[Scott from the Left Coast]

Illbay is right.

It's plus 3 in the Senate with LA still in play for plus 4.

But Thune isn't out of the woods yet. That 2,000 vote margin has held steady, but not budged upward (like Talent and Coleman have in the later going) one bit. If Thune jumps up even a little, this late, then he's in.

[Tree of Liberty]

Thune's election won't be certain for at least a couple hours. The secretary of state had to have a computer chip driven up from Nebraska to repair a malfunctioning tabulation machine. About 6,000 votes won't be counted until then.