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404 of 512 Precincts Reporting - 79%

Turner, Bob GOP 29,053 53%
Weprin, David Dem 25,555 47%

[TexasNative2000]

Dem talking point for 9/14:

"Actually, this was a lot closer than people expected. When you have a hotly contested race decided by single digits, there is really nothing that can be drawn from that tight an outcome."

Mark my words.

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405 of 512 Precincts Reporting - 79%

Turner, Bob GOP 29,064 53%
Weprin, David Dem 25,562 47%

[Dilbert San Diego]

I wonder why the returns were so slow to start coming in earlier tonight?

Then, they started coming in very quickly.

I wonder if they saw that the election was not close enough to try to manipulate the numbers?

Somebody once said that, if it’s not close, they can’t cheat. And that is true in elections. If you can get a big enough margin, then you will win with no protests, recounts, or lawsuits. It’s when there’s a narrow margin that shenanigans happen.

In a district which is 3-1 Democrat, clearly many Democrats abandoned their party.

I’m sure the White House will say that this was NOT any sort of referendum on Obama.