2014 US Election Open Thread

[gilliam]

Polls in Arkansas close in 10 minutes, it is a Senate ‘battleground’ state. AKA ‘must win’ for Republicans

 

[estesbob]

Projections are that Democrat Tom Wolf will unseat Republican Tom Corbett in the Pennsylvania Governor’s race.

Fox has called it for Wolf also.More fallout from the Penn State abuse scandal

 

[gilliam]

NBC News Projects GOP Will Retain Control of House nbcnews.to/1vFJQbH

Duh!

By the way, what is happening is not that unusual for a mid term in the 2nd term of a president.

 

[Path_Finder]

(R) Tom Cotton projected to win Arkansas. CNN and Fox.

 

[gilliam]

CNN and Fox project Tom Cotton (R) will defeat Mark Pryor in Arkansas.

Reed(D) wins R.I.

Republicans have now gained two seats in the Senate. Republicans now need 4 more seats to take control of Senate.

Change in FiveThirtyEight’s projection model:

Each party’s chance of retaining or winning control.
DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS
20% …80%

Tom Wolf (D) wins election as governor of Pennsylvania.

 

[gilliam]

(R) Tom Cotton projected to win Arkansas. CNN and Fox.

First Iraq war vet in the Senate. This is a photo of Tom Cotton, serving in Iraq saving a kitten. t.co/rbbTsUiRY4

 

[gilliam]

Coons (D) wins Del.

ABC: News projects Democrat Shaheen will win Senate race in New Hampshire. NH is part of the ‘battleground’ but it was heavily predicted to say in Democratic hands.

Change in FiveThirtyEight’s projection model:

Each party’s chance of retaining or winning control.
DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS
26% …74%

Next battleground up NC (predicted to say Democratic)

all eyes now on North Carolina, Colorado and Iowa.

 

[EmeraldOak]

First Iraq war vet in the Senate. t.co/rbbTsUiRY4

:clapping: Good. We need more veterans in office.

 

[Theo520]

First Iraq war vet in the Senate. This is a photo of Tom Cotton, serving in Iraq saving a kitten. t.co/rbbTsUiRY4

A vet who saves kittens,
Pryor doesn’t have a prayer.

 

[gilliam]

Dem Dick Durbin wins re-election to the U.S. Senate in Illinois.

 

[gilliam]

Republicans win S.D. and Texas. Democrats win Mich.and Minn.

All expected

 

[Dawnia]

Sheehan (D) wins New Hampshire

 

[gilliam]

So far tonight, there have been 3 Republican pickups – and no pickups for Democrats – in the Senate

 

[estesbob]

Sheehan (D) wins New Hampshire

Everyone has called for Sheehan except Fox.

 

[GEddie]

Abbott, R, projected to replace Rick Perry as TX Gov.

ICXC NIKA

 

[DeniseNY]

Abbott, R, projected to replace Rick Perry as TX Gov.

ICXC NIKA

The only place I saw that was HuffPo. Is anyone else reporting it?

 

[Dawnia]

The only place I saw that was HuffPo. Is anyone else reporting it?

The AP is reporting an Abbott win.

 

[DeniseNY]

The AP is reporting an Abbott win.

Thanks. Also just saw it on Politico.

 

[gilliam]

The only place I saw that was HuffPo. Is anyone else reporting it?

AP is reporting it
politico.com/2014-election/results/map/governor/

 

[estesbob]

The only place I saw that was HuffPo. Is anyone else reporting it?

Fox called it for Abott