Election Results- post them here!

[cherry1111]

I am crushed about Beto. I mean, I figured, but it’s like when you buy that powerball ticket and you know you aren’t going to win but you start fantasizing about it and then you start to believe it is actually possible. We need term limits for Gov in TX because this guy has got to go.

[Pom]

Nov 9, 2022 8:22:14 GMT -5 timorousbeastie said:

It’s looking like dems flipped the Michigan House and Senate, meaning Governor, state House, and state Senate will all be led by Democrats for the first time in 40 years! That’s in addition to the voting rights act and abortion access proposals passing, too!

I just ran up town for an appt. The southeast sky was a beautiful pink with a rainbow and the northwest sky, blue with the other end of the rainbow. I am not kidding, I cried. Women and democracy and love won the day here. 💙

[hermione]

Nov 9, 2022 8:39:15 GMT -5 Pom said:

Nov 9, 2022 8:22:14 GMT -5 timorousbeastie said:

It’s looking like dems flipped the Michigan House and Senate, meaning Governor, state House, and state Senate will all be led by Democrats for the first time in 40 years! That’s in addition to the voting rights act and abortion access proposals passing, too!

I just ran up town for an appt. The southeast sky was a beautiful pink with a rainbow and the northwest sky, blue with the other end of the rainbow. I am not kidding, I cried. Women and democracy and love won the day here. 💙

I am amazed and, dare I say, a little bit hopeful.

[prettyinpearls]

Nov 9, 2022 8:22:14 GMT -5 timorousbeastie said:

It’s looking like dems flipped the Michigan House and Senate, meaning Governor, state House, and state Senate will all be led by Democrats for the first time in 40 years! That’s in addition to the voting rights act and abortion access proposals passing, too!

 I'm so excited about this! I also love seeing Whitmer, Nessel and Benson together; just something about Michigan being led by women is awesome. 

I see that Tudor Dixon hasn't conceded yet..SHOCKING. I'm sure she's working on "the election was rigged/stolen/a sham/whatever" script since D's are fully in power now.

[msmerymac]

Nov 9, 2022 1:45:04 GMT -5 goldengirlz said:

It’s been heartening to see abortion rights defended in Kentucky and Michigan (literal tears!) And exit polls suggest abortion played a significant role in the Fetterman victory and helping Evers in Wisconsin.

It doesn’t help women in red states (yet) but I’m glad everyone is seeing that threatening abortion rights can galvanize voters in key swing states.

Also to have stopgaps in PA and NC with Dem governors and no legislative supermajorities as both of those states are destinations for those in nearby states needing reproductive care.

[imimahoney]

Nov 9, 2022 8:15:42 GMT -5 aspentosh said:

Nov 9, 2022 8:01:23 GMT -5 imimahoney said:

Here is that lone "Dems will hold and possibly win" twitter guy. He said this is August, can't believe it might actually be true!

I don’t do twitter, but I have his feed up and was refreshing it over the last week because of someone (you?) sharing it. He has saved me some anxiety, that’s for sure. But to think he could actually be right?!! All my fingers are crossed.

Yep, that was me. I don't qctually follow him but he started showing up on my feed last week. Not sure why but I'm happy he did.

[5kcandlesinthewind]

Nov 9, 2022 8:29:15 GMT -5 beeks said:

Nov 8, 2022 22:45:48 GMT -5 biscoffcookies said:

They called New Hampshire Senate for Hassan. Please God let that hold. Her opponent was ODIOUS.

Her opponent lives down the street from me! THE WORST.

I am thrilled she won, because that guy was just appalling. But I am equally thrilled I don't have to see 1000 commercials every break for this race and the Chris Pappas race. (Who knew he was the second most important person in Congress after Nancy Pelosi?? Probably not even him!)

Very happy here in MA with our results.  I knew the margins wouldn't hold, but there was a moment when our current Congresswoman was beating the garbage candidate from our town 91%-9% and I screenshot it just in case things went south everywhere else.  (Looks like she'll beat her by ~50 points again this time. Still not enough!)

