Live Thread - Primary Elections in Pennsylvania & Arkansas - Watching the Key House Races

www.keyhouseraces.com | 18 May 2010 | InterceptPoint

[InterceptPoint]

There are already a couple of LIVE THREADS covering the overall PA primary election. But I don't see anything out there for the Arkansas, Kentucky and Oregon folks so we are going to post our normal live thread focusing on the Key House Races. In this weeks Primary Elections we see 2 competitive House Races in AR and 9 in PA. Plus there is the Special Election in PA-12 that we have been following. There is nothing looking very competitive to us in OR or KY.

So if you are just interested in how things are going across the board in PA here are the ongoing PA LIVE THREADS"

Primary election gets a slow start (Pennsylvania Primary Thread)

It's Primary Day In Pa.

For those of you who have been following the Key House Races here is our list of the competitive races in today's primaries.

District		Dem Primary Winner	R-Seats	Republican Incumbent or Challengers			Links to All State Races
		Or Incumbent		Main Challenger	Challenger	Challenger
AR	1	Open D (Berry)		Rick Crawford	Princella Smith		AR
AR	2	Open D (Snyder)		Tim Griffin	Scott Wallace		AR
PA	3	Kathleen Dahlkemper		Martha Moore	Mike Kelly	Ed Franz	PA
PA	4	Jason Altmire		Mary Beth Buchanan	Keith Rothfus		PA
PA	6	Dem Primary	Incumbent	Jim Gerlach			PA
PA	7	Open D (Sestak)		Pat Meehan			PA
PA	8	Patrick Murphy		Mike Fitzpatrick	Gloria Carlineo	Ira Hoffman	PA
PA	10	Chris Carney		Tom Marino	David Madeira	Malcolm Derk	PA
PA	11	Paul Kanjorski		Lou Barletta	Chris Paige		PA
PA	12	Special Election		Timothy Burns			PA
PA	12	Open D (Murtha)		Bill Russell	Timothy Burns		PA
PA	17	Tim Holden		Frank Ryan	Josh First	Dave Argall	PA

[InterceptPoint]

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[RedMDer]

FNC just announced Rand Paul the winner per AP.

[InterceptPoint]

This one might work for Oregon Primary results in a few hours:

Oregon2010PrimaryResults from OregonLive.com

[smoothsailing]

PA GOP: Mark Critz Illegally Campaigning Inside Polling Locations

[RedMDer]

A rat campaigning inside. What do you expect? They cheat and they lie and will do anything for power and the LSM will ignore if they can.

[randita]

Also this:

175 People Double Voted in One Precinct in PA-12

All Critz needs is some screw up like this and he'll tie the election up in court until November - if he loses.

[jazusamo]

Not much surprises me when Critz is a protege of Murtha, could this disqualify him?

[smoothsailing]

Critz spokeswoman Holly Shulman said. “These are nothing more than desperate attacks which we’ve seen from Tim Burns throughout this campaign.”

Oh sure Holly, you mindless twit, I suppose Burns forced Critz into the polling place at gunpoint.

[randita]

Polls just closed in PA. Predictions, anyone?

[novemberslady]

bkmk

[shield]

bfl

[randita]

Late-evening polling and turnout reports: ‘Calm’ in Philadelphia

[RedMDer]

But in Philadelphia, so critical to Senator Arlen Specter, turnout appeared to be as low as it was during the 2006 primary, if not lower. Staffers for the Committee of Seventy, a government watchdog group that closely watches the polls, were estimating that turnout might not even reach the 12 percent level from 2006. One Democratic operative had a different take, seeing a big boost late in the afternoon and into the evening.

A rat had a different take in the evening. They get close even if behind, they lie, cheat, steal, etc. whatever it takes to win. They will even shamefully drag it out in court. We need to win decisively.

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

Some results per Politco:

1% of precincts reporting
Specter 5,214 64%
Sestak 2,873 35%

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Just came by to give you a BUMP! :)

[randita]

PA -8:40 PM

Specter 56%
Sestak 44%

Toomey 82%
Luksik 18%

[randita]

Wow- now 59-40 Specter.

[RedMDer]

Well, it’s 1 % of a state wide. We will see. It does tell that a lot of a people just pull the D lever.

[fhayek]

I’m in.

[TitansAFC]

Ha ha ha!

Specter winning will completely piss-off the Democrat grassroots, eliminate the possibility of Specter as a Third-Party candidate, and he instantly starts 20 points down in the polls to Toomey.

Specter may not get his come-uppins tonight, but he will get them in November!