The only call we have is in VA-Gov; Bob McDonnell (R) has won.
NJ-Gov (29% reporting):
Christie 50%
Corzine 43%
Daggett 5%
Very low numbers for Daggett. He didn’t hold his voters.
Maine Question 1 (5% reporting):
No 54.48%
Yes 45.52%
NY-23: no returns yet, but the polls have closed.
CA-10: polls close at 11PM et.
…the Democratic Governors Association congratulates Creigh Deeds:
“With the worst recession since the Great Depression and history favoring the other side, we knew this race would be difficult,” said Nathan Daschle, executive director of the DGA. “Sen. Deeds ran a strong campaign, despite all the headwinds he faced. Sen. Deeds is a bipartisan leader whose work has helped countless Virginians get a better education and created economic opportunity in every corner of the state. Unfortunately, he couldn’t overcome the major obstacles to victory. I know that Creigh’s outstanding commitment to Virginia doesn’t end tonight, and we wish him well in his future public service endeavors.”
“We also congratulate Bob McDonnell on tonight’s victory, and we wish him the best in these next four years,” Daschle said.
…13% in, Maine’s Question 1:
No 52.6%
Yes 47.4%
Jesse Connolly, the campaign manager of No on 1, says that turnout was great and they’re very optimistic.
…this does not look that good for Corzine. 36% in:
Christie 52
Corzine 42
Daggett 5
Christie has a 90,000 vote lead right now. The urban areas may come in late, but Daggett’s miniscule number really helps Christie, IMO.
…The Watertown Daily Times reports that some machines in St. Lawrence County (NY-23) broke down and won’t report tonight, in all likelihood.
So far Owens leads (very early) by 11 votes. I’m following The Albany Project.
…in New York City, Michael Bloomberg has a quick 2-1 lead over Bill Thompson.
…NJ-Gov: 44% in:
Christie 49%
Corzine 44%
Daggett 6%
Bowers says that Corzine’s overall vote projects to around 48%, given what’s still out there. And given the independent vote, 47-48% will win. It’s going to be very close.
…Teddy Partridge notes that an LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance won in Kalamazoo, MI:
Kalamazoo Ordinance 1856 Results:
Yes: 65%
No: 35%
Good work in Kalamazoo by my friend KT and the others up there.
Also, NBC has called the NYC Mayor’s race for Michael Bloomberg.
Bob McDonnell is speaking now.
…the Executive Director of One Kalamazoo provides this statement:
“Kalamazoo is a leading community in the fight for equality. This Ordinance ensures LGBT families basic protections such as the ability to secure a place to live or eat in a restaurant.. It also enables that LGBT individuals can work and provide for their children and families without the fear of being fired for reasons unrelated to their job performance. The public’s support for LGBT people and these basic protections is great for Kalamazoo and adds to the momentum towards full equality for all families across this country. Jon Hoadley did an outstanding job leading the charge and ensuring this passage of Ordinance 1856.”
…17% in, Question 1 in Maine:
No 51.30%
Yes 48.70%
Close.
…57% in, NJ-Gov:
Christie 49%
Corzine 45%
Daggett 5%
It’s about a 64,000 vote spread.
…Early numbers in NY-23:
Owens 53.8%
Hoffman 42.3%
Scozzafava 3.9%
Scozzafava was still on the ballot today. This is still early.
…60% in, NJ-Gov:
Christie 50%
Corzine 44%
Daggett 5%
…I noted this yesterday.
This post from the Albany Times-Union blog gives a fascinating window into the geography of the large, 11-county 23rd District. Hoffman’s base is in the central New York counties of Madison, Oneida and Oswego. Owens’ best support comes from “North Country East,” the counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton and Hamilton. Scozzafava had a base among “North Country West,” in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties, and the turnout and vote totals there may make the difference.
Let’s see how that’s holding up. Madison, Oneida and Oswego aren’t back yet in any big numbers. A couple of Owens’ big counties are in, and he’s winning big in Clinton, though even in Essex and Franklin. Hoffman is taking Jefferson and Lewis slightly, but Owens is winning big in St. Lawrence County so far, Scozzafava’s home county. Remember, St. Lawrence County includes those certain precincts with broken voting machines.
I’m not totally sure what this means other than this will get closer than the current numbers.
…Wow, NBC News TOOK DOWN their call in the NYC Mayor’s race. With 32% in, Bloomberg only leads 49-48. Bloomberg spent about $100 million to win this race and it would be a stunning upset. Bloomberg’s still favored, but apparently Bill Thompson, who already called Bloomberg to concede, might want to give him a call back.
…NY-23, 15% in:
Owens 51
Hoffman 44
Scozzafava 5
Still early.
Question 1 in ME, 22% in
No 50.6%
Yes 49.4%
It’s a spread of about 1,400 votes. That won’t be over tonight, in all likelihood.
NJ-Gov, 68% in:
Christie 50
Corzine 44
Daggett 5
Corzine’s running out of time.
…still about a 100,000-vote lead for Christie. Some big counties for Corzine still out, however. Nobody’s calling it despite 71% of the vote counted.