[niemand88f]

Nov 9, 2022 6:55:14 GMT -5 biscoffcookies said:

Also I am really bummed about Evan McMullin losing to Mike Lee. I hoped he could be a trailblazer as a way to show a potential way to address the immediate crisis that is the GOP - a more moderate Republican who can earn a coalition of Republicans, Dems, and Independents to kick out the extremists from safe red districts.

Same. I’m disappointed because Utah has had (and still has) some decent moderate Republicans, and people like to say Utah Republicans are different than Trump followers. But re-electing Lee, who tried to help Trump overturn the election, shows they’re not much different

Edit- at 55 to 41% it was closer than any of the house races in Utah, all four of those have 30-40%

[jene]

Nov 9, 2022 8:20:26 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

My house race (MN-2), which every pundit/pollster said was a toss-up and one of the most competitive in the country, Angie Craig (D) won by 5 points. She only won by 2 against the same opponent 2 years ago.

I was actually surprised people thought this was such a close race in the first place.

It's also looking like Ds shut out Rs in all state wide elections this year too. Gov, SoS, Auditor, and AG incumbents all have won re-election, even though AG and Auditor are really, really close and haven't been called yet. All votes have been counted so there might be a recount but it's not a big enough margin it'll end up differently. The R AG candidate would need to find something like 40,000 votes.

I also don’t understand why they’re not calling it, 100% of the results are in on the SOS website.

While I was less worried this year about the MN2 race, I was relieved when they called it. I did door knocking for her again this year and the energy was different. I’m happy the margin was as wide as it was.

[Pom]

[lucybrown]

Ron Johnson plans to declare victory at 10:00 a.m.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/08/wisconsin-midterm-election-2022-updates-how-to-vote-whos-on-ballot-polling-stations/69628225007/


Hold your horses asshole.

[AdaraMarie]

Boebert is still down but it is still too close to call, 49.4% to 50.6%, less than 4000 votes. The AP says 93% reporting but the local sites say 82% reporting.
I think it's going to drag out for quite a while and I think it will end up with an automatic recount but I am not super familiar with that rule.

[Pom]

Nov 9, 2022 8:54:27 GMT -5 lucybrown said:

Ron Johnson plans to declare victory at 10:00 a.m.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/08/wisconsin-midterm-election-2022-updates-how-to-vote-whos-on-ballot-polling-stations/69628225007/


Hold your horses asshole.

I don’t understand who looks at the loud racist, Russian asset and says “let’s re-elect him.” Fuck.

[konapoppy]

It looks like the neighboring town’s board of education position is going to a trumper by 23 votes 😬 I hope it isn’t final and at least there is a recount. Two dems (well technically non-partisan) appear to have split the vote.

[scm1011]

Nov 9, 2022 8:45:51 GMT -5 5kcandlesinthewind said:

Nov 9, 2022 8:29:15 GMT -5 beeks said:

Her opponent lives down the street from me! THE WORST.

I am thrilled she won, because that guy was just appalling. But I am equally thrilled I don't have to see 1000 commercials every break for this race and the Chris Pappas race. (Who knew he was the second most important person in Congress after Nancy Pelosi?? Probably not even him!)

Very happy here in MA with our results.  I knew the margins wouldn't hold, but there was a moment when our current Congresswoman was beating the garbage candidate from our town 91%-9% and I screenshot it just in case things went south everywhere else.  (Looks like she'll beat her by ~50 points again this time. Still not enough!)

I'm happy, too (if not surprised - the MA elections have felt pretty anticlimactic which I guess is a good thing). Fingers crossed Questions 1 and 4 end up passing.

[HitchedIn2006]

Nov 8, 2022 22:58:39 GMT -5 wildrice said:

Chuck Grassley was reelected in Iowa. He is 89 years old. He will be 95 when his term is over. What the heck?

The whole state makes me “what the heck?”. My only confession is Rob Sand was re-elected as auditor (he’s a dem). God 4 more years of Kim Reynolds. Going to be horrible for women and children.

[shauni27]

Nov 9, 2022 7:29:25 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Nov 9, 2022 1:07:22 GMT -5 gretchenindisguise said:

Locally things seem to have gone well. Mayor when to our sane and calm candidate.

