryzan still leads by 995 votes. Tonko with a big 42%-29% lead over Brooks in NY-21.
10:04PM: 41%-36% now, but the gap is now 1000 votes for Kryzan, with 82% reporting.
10:00PM: Powers just closed the gap a bit, but Kryzan still leads by 42%-36% (900 votes) with 69% reporting.
9:57PM: In NY-21, Paul Tonko has huge lead over Tracey Brooks with 11% reporting: 59%-19% (1200 votes).
9:44PM: 41% reporting now, and Kryzan is building her lead: 45%-32%-23% (a 1300 vote margin over Powers). On the one hand, it’s lovely to see Davis in third so far, but Kryzan is not exactly an A-game general election candidate.
9:39PM: 25% in now for NY-26, and Kryzan still leads: 43%-33%-24% (Powers-Davis). Could Powers and Davis have bludgeoned each other to death, allowing Kryzan to slip up the middle? Over in NY-10, Towns is back up with a 20% lead with 22% reporting.
9:33PM: Over in NY-26, Kryzan has an early lead with 22% reporting: 43% Kryzan, 33% Powers, 24% Davis.
9:29PM ET: With 9% reporting in NY-13, McMahon and Straniere have comfortable early leads. Over in NY-10, with 3% in, Kevin Powell leads Edolphus Towns by 10% (43 votes).
9% in, it’s…
Kryzan: 43%
Powers: 34%
Davis: 22%
Maybe there was a good reason Powers ran that anti-Kryzan ad.
I don’t think Harrison is going to touch him.
I’ve heard next to nothing about her. Is she the kind of candidate who could win a general election?
About 70-30.
Looks like we (or maybe we can just say Davis) might be giving away a seat to Republicans. Although by the results so far tonight, I’m not sure if Powers would even have a chance after all the negative attacks from Davis.
I saw so hoping for Powers. I hope he’s a sport and tells the Working Families Party to somehow back Kryzan.
1. If her website is indication, she doesn’t have much of a budget.
2. She looks just like an elder Anne Bancroft.
Now 43% in. It’s not totally over yet but its close….
Down to a 42-36 margin.
How come no one’s paying attention to the race over in the 21st?
I’m rooting for Tracey Brooks over Paul Tonko. But I do know Darius Shahinfar well though, as we’ve worked together before. Sadly, he’s not doing that great.
at Minnesota Progress
As for the New York races. Looks like the negative ads are going to let Kryzan through. I really hope not though, very bad news. Hopefully Powers can sneak through and if he doesn’t he will be a sport and give the WFP to Kryzan so we can win. In NY-21 looks like Tonko’s name rec will carry him through and Towns and McMcthon have both won fairly easily.
unfortunately, jon powers isn’t alive (in electoral terms of course). I looked at Kryzan’s website and it looks pretty good to me. She has no negatives and has been elected before so she’s not a total loss – might really be our best chance here. The money difference is intimidating, but I expect the DCCC to put in a million. Go Kryzan!
At 42-36%… looks like it’s officially over.
I’m calling it for Kryzen. 91 percent in with a 1.3k lead.
The most important question is this, can Powers remove his name from the WFP ballot and get Kryzen on it? Also I’m calling it for Tonko in NY-21.
And Davis is winning big in MN-01.
I guess this is basically the end with just Louisiana to go. Then it will be on to the Canadian and American elections! It’s definitely going to be a long but exciting two months. I’m looking forward to all the dailykos polls, so we can see where we’re at on these House and Senate races.
I don’t think anyone ever gave Harrison a 0.01% chance of winning that. It’s nice to see Democratic domination in terms of voter turnout for that district.
I know Staten Island pretty well. If Democrats are going to take and keep that seat, they’re gonna take and keep it with a McMahon. The Democrats there are basically Republicans. There are almost no progressives there.
Harrison is great, but he wouldn’t stand a chance against an Andrew Lanza or Dan Donovan in 2010.
Nice upset in NY-26. Some unexpected good news tonight.
Doesn’t anyone care about today’s Rhode Island senate primary?
Anyone?
At all?
Well in case anyone does, Jack Reed creamed Chris Young, 87-13.
Go Jack Reed! (RI Board of Elections)
is not impressive whatsoever, in fact it’s quite the opposite.
When I’m doing my clipboarding on campus, a lot of people I talk to who sign up as Obama supporters do not really like Franken but just plan on voting for him because it’s not Norm Coleman. This is not good, we are a demographic he should be winning hands down. And this primary result is pretty pitiful.
I get more pessimistic about this race every day.