9/13/2011 Special Elections Live Thread

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[PapaBear3625]

AP is maintaining vote-count pages for both the NY special election and the Nevada special election for the US House

New York District 9, Weprin v Turner

Nevada District 2, Amodei v Marshall

[PMAS]

Apparently, Hillary did them a lot zoning favors, allowing the to have a complete hold over their neighborhood, so I am told from people who live near there.

[Gabz]

I was raised in Flatbush

So was I!

A wonderful neighborhood, and the heart of Brooklyn, at one point in history.

You got that right!

I've been gone a good long while, but it had started changing even before I left. Sad.

[rcrngroup]

Queens precinct results are slowing way down, and Weprin is ahead of Turner in Queens by 51/49$% -— looks like the demoRAT dead people votes are starting to come in.

[fretzer]

>64-32 for the GOP

Use the official NV secretary of state page. It’s more timely

http://www.silverstateelection.com/special.aspx

[rawhide]

11,670 Turner [R] 10,856 Weprin [D]

[eyedigress]

I saw this somewhere. If Brooklyn and Queens go GOP, Obama is flat dog toast. As well he should be.

[OddLane]

I'm waiting to see which way the Indian country goes.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Woohoo! Shall we celebrate already? :-)

[perfect_rovian_storm]

I did for a number of years. It taught me that I didn’t need the city, so I moved somewhere less expensive with lower taxes, more freedom, and better weather.

My mother is moving down with us from Manhattan and as soon as that’s done, I’ve told everyone that I’m only returning to NY for funerals.

[comebacknewt]

AP: FLASH: AP is not ready to call this race yet.

That always means their projections show the GOP candidate winning.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

I have ancestors from Brooklyn, back in the 1820s or so, when it was mostly Dutch. I have a couple of letters referring fondly to the old neighborhoods there.

[TonyInOhio]

From one of the Politico jerk's Twitter feed:

Turner's people have informal numbers from more than half of the precincts that make them extremely confident.

[kalee]

LOL

[GonzoGOP]

1/3 in. Up 4%

Might not be enough. The general rule is that the Dems can cheat up 5%. If it is closer than that they will "Find" the necessary votes.

[Tribune7]

The Twitter Republicans seem very confident of a Turner win.

[tatown]

Love it!

[Palladin]

lookin’ good for Turner:

U.S. House – District 9 – Special General

163 of 512 Precincts Reporting – 32%

Name Party Votes Vote %
Turner, Bob GOP 10,977 52%
Weprin, David Dem 9,932 47%
Hoeppner, Christopher SWP 66 0%

[Palladin]

So true!

[TonyInOhio]

This is really, really exciting for us way out here in Ohio. :)

Another Ohioan on board tonight!

Congrats on your son's bronze Star - I think I remember when he was preparing to deploy. Military FReeper kids get regular prayers from me.

[Antoninus]

Unfortunately, this one is close enough to steal. So steal it, they will.