@@school board

Our elementary school board election turned pretty gross last month with lots of lbgt hate being spewed. 3 challengers to 3 sitting members were campaigning on “education not activism.” It seems as though they have lost. 1 is close enough that I’m not quite ready to call it yet. Our secondary school board has been equally messy lately and again it seems like a solid call for 2/3 of the seats. The 3rd seat is within 300 votes so it’ll be interesting how that swings.

Breathing easier locally. Seemingly doing ok nationally. Whew. I was worried.

Some great trans state leg candidates won in places like MT, NH, and MN.

I doubt it will do much to curb the wave of hateful legislation and district level policies in a lot of places in the coming year but it makes me hopeful that we can mount an effective effort to defeat these people in the longer term and that the right has overplayed their hand with the level of vitriol they’ve directed toward trans kids.

I am friends with Jordan Applewhite here in NH and I am so excited to see what she can do in her new role!

Nov 9, 2022 8:29:15 GMT -5 beeks said:

Nov 8, 2022 22:45:48 GMT -5 biscoffcookies said:

They called New Hampshire Senate for Hassan. Please God let that hold. Her opponent was ODIOUS.

Her opponent lives down the street from me! THE WORST.

god I HATE Don Bolduc. H woke up this morning and immediately asked if he won (he was so nervous about it). He was thrilled when I told him no.

[eddy]

Nov 9, 2022 9:16:59 GMT -5 HitchedIn2006 said:

Nov 8, 2022 22:58:39 GMT -5 wildrice said:

Chuck Grassley was reelected in Iowa. He is 89 years old. He will be 95 when his term is over. What the heck?

The whole state makes me “what the heck?”. My only confession is Rob Sand was re-elected as auditor (he’s a dem). God 4 more years of Kim Reynolds. Going to be horrible for women and children.

Iowa is an absolute bloodbath. It is so disheartening to see all of these other states break through the noise and we somehow got worse. There is a lot of blame to go around, but the Iowa Dems get a good amount from me. It felt as if they just laid down and died. No GOTV. The messaging could have been pretty easy. They had a couple decent candidates, but nothing. We lost the treasurer and attorney general spots. Cindy Axne might lose her House spot. Unacceptable

I am so frustrated.

[Velar Fricative]

Nov 9, 2022 8:54:27 GMT -5 lucybrown said:

Ron Johnson plans to declare victory at 10:00 a.m.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/08/wisconsin-midterm-election-2022-updates-how-to-vote-whos-on-ballot-polling-stations/69628225007/


Hold your horses asshole.

I was thinking Barnes has a chance since so many outstanding votes are from Milwaukee County? 

[chilerellanos]

Nov 9, 2022 9:22:12 GMT -5 eddy said:

Nov 9, 2022 9:16:59 GMT -5 HitchedIn2006 said:

The whole state makes me “what the heck?”. My only confession is Rob Sand was re-elected as auditor (he’s a dem). God 4 more years of Kim Reynolds. Going to be horrible for women and children.

Iowa is an absolute bloodbath. It is so disheartening to see all of these other states break through the noise and we somehow got worse. There is a lot of blame to go around, but the Iowa Dems get a good amount from me. It felt as if they just laid down and died. No GOTV. The messaging could have been pretty easy. They had a couple decent candidates, but nothing. We lost the treasurer and attorney general spots. Cindy Axne might lose her House spot. Unacceptable

I am so frustrated.

And Nebraska…..

A month or so ago, when we were talking about Ben sasse, someone asked if the seat could flip, and I laughed. And someone told me how blue certain areas have gotten.

Yeah, I’m just gonna say, I live here and the state as a whole is just very very red.

[Velar Fricative]

If we lose the House, it'll be because of one guy: www.cmu.edu/ips/people/postdoctoral-fellows/jonathan-cervas.html

He served as NY's special master for redistricting after our highest court threw out our gerrymandered maps. Yes, gerrymandering is wrong, but it was about fighting fire with fire and gerrymandering gains made in R states could have been offset by gerrymandering gains here. Some of our seats will flip from D to R as a result, but the overall House margin will be low enough that NY's redistricting will have made the difference, more than likely.

[lust2hart]

Looks like Kris Kobach will be the AG in Kansas. Laura Kelly leads the Governor race by 0.5%.

ETA that I need to remember mail-ins can come as late as Monday, so it isn’t over yet. Fingers crossed.

