Election results!

[tanaqui]

Use this post to talk about the results.

Are there any (unexpectedly) good results in your district or state? Or in districts where you've been volunteering though organisations like Swing Left or Sister District? Are there any results you're excited about for candidates outside your district that you've been following/donating to (perhaps from the various slates we've posted)?

Share the squee or commiserate about near misses!

(Posted early because I'm out for the evening and want to make sure this is ready for when you need it!)

Comments

[kore]

Really good turnout here so far! https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Voter-turnout-surges-US-King-County-almost-half-13364385.php

[cadenzamuse]

No results, but today is my birthday, so I've been encouraging people to show me voting selfies or tell me when they voted as my birthday present today. I'm not sure whether it has GOTV, but it has at least made my birthday less a mess of election result nerves.

[rydra_wong]

This is genius.

[juliet316]

No results yet, but I did get out to vote early this morning.

[kore]

Cable news election night bingo, with Sad Ted Cruz as a free square: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/06/midterms-bingo-card-cnn-trump-news-alerts-beto-orourke-game

[lynnenne]

LMAO! As someone who has sat through way too many press conferences, "20-minute shot of empty podium" has to be my favourite.

[jjhunter]

Since apparently at least two of you really want to know the outcomes for all 40+ candidates I donated $10 to, I'm going to organize this by starting a separate comment thread for each slate, with a subthread for each individual candidate.

If you happen to learn the outcome of any of these races before I do, please don't hesitate to reply to the relevant subthread to let us all know! I plan on going to bed early.

[tanaqui]

Thank you for doing this! I'm sure a lot of people are interested in (some of the) candidates on these slates and will want to talk about them.

The Great Slate

[jjhunter]

Tech Solidarity's 'The Great Slate' - 13 candidates

Re: The Great Slate - Alyse Galvin - AK CD-00 - Federal

[jjhunter]

Alyse Galvin - AK CD At-Large - Federal

Give Smart

[jjhunter]

Data for Progress' 'Give Smart' slate - 8 candidates

Re: Give Smart - Wade Carlisle - AZ SD-06 - State

[jjhunter]

Wade Carlisle - AZ SD-06 - State

Give Smart 2, Every District

[jjhunter]

Data for Progress' 'Give Smart 2, Every District - 8 candidates

Re: Give Smart 2, Every District - Jennifer Jermaine - AZ HD-18 - State

[jjhunter]

Jennifer Jermaine - AZ HD-18 - State

Give Smart 3: LaunchProgress

[jjhunter]

Data For Progress' 'Give Smart 3: LaunchProgress - 6 candidates

Re: Give Smart 3: LaunchProgress - Mallory McMorrow - MI SD-13 - State

[jjhunter]

Mallory McMorrow - MI SD-13 - State

Give Smart 6: Run For Something and Future Now

[jjhunter]

Data for Progress' 'Give Smart 6: Run For Something and Future Now - 8 candidates

Re: Give Smart 6: Future Now - Domingo DeGrazia - AZ HD-10 - State

[jjhunter]

Domingo DeGrazia - AZ HD-10 - State

[gingicat]

40% turnout in at least one Massachusetts location.

[rosied]

Just had an email from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee saying that Elizabeth Warren has been re-elected. Yay!!

KRIS KOBACH LOSES

[kore]

Kris Kobach, the horrible racist guy who came up IIRC with the disenfranchising matching registration bullshit, has LOST to Laura Kelly for the governorship of Kansas.

I grew up in New Mexico so I am THRILLED there is a new woman Democratic governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham.

And Sharice Davids has just made history as "the first Native American woman to serve in Congress — a distinction she was expected to share with New Mexico’s Deb Haaland, who was also heading to victory Tuesday night — and the first openly LGBT person to represent the state of Kansas." Great story here: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article221156115.html

Also of great personal satisfaction, the county clerk in Kentucky who famously denied marriage licenses to same-sex couples – has lost to Democratic challenger Elwood Caudill Jr., who was one of the gay men she denied a license to.

THE NEW SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE WILL BE NANCY PELOSI (AGAIN) YEEEEEEEEEEEEAH

Greg Sagan - TX CD-13 - Federal

[jjhunter]

Donated to his campaign outside of any particular slate due to the wonderful articles rydra_wong linked in their post Bless this dude, such as Splinter News: The Loneliest Democrat in America.

