Posted on 05/18/2010 3:15:17 PM PDT by 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)
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 | |
No he will get them along the way on his journey to November.
It may be his just rewards, but at the same time, some of his behavior is worry-some.....
Some people maintain their dem registrations just to make sure the “beatable” dem wins in cases like this...
go spector go! hahaha
U.S. Senate - Dem Primary
May 18, 2010 - 08:54PM ET
Pennsylvania - 513 of 9233 Precincts Reporting - 6%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Specter , Arlen (i) Dem 30,934 58%
Sestak , Joe Dem 22,242 42%
U.S. Senate - GOP Primary
May 18, 2010 - 08:54PM ET
Pennsylvania - 349 of 9233 Precincts Reporting - 4%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Toomey , Pat GOP 3,900 80%
Luksik , K. Peg GOP 995 20%
Ughh Critz ahead to start with 500 votes in.
Anyone got any results for PA-12 Special election the PA website isn’t showing anything
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| U.S. Senate Democratic Primary | |||
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| Blanche Lincoln (D / Inc.) | 6,601 | 53% | |
| Bill Halter (D) | 4,870 | 39% | |
| D.C. Morrison (D) | 983 | 8% | |
| U.S. Senate Republican Primary | |||
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| John Boozman (R) | 2,205 | 48% | |
| Gilbert Baker (R) | 873 | 19% | |
| Jim Holt (R) | 674 | 15% | |
| Curtis Coleman (R) | 302 | 7% | |
| Conrad Reynolds (R) | 265 | 6% | |
| Kim Hendren (R) | 117 | 3% | |
| Randy Alexander (R) | 99 | 2% | |
| Fred Ramey (R) | 40 | 1% | |
Just reported that Specter reserved a small ballroom, decorated with American flags and balloons. Other than that, it is currently empty.
What’s reporting so far seems like Philadelphia precincts and Specter is killing Sestak there. Sestak has a lot of ground to make up in the rest of the state. Philadelphia is as liberal a city as there is and if Sestak can’t at least break even there, then he has an uphill climb.
Sestak represents a district in suburban Philly, so he would have name recognition in the city. It’s not like he’s an unknown from Altoona or someplace in the hinterlands of PA. (No offense intended for you Altoonians out there, but you really are in the middle of nowhere-but you probably like it that way.)
Can anybody tell me where I can find the returns for the special election in the 12th District. Strangely, the Pennsylvania Secretary of State site is showing this as a primary (?)
Hank
http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/
Pennsylvania Election Returns site that you posted is great. I’m watching it. Thanks.
Dems LOVE traitors. Traitors to country, traitors to party... makes no diff. It won’t surprise me at all if Mr. “Not proven” wins tonight.
About 10% reporting so far and 50/50.
15.94% reporting:
Specter retakes the lead, 50.5-49.5.
2010 Special Election for the 12th Congressional District
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Unofficial Results
*** 17 out of 593 Districts (2.87%) Reporting Statewide ***
Representative in Congress
12th Congressional District
Candidate Votes Percent
CRITZ, MARK S. (DEM)
4,046 60.5%
BURNS, TIM (REP)
2,495 37.3%
AGORIS, DEMO (LIB)
145 2.2%
PA website just crashed - LOL.
The next 6 months could be fun.
Rep turnout has to be 20% or so better. Excited voters. No actual counts as to turnout yet.
PA vote totals are heavier in Philly, Spector territory. I feel pretty good about Sestak pulling it out but also have mixed emotions. Specter would be easier to beat in november.
MHO
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