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11 Uncalled (Congressional) Races Remain as Democrats Pick Up California Seat
Roll Call Politics ^ | November 7, 2014 | Emily Cahn

Posted on 11/07/2014 1:12:15 PM PST by Clintonfatigued

In Arizona’s 2nd District, the Republican, retired Air Force Col. Martha McSally, saw her lead over Democratic Rep. Ron Barber diminish after officials counted more ballots Thursday. She leads Barber by a 363-vote margin, with about 17,000 ballots outstanding. That lead shrunk from the 1,293-vote margin McSally had after Election Day.

In California, six races remain uncalled. Each county has their own process to count ballots, and it could be at least a week before winnere are declared.

Republicans lead in two of those contests: •In the Sacramento-based 7th District, former Rep. Doug Ose leads Democratic Rep. Ami Bera by 2,183 votes, with many ballots still outstanding. That lead diminished Thursday, when he had a 3,011-vote lead. Around 40,000 votes remain to be counted.

•Little-known Republican Johnny Tacherra leads Democratic Rep. Jim Costa by 736 votes in the 16th District — a race not on the radar of any party operatives. It’s unclear whether there are enough outstanding votes for Costa to overcome that margin.

Democrats lead in the other four contests: •In the San Diego-based 52nd District, Democratic Rep. Scott Peters retook the lead from Republican Carl DeMaio after mail-in ballots came in Thursday. Peters now leads by 861 votes. That is a big swing from after Election Day, when DeMaio led Peters by a 752-vote margin. More votes are expected to come in Monday.

•In the 9th District, Democratic Rep. Jerry McNerney leads Republican Tony Amador by a 2,360-vote margin in another unexpectedly close race.

•Democratic Rep. Michael M. Honda leads Democratic attorney Ro Khanna in the Silicon Valley-based 17th District by more than 4,000 votes — a widening lead giving Khanna a slim path to victory. Honda is slated to make an announcement about the race at 1 p.m. EST.

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1 posted on 11/07/2014 1:12:15 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
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To: Clintonfatigued

Lots of ballots from Democratic strongholds.

Liberalism in Californistan has something to do with the water there.


2 posted on 11/07/2014 1:15:17 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Dems can always find uncounted ballots in car trunks or storage rooms in the event of close races.


3 posted on 11/07/2014 1:15:56 PM PST by Stevenc131
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun; LdSentinal; ExTexasRedhead; ...

In two more undecided House races,

CA-26 ‘Rat freshman Julia Brownley still leads state Assemblyman Jeff Gorell by 530 votes, but a number of votes remain uncounted.

NY-25 Longtime ‘Rat Louise Slaughter leads Gates Mayor Mark Assini by 582 votes. She has declared victory. Much of upstate New York trended Republican this year.


4 posted on 11/07/2014 1:16:23 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I thought McSally was leading by thousands.


5 posted on 11/07/2014 1:17:20 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: Clintonfatigued

Absentee ballots come in late.

If its a close race, they can swing a result.


6 posted on 11/07/2014 1:17:39 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Clintonfatigued
It is probably impossible for Col. Martha McSally to win in Arizona's 2nd district. Ron Barber the incumbent is a former aid and the successor to Gabby Giffords.
By making it close, McSally just gave them the opportunity to add in the graveyard vote. I would venture to say Barber will win by 2500 or so votes by the time they finish counting and recounting.
7 posted on 11/07/2014 1:19:53 PM PST by Tupelo (I am feeling more like Phillip Nolan by the day.)
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To: goldstategop

What water? We have none.


8 posted on 11/07/2014 1:23:41 PM PST by p. henry
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To: Clintonfatigued
Did she just deem herself to be the winner?

-PJ

9 posted on 11/07/2014 1:23:59 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: goldstategop
Liberalism in Californistan has something to do with the water there.

We are in luck then since they seem to have ran out of water.

10 posted on 11/07/2014 1:24:47 PM PST by itsahoot (Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

No doubt most late races will go to the Democrats as votes are magically found.


11 posted on 11/07/2014 1:27:57 PM PST by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: Clintonfatigued

That peter puffer Carl DeMaio (R) is going to lose in CA-52. They are now counting the provisional ballots. DeMaio goes down in more than one way. No loss.


12 posted on 11/07/2014 1:33:43 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: Clintonfatigued

My question is why would anyone give a shit about California. The electoral college ballots should just be pre printed with 52 in the commie column and let them send whatever martians they want to the house and senate. It will never be anything more than the land of the loony left.

Then tell them to leave the rest of us alone. They bore us.


13 posted on 11/07/2014 1:37:20 PM PST by Breto (Stranger in a strange land... where did America go?)
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To: Breto

I live in California. Fox news called the California gubernatorial election for Jerry Brown about 10 seconds after the polls closed. Voting here is like voting in North Korea. Electoral outcomes are preordained.


14 posted on 11/07/2014 1:42:08 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: Clintonfatigued

The longer Democrats have to count the ballots and make new ones, the better their chances of winning.


15 posted on 11/07/2014 1:42:50 PM PST by pallis
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To: Breto

There are some rising Republican stars in California. Newly elected state Senator Janet Nguyen of Santa Ana is one to watch.


16 posted on 11/07/2014 1:43:59 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
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To: forgotten man

This is a very deep Blue State.

Jerry Brown easily beat a RINO.

NO conservative is ever going to win in California again.

Ronald Reagan could not carry the state today.


17 posted on 11/07/2014 1:44:16 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Clintonfatigued
Rat Louise Slaughter ...
She's 83(?) years old, been in office 28 freakin' years, her hubbie died last year ... ... and I guarantee she got 99% of the seniors' vote.
18 posted on 11/07/2014 1:48:53 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven

Lady Slaughter, I’m ashamed to say, used to be my representative. Recall she was the one who was ready to “deem” Obamacare passed to avoid an up and down vote in the House.


19 posted on 11/07/2014 1:52:46 PM PST by Fair Paul
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To: oh8eleven

85. She was born in 1929.


20 posted on 11/07/2014 2:07:27 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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