[wildrice]

Nov 9, 2022 9:16:59 GMT -5 HitchedIn2006 said:

Nov 8, 2022 22:58:39 GMT -5 wildrice said:

Chuck Grassley was reelected in Iowa. He is 89 years old. He will be 95 when his term is over. What the heck?

The whole state makes me “what the heck?”. My only confession is Rob Sand was re-elected as auditor (he’s a dem). God 4 more years of Kim Reynolds. Going to be horrible for women and children.

Yeah - I don't know what happened to the Iowa I used to love. I don't live there anymore but still care very much for a lot of people in that state and I'm so frustrated at how backwards things are. Reynolds is terrible and the idea that an 89 year old is fit to represent anyone is absurd. 

[jinkies]

Sorry if someone already posted and I missed it, but I'm seeing that Pennsylvania has flipped the state House to Dem control for the first time in 30 years.

ETA: Wait, sorry that may have been premature. Still counting a few districts are very close. Trending toward flip but not final.

[mrsd2006]

Nov 9, 2022 9:37:49 GMT -5 lust2hart said:

Looks like Kris Kobach will be the AG in Kansas. Laura Kelly leads the Governor race by 0.5%.

ETA that I need to remember mail-ins can come as late as Monday, so it isn’t over yet. Fingers crossed.

That guy, again?!?? 


Looks like Walker/Warnock in GA will go to a run off. I cannot believe it was that close. 

[pixy0stix]

Nov 9, 2022 9:30:48 GMT -5 chilerellanos said:

Nov 9, 2022 9:22:12 GMT -5 eddy said:

Iowa is an absolute bloodbath. It is so disheartening to see all of these other states break through the noise and we somehow got worse. There is a lot of blame to go around, but the Iowa Dems get a good amount from me. It felt as if they just laid down and died. No GOTV. The messaging could have been pretty easy. They had a couple decent candidates, but nothing. We lost the treasurer and attorney general spots. Cindy Axne might lose her House spot. Unacceptable

I am so frustrated.

And Nebraska…..

A month or so ago, when we were talking about Ben sasse, someone asked if the seat could flip, and I laughed. And someone told me how blue certain areas have gotten.

Yeah, I’m just gonna say, I live here and the state as a whole is just very very red.

That was me. Certain areas ARE turning bluer. I never said NE would turn blue.

[plutosmoon]

Dems swept here in western MA, not surprised Richard Neal won reelection. Most of our races are decided in the primary so no surprises

In local news dem Tara Jacobs won a seat representing western MA, district 8, on the governor's council. She's local to me, and has been fantastic on our school committee. She was an upset win in the primary, and it was predicted she'd win against the Republican, but you never know. Generally western MA seats are won out of Springfield, so to have a Berkshire county representative is a nice change. It will be great to have her voice on the council.

[chilerellanos]

Nov 9, 2022 9:51:22 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Nov 9, 2022 9:30:48 GMT -5 chilerellanos said:

And Nebraska…..

A month or so ago, when we were talking about Ben sasse, someone asked if the seat could flip, and I laughed. And someone told me how blue certain areas have gotten.

Yeah, I’m just gonna say, I live here and the state as a whole is just very very red.

That was me. Certain areas ARE turning bluer. I never said NE would turn blue.

Sure, but when 60% of the state voted for the (shitty) R guy for governor, I think it’s safe to say sasse’s seat will remain red.

[Bad Dingo]

Elise Stefanik (R- Upstate NY) won again. She's such a monster.

CT went all Dem (5th Congressional District hasn't been called yet but it's looking like incumbent Jahana Hayes (D) will win) for the national races.

The ballot measure to allow early voting looks like it's 60% yes so that's also great news. Of course there's already an R lawsuit trying to stop it: ctmirror.org/2022/11/08/ct-early-voting-constitutional-amendment-lawsuit/

[StrawberryBlondie]

Nov 9, 2022 8:22:14 GMT -5 timorousbeastie said:

It’s looking like dems flipped the Michigan House and Senate, meaning Governor, state House, and state Senate will all be led by Democrats for the first time in 40 years! That’s in addition to the voting rights act and abortion access proposals passing, too!

It's looking like this will happen in MN too... But it's only the first time in like 8 years so not so monumental. But still super important.