Here's hoping he does well in his race to represent literally the the most Republican congressional district in America.

Re: Greg Sagan - TX CD-13 - Federal

[rydra_wong]

He got 16.9%:

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/texas-house-district-13

Which I feel is, under the circumstances, a fine showing. That's 1 in 6 voters! And those voters will still be there in two years ...

Andrew Gillum concedes in Florida

[kore]

I'm heartbroken but he is giving a great speech, WHICH MSNBC JUST CUT AWAY FROM, BECAUSE THEY THINK I WANT TO WATCH BRIAN WILLIAMS INSTEAD. WTFFFFFFFF. He is so terrible! Just let Maddow do it!

In my state of WA, Maria Cantwell v Susan Hutchison is too early to call. //CHEWS ON NAILS

Re: Andrew Gillum concedes in Florida

[rydra_wong]

https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1060545135480594432

This is wild. The Florida race might be within the margin to trigger an automatic recount (and nope, the fact that Gillum conceded has no legal implications).

Democrat Jared Polis wins Colorado governor race

[kore]

CO has just elected the nation's first openly gay governor! https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/jared-polis-colorado-gay-governor/index.html

Re: Democrat Jared Polis wins Colorado governor race

[kore]

Also Democratic governor results in Oregon and California! (GO GAVIN GO) Dems have net gain of 20 house seats so far. I'm going to be really really interested in the outcomes of the gubernatorial and other state races.

[aurumcalendula]

I'm not sure if this is unexpected, but I'm extremely glad that the guy who used to be my representative is not my new senator!
Also, my district's new state senator is apparently the first openly LGBT member of my state's senate.

[kitajmaze]

FUCK that Steve King guy and the entire state who voted for his racist, homophobic, anti-semitic ass.

[rydra_wong]

But! Scholten fought a fucking fantastic race, and he ain't out of politics:

https://twitter.com/Scholten4Iowa/status/1060043798900826115

[lyr]

Lizzie Panill Fletcher is going to be my new rep in the US House, so that's awesome. But then there's Beto to grieve over, so I have some conflicted feelings tonight.

[gingicat]

Governor’s race in Georgia is too close to call. https://apnews.com/408de7504f57429497df82a5bd52a35d

Massachusetts:
Charlie Baker (R) re-elected governor.
Otherwise the Dems took it.
https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2018/11/06/massachusetts-election-results-2018
Yes on 3 (preserving protections for transgendered people) won.

Squeeeeeee!

[chanter1944]

Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes are the next governor and lieutenant governor, respectively, of Wisconsin! :d :D :D Josh Kaul is attorney general, and Sarah Godlewski is our treasurer! And we keep our excellent secretary of state, and Baldwin as Senator. :D!

Re: Squeeeeeee!

[momijizukamori]

Congrats on kicking the pile of garbage that is Scott Walker to the curb! I have friends in WI who are overjoyed right now at this.

[cadenzamuse]

Ohio state races all went R. ;_;

Locally, however, we flipped three judges blue, including one whom I feel partially responsible for (and the county recorder red).

ballot initiative wins

[redbird]

Both the ballot initiatives I made calls for—Yes on 3, to keep trans rights here in Mass., and Yes on 4 to restore 1.4 million Floridians' voting rights—passed.

That's both good news objectively, and satisfying in terms of my work being rewarded. I don't like phone banking, but lots of data show it helps, so...

[momijizukamori]

I'm so happy 3 passed here - I've been reminding friends and coworkers about it but Cannot with phones so I just threw money instead.

[rydra_wong]

Lucy McBath has won!

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/handel-concedes-mcbath-wins-georgia-6th

This is a piece about her from the spring:

Mother Jones: A White Man Shot and Killed Her Only Son. Now Lucy McBath Is Running So It Doesn’t Happen to Anyone Else.

ETA: And she won Newt Gingrich's old seat!

[kore]

Oh, I missed this one. There are A LOT of wonderful win stories out there.

[rydra_wong]

Washington Post: GOP Rep. Lewis once complained that men couldn’t call women ‘sluts.’ He just lost his seat to a woman.