Meanwhile, an upset in NY-23 would explode the heads of the narrative-setters. Owens is holding a healthy 2,700-vote lead with 21% reporting.
Adam Bink is reporting from the boiler room that No on 1 has a pretty healthy 57-43 lead, at odds with what’s being reported officially.
…The AP just called the NJ-Gov race for Chris Christie. I’m a little bit surprised. But could you see an anti-Wall Street theme in the making, with Corzine losing and Michael Bloomberg actually struggling in New York City?
The late surge away from Daggett and to Christie must have done it. Headed on the radio at Green960, listen at Green960.com.



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LGBT equality ordinance wins in Kalamazoo!
Kalamazoo Ordinance 1856 Results:
Yes (yay!): 65%
No (boo!): 35%
Thanks to fair-minded Michiganders!
David, I think all the statewide races in Virginia have been called for the GOP. There’s a real wingnut in the Attorney General’s office.
From One Kalamazoo:
ONE KALAMAZOO DECLARES VICTORY IN BALLOT FIGHT
Kalamazoo residents approve nondiscrimination ordinance
“Our campaign started with a very basic idea, and today voters confirmed that we are One Kalamazoo,” said Campaign Manager, Jon Hoadley.
With only absentee ballots outstanding, 65 percent of Kalamazoo voters have approved Ordinance 1856 by a vote of 6,463 to 3,527, adding protections for gay and transgender people to the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance. This margin is larger than the number of outstanding absentee ballots that are currently being counted.
“I am elated with the outcome of the election,” says Yes on Ordinance 1856/One Kalamazoo Steering Committee member and local resident Janice Brown. “This vote reinforces what our campaign set out to prove – that our fellow residents of Kalamazoo share the belief that all people should be treated fairly and equally, including gay and transgender people.”
The outcome of today’s vote confirmed that all hardworking people in Kalamazoo should have the chance to earn a living and provide for themselves and their families without fear of being fired for reasons that have nothing to do with their job performance.
“Kalamazoo is a great place to live and the passage of Ordinance 1856 makes the city an even better place,” says local resident Rev. Matt Laney, Pastor of the First Congregational Church. “I am proud to live in a city that recognizes that all people deserve fairness and respect.”
The Yes on 1856/ One Kalamazoo campaign in support of the nondiscrimination ordinance involved hundreds of local volunteers and contributors, and had the endorsement of over 30 local religious, social, business, and political organization. The campaign would like to thank the Kalamazoo community for asserting their belief in the inherent equality of all Kalamazoo residents, and the countless volunteers for their hard work and dedication in recent months – and in some case, years – to ensure the passage of the ordinance.
It’s stunning to me that on the most political day on this year’s calendar, when partisanship is expected even in gracious defeat, the DGA would acclaim Deeds’ “bipartisan” nature. That isn’t what people voted for, or vote for. Bipartisanship is simply confusing to voters, and they will vote for the person with the clearer views, not the most bipartisan candidate.
If anything, it was Deeds’ attempt at bipartisanship that lost this race for him.
msnbc reporting:
christie: 49%
corzine: 44%
MSNBC reporting in VA younger voters and minority voters way down.
I hope someone is paying attention; that participation was the promise and hope of the last election.
Shocker; MSNBC projects Bloomberg NYC winner
Jane coming up on Rachel
Jane’s coming up on Rachel.
Jinks, fhm!
Live Stream from No On 1 HQ
total blast as numbers come in
NYTimes shows 15% counted in NY23. Owens 51 Hoffman 44.
They have 22% counted in Maine with No ahead 51-49.
Jnae was great.
O’Donnel on KO reprise doing live poll coverage
AP calling NJ for Christie.
NYC race calling has been pushed back in time as too close to call now
NY Times showing very limited returns favoring Owens but I don’t think St; Lawrence county will be able to report all #s tonight
NBC now calling NJ for Christie
AP also calling it for Christie.
I’m following NY23 on twitter. Most want Hoffman. Many references to ACORN. And, apparently, some machines malfunctioned in St.Lawrence county which the twits (tweeterers?) claim is a conservative county. Prepare for the conspiracy theories.
29% reporting; Owens still a strong 51-44 lead over Hoffman. Teabaggers didn’t intimidate enough voters?
Thing is, last I checked, Owens was winning big in St, Lawrence, and that’s Scozzafava’s home county.
I don’t know what to hope for in NY23. A repub that we can beat next time or a blue dog that might make dems think that’s the way to go?
Now I read the malfunction was in Fulton Co.
ME on question 1 28%
REJECT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAW
Yes 74802 50.51%
No 73292 49.49%
As I said earlier:
I’m following the ME tally. So far only 12% in. 53-47
My fear is that votes are coming in from the more liberal ME-01 district first, and then from rural ME-02. Not to say that ME-02 rural will vote wrong, but it might be close.
This seat probably won’t exist come 2012. New York is expected to lose at least a seat in the Census, and this seat will probably be consolidated. So you can savor the win over teabaggers guilt-free.
David whats your take on NJ race….Dem backlash or …?