9:41pm: Follow us over here.
9:40pm: I don’t think we’ve even mentioned the Kansas Dem Senate primary, not that we really need to. Lisa Johnston leads at 35, with Charles Schollenberger at 23, and David Haley (a state Senator and former SoS candidate, no less) a woeful 17.
9:39pm: Switching back to Kansas, things are getting tighter between Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt. Moran leads 49-44 with about 8% in.
9:36pm: Speaking of MI-02, that GOP primary may be the night’s most exciting match. It’s currently Huizenga 26, Kuipers 25, Riemersma 24, Cooper 19.
9:34pm: Although Peter Hoekstra can take some comfort in the fact that he’s still well-liked back home. He’s up 50-25 over Snyder within the bounds of MI-02.
9:33pm: As we close in on 20% statewide in Michigan, things are looking fairly stable in the governor’s races. Virg Bernero leads 58-24 over Andy Dillon for the Ds. For the GOP, it’s Snyder 36, Hoekstra 27, Cox 25, Bouchard 10. Looks like cornering the moderate market worked out for tough nerd Snyder.
9:31pm: Thanks to a big margin in the Lower Peninsula, Jason Allen’s pulling into the lead in MI-01, now 39-38 over Dan Benishek.
9:30pm: As more votes pour in, things are tightening up in MI-13. Hansen Clarke still leads Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, but with about 10% in, it’s still a pretty big Clarke lead: 50-32. At least she’s over the Bob Inglis line for worst incumbent primary performance.
9:28pm: The most drama in Missouri seems to be in the GOP field in MO-04, where social con Vicki Hartzler leads state Sen. Bill Stouffer 39-34.
9:27pm: What am I bid for a House seat? With about 10% reporting, auctioneer Billy Long is cruising in MO-07, with 40%. State Sen. Gary Nodler’s stronghold of Newton Co. hasn’t reported yet though (he’s only at 8, with J. Goodman at 22).
9:25pm: Show Me the money! The AP has called the GOP Senate primary in Missouri, no surprise, for Roy Blunt. He’s beating Chuck Purgason 72-13 in one of the cycle’s bigger cases of teabagger fail.
9:23pm: Wow, major momentum shift in MI-02 again. Now teabagger Bill Cooper’s in 4th! Huizenga and Kuipers share the lead at 26, with about 15% in.
9:21pm: Only 5% in in KS-01, but in the R primary there, birther real estate agent Tracey Mann leads at 32, with CfG fave Tim Huelskamp at 27 and ‘moderate’ Jim Barnett at 20. No runoffs in Kansas.
9:20pm: I think most people had forgotten that Lynn Jenkins in KS-02 was getting a semi-legit teabagger challenge (state Sen. Dennis Pyle). She’s winning, but with an underwhelming 60-40 margin with about 3% in.
9:19pm: Hmm, things much tighter suddenly in MI-01 GOP primary. Benishek leads Allen 40-38.
9:18pm: Switching over to Kansas, Jerry Moran is in the lead, 52-40. Moran leads 73-22 in KS-01, while Todd Tiahrt leads 55-38 in KS-04.
9:16pm: In MI-09, Rocky Raczkowski is way in the lead in the GOP primary: 50-28 over Paul Welday, Joe Knollenberg’s former CoS.
9:15pm: And in MI-07, the guy who was teabagging before it was called teabagging, Tim Walberg, looks like he’ll be back for revenge. He’s beating establishment choice Brian Rooney 55-34.
9:13pm: In MI-03: state Rep. (and teabagger) Justin Amash is running away with it at 47%, with Hardiman at 17 and Heacock at 19.
9:12pm: Check out MI-02: teabagging businessman Bill Cooper’s in the lead at 30 with nearly 10% in, with those three Dutch-named guys all clumped in the low 20s.
9:08pm: It’s early, but get a load of netroots fave Sean Tevis in KS-02 — the dude is in third place against a pair of Some Dudes!
9:06pm: Hoekstra’s leading 47-27 in his home CD, but in 3rd elsewhere.
9:04pm: In MI-06, Fred Upton has nosed down to 55% against wingnut’s wingnut Jack Hoogendyk.
9:01pm: Back in Michigan, Virg Bernero has shot up to a 59-41 lead over Andy Dillon. For the Republicans, Rick Snyder is ahead of Pete “The Incredible Hoek” Hoekstra by 35-28. Just over 7% of precincts reporting.
8:57pm: Though this was a foregone conclusion, the Associated Press has called the Dem Senate nomination in Missouri for Robin Carnahan.
8:55pm: Just a handful of votes in in MI-13, but Hansen Clarke is leading Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick by 43-17 so far.
8:51pm: Some more GOP House race updates: In MI-01, Benishek leads Allen by 45-30; in MI-02, Kuipers leads Riemersma by 26-23 (with Huizenga very close behind); in MI-07, Walberg leads Rooney by 55-34.
8:49pm: Wow, check out MI-06 — Republican incumbent Fred Upton is only at 55.5% against teabagging ex-state Rep. Jack Hoogendyk. 20% of precincts are reporting.
8:43pm: A good sign for Dan Benishek in MI-01 (R): he’s leading 53-19 in the UP, but also edging out Jason Allen 35-34 in the LP.
