Dems need six pick-ups to take back the Senate, and as of now, they appear to have three. CNN just declared Sheldon Whitehouse (D) the winner over Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R) in Rhode Island. This, in addition to Pennsylvania and Ohio, gives the Dems a net gain of three so far tonight. In other news: […]
NBC, ABC, and CBS have called three key Senate races: In Pennsylvania, Bob Casey (D) will defeat Sen. Rick Santorum (R). In Ohio, Sherrod Brown (D) will defeat Sen. Mike DeWine (R). And in New Jersey, Sen. Bob Mendendez (D) will stave off Tom Kean, Jr. (R). CNN, meanwhile, is calling Massachusetts’ gubernatorial race for […]
Two of those “harbinger” races that everyone’s been watching are Indiana’s 8th and 2nd, featuring two vulnerable GOP incumbents in a red state. In the 8th, incumbent Rep. John Hostettler (R) is up against challenger Brad Ellsworth (D); in the 2nd, Rep. Chris Chocola (R) is facing challenger Joe Donnelly (D). If Dems are going […]
The early results look good, but we haven’t gotten to any of the really competitive stuff yet. Bernie Sanders (I) will win Vermont’s open Senate seat (and will caucus with the Dems, who did not field a candidate against him). Sen. Richard Lugar (R) will keep his seat in Indiana (Dems didn’t field a candidate). […]
After 2004, getting excited about exit-poll results seems incredibly foolish, but I know there’s considerable interest, so here’s some of the not-so-secret data. When asked which issues were more important in voting, 62% said national issues, 33% said local. In a surprise, asked which specific issues were the most important, corruption was the most common […]
This will not be the last post of the day, but I had a few quick hits for readers anyway. * Right-wing talk-show host Laura Ingraham not only disagrees with Dems setting up a free voter-protection hotline, she apparently wants to use her audience to shut it down. She gave out the number on the […]
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I’ve been doing some research for an outside writing project about Maryland’s Republican Party and I’ve been amazed, literally astonished, by the state GOP’s willingness to … what’s the word I’m looking for … cheat. There are plenty of irregularities this year, and plenty of state GOP networks that disregard legal and ethical boundaries, but […]
Let’s see, it’s Tuesday afternoon on Election Day in the greatest democracy the world has ever known. How’s everything going? The FBI has opened an inquiry into voter suppression by supporters of Sen. George Allen (R-Va.). A poll worker in Kentucky was arrested after he was accused of “choking and pushing [a] voter out of […]
I was talking to a friend of a friend after the 2004 election who said international opinions of Americans dropped far more after Bush’s second presidential campaign than after his first. The guy, whose family is from India, told me that people around the world follow U.S. elections and were aware of the fact that […]