Election Liveblog Thread

It’s poll closing time in Florida, so let’s get things underway with some liveblogging… starting with the hopefully uneventful special in FL-19.

10:15 pm: Thanks to our friends at Blue Mass Group, we finally have some idea what happened in Massachusetts. Netroots fave Peter Smulowitz upset state Rep. Lida Harkins in the Dem primary in the former Scott Brown seat; he’ll face GOP state Rep. Richard Ross next. In the safe ex-Galluccio seat, it looks like Everett city councilor Sal DiDomenico has won, although with a 125-vote margin, his nearest competitor isn’t conceding.

10:10 pm: Likewise, according to the AP, TX-23 has been called for Canseco.

9:45 pm: AP has called FL-19 for Deutch.

9:40 pm: Other Texas stuff: things have tightened a bit in TX-23, but Quico Canseco is still on track to get his long-awaited matchup with Ciro Rodriguez; he leads 55-45. In the Board of Education and Supreme Court races, with not quite half reporting, the slightly less nutty Republican leads in each case: Farney in the BoE (62-38), and Lehrmann for the Ct (52-48).

9:35 pm: Based on some literal back-of-the-envelope calculations, in FL-19, with 51% reporting (181 of 356), Deutch has 23,434 votes (61%) and Lynch has 13,949 (36%). The Broward portions of the district, which seem more conservative than the Palm Beach portions, have finished reporting, so it looks like smooth sailing from here.

9:19 pm (James): The AP has called the TX-17 GOP primary for Bill Flores. This is the better match-up for Republicans, as Curnock was a notoriously inadequate fundraiser. Looks like Chet Edwards won’t be able to take a ganja break this fall.

8:40 pm (David): For FL-19 results, you need to add Broward and Palm Beach results together. I’ve added the links below.

8:20 pm: We’ve got some results coming in in Texas. In TX-17, with 5 of 304 precincts, Bill Flores leads Rob Curnock 4,756-3,767 (56-44), while in TX-23, with 8 of 249 precincts Quico Canseco leads Will Hurd 3,014-2,223 (58-42). Obviously, there’s still a lot of reporting to go to see whether that holds.

8:06 pm: Thanks to politics64 in the comments, we finally have some data. Dem Ted Deutch is up 7,406 votes to Lynch’s 4,078 (63-35), based on 8 precincts so far plus early voting results.

Here are some links; if you find better-performing ones, please share them in the comments:

Florida: Sec. of State | Broward | Palm Beach

Texas: Sec. of State

108 thoughts on “Election Liveblog Thread”

  5. This is a heavily Jewish district and Jews are among the most liberal and loyal of Democrats. I remember going on SSP discussing the MA special and of Coakley easily winning the highly concentrated Jewish areas, so I am not concerned here, especially with neither party doing anything here.

  8. You need to clock in to Palm Beach Board of Elections and Broward BOE to monitor both counties. Deutsch has 68% in Palm Beach right now

  16. He is up 69% to 28% in more Liberal Palm Beach. Palm Beach has far more of the district than Broward. By ED count about 75% Palm Beach, 25% Broward.

  17. Broward But but but

    (66 of 93 Precincts Reporting

    Lynch 42.37% 4,619

    Deutch 54.16% 5,904

    Palm Beach 88 of 263 Precincts Reporting

    Edward Lynch

    32.64% 8,112

    Ted Deutch

    64.75% 16,092

  18. With 9.50% in Marsha Farney leads ultra-crazy Brian Russell 61%-39%.  Since Texas’ Board of Education is so closely divided between the nuts and the relatively rational this is an important race and we should hope the margin holds.

  19. 93 of 93 Precincts Reporting

        Percent Votes

    Edward Lynch (REP)

    Percent of total votes

    42.78% 5,837

    Ted Deutch (DEM)

    Percent of total votes

    53.82% 7,342

  23. Good performance (comparatively) for Democrat Jan Fernald, losing 66-34 to Republican Matt Gaetz.  Ray Sansom had held this seat unopposed for years in this Florida panhandle district that McCain won with 70%+ in 2008.

    If we’re looking for signs that Florida has turned against the Democrats, we’re not finding them tonight.

  24. For anyone following the results in the Democratic primaries for our two state Senate seats: in something of an upset, newcomer Peter Smulowitz beat long-time state Rep Lida Harkins for the Senate seat formerly held by Scott Brown.  The result in the other seat, formerly held by the now-imprisoned Anthony Galluccio, remains unclear – Everett city councillor Sal DiDomenico claimed victory, but Cambridge lawyer Tim Flaherty has refused to concede and asked for a recount.  We’ll try to keep track of things at Blue Mass Group as they develop.

  25. With 100% of the precincts reporting:

    Ed Lynch (R) 24,342 35.08%

    Ted Deutch (D) 43,106 62.12%

    Jim McCormick (NPA) 1,899 2.74%

    There were also 44 write-in votes counted.  69,391 people voted in total.

    So Deutch didn’t get 65% overall, but did get over 62%.  Since the midterm elections are supposed to skew more Republican anyway, and Obama got 65% of the vote here, hey, if it’s only a 3% drop, I’ll take it.

  26. 1. Solid win for Democrats in FL-19. Yes, percentage is slightly lower then usual, but not by much, and, after all, this was special with not especially high turnout and in not especially favorable climate

    2. As best as that could be (though the most intrigue was on Republican side) results in Texas, where most “crazies” lost

    3. Interesting development in Massachusets – Democrats now have young and active (but may be – too liberal (?)) first-time candidate, while Republicans – also relatively young and experienced moderate.

  27. FL-19 – 62/35 from Obama 65/34.

    CA-10 – 53/43 from Obama 65/33.

    Man, did Garamendi suck!

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