8:40pm: Regional divisions are becoming pretty evident in a few races. In MI-Gov (R), Peter Hoekstra’s scoring 61% in his home district while only 27% elsewhere. In KS-Sen (R), Jerry Moran’s getting 73% in his home district to Tiahrt’s 22%; he’s also leading 59-34 in the rest of the state. Nothing in Tiahrt’s home district’s reported though.
8:39pm: The AP’s called KS-Gov (R) for Sam Brownback.
8:24pm: House races for the GOP: In MI-07, Walberg’s out to an early lead with 66%; in MI-01, with two UP precincts in, Dan Benishek’s up 37-26 over Jason Allen. In Missouri, Vicki Hartzler is up 36-28 over Bill Stouffer in MO-04.
8:22pm: A few results in Michigan, where on the Dem side, Andy Dillon has a 3% advantage over Virg Bernero. On the GOP side, Peter Hoekstra’s out to an early lead with 35%, with Mike Cox behind at 28% and Rick Snyder at 23.
8:18pm: A surprising result in MO-08 (R) so far, with incumbent Jo Ann Emerson earning only 60%.
8:12pm: Our first results in for the night, a lonely precinct in Missouri where Roy Blunt has 55% to Chuck Purgason’s 37% in the GOP Senate primary.
Let’s do this thing.
Results:
Kansas: Associated Press | Politico
Michigan: Associated Press | Politico | MI DoS
Missouri: Associated Press | Politico | MO SoS
Blunt is up by 500 votes.
Moran is leading Tiahrt 61-22 (of course the vote total is 117 to 43 :P)
and Susan Montee might shatter the record for best primary percentage by a Democrat. She’s leading 1862-134 on Abdul Akram with 16 precincts in. Which is 93% to 7%. Symington topped 90% in a few primaries, Eagleton had high 80s, but usually Missouri Dem frontrunners win by 85-15 or less (like 78-22).
By 6 points and his lead seems pretty uniform.
As some precincts from Ottawa Co. in his home area come in. Hopefully that doesn’t hold for long.
Up 67%-25%, only 0.1% percent in though.
Fred Upton is at only 56% with 5% in.
Up only 56-44.
feel free to notice the primary on the Republican side.
Ike Skelton’s primary opponent is a truck driver with an epic mane
Who are we rooting for there again? I thought Snyder was the weaker candidate, if I remember correctly
why’d they call it
It’s pretty clear what’s gonna happen in KS as well as who the nom’s are gonna be. With exception to MI, I’m really just looking at turnout. And as for who I’m rooting for in MI GOP it’s a tie between Cox and Hoekstra… they both have conservative baggage in a very union and liberal state.
I’ve come to the realization that I am incredibly shallow (for the most part) in these primary races when there’s no clear favourite or electability factors.
I usually always go for the good-looking/female/minority candidate rather than the “West Wing Republican” (ugly/fat/old/southern/bad complection).
Stouffer could have been the next Reagan but I guess we’ll never know.
Michigan GOP Gubernatorial primary, now that’s a pickle…..
Finally, some results. Clarke 43%, Kilpatrick 17%. Just 0.2% in.
Especially given that there has been nothing in from Ingham County (where most of Lansing is).
Republicans are really kicking our ass in turnout right now. Is to be expected given that Detroit hasn’t reported yet, or should we be worried?
Oy. Sean Tevis is getting punished for effing not campaigning or even getting his fracking website going before the primary–he’s losing to BOTH of the other candidates so far, with Hudspeth leading at 37%, Koch at 33% at Tevis at 29% with no results from either of their base counties (Hudspeth=Crawford, Koch=Leavenworth).
Jenkins is holding a 60-40 lead thus far, an improvement over her 51-49 victory over Jim Ryun last time around.
Of course, it’s early, but oy. Oy vey.
Hansen way up, 51-15.
The results are pretty interesting for Senate in Johnson County. Although I thought it was economically conservative instead of socially conservative, Tiahart is only losing by seven points while being crushed in the rural areas outside of it although Johnson County is not in Tiahart’s district (and the counties in his district are not in either.)
Runoffs in MO?
has Cooper in 4th place with 19% in.
is passing with 72% of the vote.
Expected but will be used as a weapon by GOP.
I’m amused by the fact that Mike Bouchard is currently losing his (and my) home county to Rick Snyder.
Dear Mike, people clearly don’t want you to run for statewide office, especially those who know you best. Please give it up.
xoxo,
Everyone
in the LP part of MI-1.
Yikes. NINE candidates, in a race where Blunt is blowing everyone out? Talk about “some dudes”.
I’m disappointed that Purgason crapped out. If Purgason had one, Carnahan would’ve crushed him.
That’s unusual. The Constitution Party and the Libertarian Party actually had primaries for the MO-Sen seat.
Moran 49, Tiahrt 44. Sedgwick county is coming in.
has called it for Bernero
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/l…
So who will his running mate be? I’m hoping for Alma Wheeler Smith
Looks like Snyder may be taking some moderate votes from Dillon. I’d like to see some exit polling on that race: how many of Snyder’s votes came from, say, people who voted for Granholm in 2006.