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Sorry for not putting up a thread earlier. In tonight’s special election for the state Senate in Queens, it looks like Dem Jose Peralta is crushing disgraced ex-Sen. Hiram Monserrate (now running as an independent) 60-33 with a quarter of precincts reporting.

UPDATE (James): Looking for Colorado caucus results? Democrats have a nice spreadsheet of results, while Republicans are actually forcing you to download an Excel file to see their state of affairs. The Colorado Springs Gazette and the Denver Post are also liveblogging the caucuses.

UPDATE (J): With 56 of 158 precincts in, Peralta leads Monserrate by 61-33.

CONCESSION UPDATE (J): Monserrate has conceded the race. Woo-hoo!

UPDATE: So far, Romanoff leads Bennet by 904-704 in the precinct caucus count.

UPDATE: Romanoff now has a 4764-3248 edge on Bennet after a big win in the Denver precincts.

9:45PM: There’s more action in California, if you’re in the need for another liveblog fix. Californianintexas has what you crave.

9:10PM: Democrats now control the Virginia Senate by 22-18. Holding control of that chamber will be crucial in order to get any veto leverage over whatever terrible redistricting map the House of Delegates attempts to produce after the census.

9:02PM: Democrat Dave Marsden has won by 317 votes. Nice.

8:49PM: Hunt (R) would have to win 67% of the outstanding votes in order to pull off a win here. Doesn’t look likely.

8:46PM: 38 precincts in, and Marsden is ahead by 368.

8:36PM: 37 precincts in, and Marsden is up by 406.

8:31PM: 36 precincts now in, and Marsden is up by just under 300 votes. Come on baby, hold together…

8:27PM: 32 of 40 precincts in, and things got a lot tighter: Marsden leads by 376 votes (2%).

8:21PM: 28 precincts now in, and Marsden (D) leads by 847 votes or 5.5%.

There’s a special election of note tonight in Virginia, where the open seat left vacant by new Republican AG Ken Cuccinelli is being decided. Strangely enough in times like these, Democratic Del. Dave Marsden is actually in the lead, beating former Fairfax Co. School Board member Steve Hunt by about 5 points with 23 of 40 precincts reporting. I haven’t looked at where the votes are coming from, but if Democrats can reassert some strength in NoVA with a win here, that will be a real shot in the arm for the dispirited Virginia Democratic Party.

Results: VA SBoE

Well, it’s beer o’clock here at Swing State Project, so it’s time to let loose on whatever downballot topic strikes your fancy.

Next week, once James and David have slept off their Netroots Nation-related hangovers, expect lots more analysis of the most recent round of fundraising numbers, and probably some serious remodeling of our Senate and House ratings.

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