Today Is Election Dain Kansas, MIssouri and Michigan!

[Ethrane]

Be careful what you ask for...

I know a lot of MO Reps, and they are more afraid of McCaskill than Holden.

[Torie]

Precincts Reporting: 160 of 612 CANDIDATE VOTES %  
R-Kris Kobach 6628 39 % 
R-Patricia Lightner 2130 13 % 
R-Adam Taff 8063 48 % 

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

I voted for Holden, and I am scared because it looks like Claire will win. A shame, because while Blunt can beat Claire, he would have slaughtered Holden and safely delivered Missouri for Bush.

[AuH2ORepublican]

Yup, with all of Wyandotte County (KC) but only 1 precinct in Johnson County in (26% of total precincts in), Taff leads Kobach 48%-39%. Surprisingly, Kobach won Wyandotte 46%-42%, which hopefully is a harbinger of things to come later tonight.

[Missouri]

Its starting to look like Holden is out.

Ban on Gay Marriage is passing big.

No gambling boat in the Ozarks.

Russ Carnahan race in the 3rd District is close.

[Torie]

It did get tight. My guess if tight Kobach wins, this seat is a writeoff.

Precincts Reporting: 419 of 612 CANDIDATE VOTES %  
R-Kris Kobach 22972 43 % 
R-Patricia Lightner 6392 12 % 
R-Adam Taff 23859 45 % 

[Torie]

It looks like Taft has a lead of less than 100 votes with all precincts counted in Johnson and Wyandotte, but the 38 precincts in Douglas, which are U of Kansas precincts, still out (or at least I can't find them). Wow.

[Torie]

Taft up by 14 votes out of two counties by my math, to be exact.

[Bahbah]

Marriage Definition
Yes 59.4%
No 40.6%

Governor
Holden, Bob 55.1%
McCaskill, Claire 43.2%

Are things this volatile? Is this St. Louis City coming in?

[Torie]

Well my math appears to be wrong. Taft is down by 177 votes out of the two counties. It is all up to those 38 precincts in Douglas.

State Precincts Reporting: 574 of 612 CANDIDATE COUNTY VOTES COUNTY % STATE VOTES STATE % 
R-Kris Kobach 2274 46 % 33986 44 % 
R-Patricia Lightner 609 12 % 9140 12 % 
R-Adam Taff 2097 42 % 33809 44 % 

[Torie]

Your numbers are way out of date. Holden appears to have lost it.

Governor    Precincts Reporting 1903 of 3992 
Holden, Bob        DEM 204,945  44.4%  
McCaskill, Claire  DEM 242,179  52.4%  

[jerry639]

That poem is so funny. Laughed until I cried. Thanks for postin it.

[Torie]

Well, it appears that my previous math was right, and the website was wrong. LOL.

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Kris Kobach 36,450 44% 
Patricia Lightner 9,140 11% 
Adam Taff 36,464 45% 
574 of 612 precincts reporting
 

[rwfromkansas]

Taff ahead barely according to KWCH.com.

A nailbiter.

On another note....conservatives look like they have taken control of the state BOE.

[Diddle E. Squat]

I wonder if there is any historical analysis of how a party does in an election after tossing out their incumbent in a primary?

[rwfromkansas]

The rest is coming from Taff areas, right?

[Torie]

I thnk it is highly idiosyncratic. It has not worked out well in California when it happened.

[rwfromkansas]

conservatives are having a good night here....excepting the possible Kobach loss here.

[Torie]

I don't know. Are GOP voters in the liberal town of Lawrence, moderate Pubbies, or testosteroned conservative ideological student types who are going against the grain, and into ideology? And I don't know if the Taft challenger is appealing to college kids. I don't know. I really don't.

[rwfromkansas]

I would assume moderate since we are talking Douglas county here...not exactly a conservative friendly area.