RESULTS: KY | VA | MS| NJ | OH-05
11:35PM: Time for a new thread. Let’s continue this adventure over here.
11:28PM: With 38 of 39 precincts reporting, Oleszek is down by 69 votes.
11:25PM: Oleszek is now down by 140 votes with 92% in. Barker (D) still leads by 1000 votes with 85%, so Democrats will most likely win the state Senate tonight no matter what happens with Oleszek’s race.
11:14PM: Oleszek (D) is up by 54 votes in VA-SD37 with 84.6% in!
11:09PM: Oleszek (D) is down by FOUR votes in VA-SD37 with 82% in. George Barker (D) is up by 1100 votes in VA-SD39 (75% in). With a Barker win, Democrats will control the Virginia state Senate.
11:07PM: Blue Indiana has Indiana’s municipal elections results. Bart Peterson, the Democratic mayor of Indianapolis (who declined to run against Gov. Mitch Daniels next year), lost his job tonight.
10:53PM: It’s tight, but thinks are looking up for George Barker (D) in VA-SD39. He now leads by under 700 votes (51.36%-48.53%) with 64% in. Oleszek (D) is closing in on Cuccinelli (R-inc), now only 127 behind with 74% in. Hang on. We need one of these seats to win the Virginia state Senate.
10:48PM: Latta is kicking ass in OH-05. He leads Club For Growth stooge Steve Buehrer by 62.94% to 24.11% with 25% in.
10:32PM: It’s going down to the wire in Virginia, with Democrat George Barker leading by 400 votes (50.93%-48.95%) in SD39 with 56% in, and Janet Oleszek (D) trailing by under 270 votes (49.36%-50.42%) with 64% in.
10:30PM: It looks like state Sen. Ellen Karcher (D) has lost to Republican Jennifer Beck in New Jersey. With Karcher’s loss, that still makes it a net gain of 1 seat for the NJ Senate Democrats so far, by my count.
10:27PM: Some results are starting to trickle into the OH-05 Republican special primary. Latta is leading Buehrer by 45%-39.5% with 7.44% of precincts reporting.
10:26PM: I like Kentucky in this color.
10:19PM: It’s a wrap in Kentucky! With 99.9% reporting, Steve Beshear has won by 58.7% to 41.3%. What a sweet win it is.
10:16PM: Good news from New Jersey — Jeff Van Drew (D) and Jim Whelan (D) both beat incumbent Republican state Senators.
10:04PM: With 23% of precincts reporting, Democrat John Eaves is trailing Barbour by 46%-54%. Seems a lot closer than anyone expected so far.
10:01PM: Nothing yet in OH-05.
9:48PM: John Miller has picked up VA-SD01 for the Democrats. It looks like Ralph Northam has done the same for VA-SD06, and Chap Petersen will win VA-SD34. One more pickup needed.
9:42PM: With 16% of precincts reporting, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is leading John Eaves (D) by 54%-46%. The Clarion-Ledger is calling this race for Barbour.
9:30PM: As previously stated, the Democrats need to pick up four seats in order to win the Virginia Senate. Let’s see how they’re doing so far:
SD01: Miller (D) leads Stall (R) by 51.30%-48.30% with 90% in.
SD06: Northam (D) leads Rerras (R-inc) by 53.98%-45.96% with 88% in.
SD22: Breiner (D) is lagging behind Smith (R) by 49.03%-50.85% with 98.6% in. (This is a Republican open seat.)
SD27: Schultz (D) is behind by 45.33%-50.15% with 73% in. (Republican open seat)
SD28: Pollard (D) leads Stuart (R) by 50.48%-49.38% with 77% in. (R open seat)
SD34: Petersen (D) is eviscerating Devolites-Davis (R-inc) by 58.70%-41.12% with 44% in.
SD37: Oleszek (D) leads Cuccinelli (R-inc) 51.68%-47.98% with 10% in.
SD29: Barker (D) leads O’Brien (R-inc) 50.60%-49.22% with 22% in.
9:23PM: With 6% of precincts reporting, Gov. Haley Barbour is leading John Eaves (D) by 61%-39%.
9:15PM: Time for a fresh new thread. In New Jersey, Jeff Van Drew (D) is leading state Sen. Nick Asselta (R-inc) by 56%-44% with 109 of 204 precincts reporting.
These look like Dem pickups:
District 1:
51D-48R (90% in)
District 6:
54D-46% (81% in)
District 34:
59D-41R (36% in)
One more pickup is necessary from this group:
District 22:
49D-51R (99% in)
District 27:
45D-50R (73% in)
District 28:
49D-51R (65% in)
District 37:
52D-48R (10% in)
District 39:
51D-49R (22% in)
It looks like Beshear carried every Congressional district. In KY-01 in the Western end, Ed Whitfiled (R) cries out for a challenger; really hasn’t had one in years. Last year KY-02 had a strong challnger, a Fighting Dem, but he didn’t quite take it – but Beshear carried it this year. At the Southeastern end, in KY-05, Hal Rogers suddenly looks vulnerable. And the top Democrats carried KY-04, bordering Ohio, which we lost last year despite millions spent by the DCCC.