Ohio Special Election Results: 12th Congressional District

nyt ^ | 08/07/2018 | self

[SpeedyInTexas]

Live Election Results: Troy Balderson (Republican) vs Danny O’Connor (Democrat)

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/07/us/elections/results-ohio-special-house-election-district-12.html

Polls close at 7:30pm ET

[over3Owithabrain]

Yup. Trump is fighting his balls off for a Party that doesn’t even want him.

[basalt]

EXACTLY. low turn out...why bother to vote when in 3 months theres the real election...this is a dumb election.

[entropy12]

That would be true only if ALL voters were as intelligent as you. But sadly most people get their news from TeeVee, so I am happy, we are still in business.

[PA Engineer]

Thanks for the link.

[Parley Baer]

“Yup. Trump is fighting his balls off for a Party that doesn’t even want him.”

Is that not the truth.

[JerseyDvl]

Thanks Speedy! I came here for some glass half full posts.

[11th_VA]

MNJohnnie - good analysis

[4Liberty]

[Right_in_Virginia]

Bill Mitchell....Is Franklin holding their last 7% to see how many OConner needs to win?

49.7 to 49.7

[mrsmith]

Ah! In that vein...
Dave Wasserman‏Verified account @Redistrict · 2m2 minutes ago
If Danny O'Connor (D) had Joe Manchick (G)'s 1,037 votes, it might be a different story right now. #OH12

[Lazamataz]

88%

Candidate Votes % of Votes
Troy Balderson (R) 89,666 49.99%
Joe Manchik (G) 1,056 0.59%
Danny O’Connor (D) 88,635 49.42%
Total Votes Cast 179,357

Razor thin for Troy

Grand Theft Auto 5 is awful! I hate popcorn! Pots that have lost nonstick surface are useless!

[Jane Long]

KaSick should be irrelevant.

Folks should be ashamed of themselves for even considering the socialist party.

[SMGFan]

please

50%
Troy Balderson
GOP
89,666

49.4%
Danny O’Connor
Dem
88,635

[longsufferingjetsfan]

Still feeling good about this. We’re not as ahead in Delaware as we should be but it will still come through in the beginning. Trump rallying the troops likely helped us edge out the W

[edh]

“A special election in one district, this close! doesn’t prove anything no matter who wins it. Good night!”

It just proves that you can make anything close with piles and piles of money ... that’s what this all comes down to.

[Lazamataz]

Troy in the lead with 1000 votes...

[over3Owithabrain]

You really have the best complaints

[JPJones]

Balderson takes the lead!

Seems like that should be said in a Howard Coselle voice

[SE Mom]

That’s just soooo cynical.

And true.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

If the trend holds the Rat gets 3000 more votes than the GOP guy in Eat area and GOP guy gets 7900 more votes that rat guy 8n GOP area..

My prediction is 3500-4000 win...not counting busting in the drinks and mental ward residents at last minute in Franklin County.