thisfinecrew | Election results!

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

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.

This is genius.

Birthday voting solidarity! (Mine was last week, but early voting pretty please for my bday still counts. :D)

I got the idea from you! (And then embellished with cute toddler in a "future voter" shirt pictures to encourage people.)

*thumbs up*

Excellent idea.

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

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

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

Unfortunately he fucking won. BUT WE TOOK THE HOUSE, thank G-d.

WOO HOO! Finally, something to celebrate.

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.

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.

Help, help! I could really use some assistance looking up all the remaining outcomes for these candidates (30some races).

Yes please! I did something similar (donated small amounts to what turned out to be a large number of people) altho not systematically and I'd be interested in what you did.

Help, help! I could really use some assistance looking up all the remaining outcomes for these candidates (30some races).

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

Edited 2018-11-06 23:09 (UTC)

Alyse Galvin - AK CD At-Large - Federal

Lost, alas: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-alaska-elections.html

Jessica Morse - CA CD-04 - Federal

https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/local/mcclintock-defeats-morse-for-4th-district-house-seat/

Diane Mitsch Bush - CO CD-03 - Federal

https://www.aspentimes.com/news/tipton-defeats-mitsch-bush-in-3rd-district-race/

Karen McCormick - CO CD-04 - Federal

https://www.greeleytribune.com/news/congressman-ken-buck-beats-karen-mccormick-to-win-third-term/

JD Scholten - IA CD-04 - Federal

But staying in politics, hell yeah:

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

He ran a fantastic race.

Jared Golden - ME CD-02 - Federal

They're still counting! *bites nails*

*also chewing nails* I was so hoping at least one of the Great Slate would win through.

Between the protest I just went to tonight and my trip out of state the next three days, not sure when I’ll next have time to pick up checking outcomes - thank you for all the ones you’ve checked so far!

I was so hoping at least one of the Great Slate would win through.

Me too! I know they all started out as longshots, but I think it'll be sheer bad luck if they don't get one -- they put up some really spectacular fights.

Looks like the ranked-choice voting count is still ongoing with a potential lean to Golden? *bites nails some more*

https://bangordailynews.com/2018/11/09/politics/exit-polling-gives-golden-an-edge-in-2nd-district-ranked-choice-count-see-each-candidates-road-to-victory/

Edited 2018-11-13 02:33 (UTC)

HE MADE IT HE MADE IT HE MADE IT!

https://twitter.com/mikememoli/status/1063124205225607171
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/maine-house-district-2

\o/ \o/ \o/

HOLY SHIT Yessssssssssssssssss!!!!!

I’m so glad someone from the Great Slate made it through! :D :D :D

Thank you for the heads up; this just made my week.

I had to come and tell you as soon as I saw!

And it’s really clear he won because there was ranked voting, which is one of those civic reforms like universal pre-K that I am very passionate about.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeee *flaps hands in ineffable delight*

Kyle Horton - NC CD-07 - Federal

Race has been called. David Rouzer (R, incumbent) beat Kyle Horton (D), 55.7% to 42.7% as of 11pm EST.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2018/nov/06/midterm-elections-2018-live-results-latest-winners-and-seats?CMP=results_blog

Tracy Mitrano - NY CD-23 - Federal

https://eu.ithacajournal.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/07/ny-23-election-results-tom-reed-tracy-mitrano-congress/1896127002/

"Historic turnout", though.

Dana Balter - NY CD-24 - Federal

https://www.syracuse.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/11/john_katko_on_close_race_with_dana_balter_were_very_humbled_by_this_victory.html

Lost, but close enough to make her opponent feel "humbled", apparently.

Theresa Gasper - OH CD-10 - Federal

Race has been called. Mike Turner (R, incumbent) beat Theresa Gasper (D), 56% to 42.1% as of 11pm EST.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2018/nov/06/midterm-elections-2018-live-results-latest-winners-and-seats?CMP=results_blog

As someone who lives in OH-10, I think we did great considering that this district is drawn as basically how do we keep Dayton from getting a Democrat representative. To the point that Mike Turner hasn't held a town hall or anything open to all constituents in literal years.

I'm hoping Ohio's redistricting reform will change this in another 4 years.

Susan Moran Palmer - OH CD-16 - Federal

Race has been called. Anthony Gonzalez (R) beat Susuan Moran Palmer (D), 56.7% to 43.3% as of 11pm EST.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2018/nov/06/midterm-elections-2018-live-results-latest-winners-and-seats?CMP=results_blog

Jess King - PA CD-11 - Federal

Edited (fixed district typo) 2018-11-07 04:07 (UTC)

Race has been called. Lloyd Smucker (R, incumbent) beat Jess King (D) 57.8% to 42.2% as of 11pm EST.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2018/nov/06/midterm-elections-2018-live-results-latest-winners-and-seats?CMP=results_blog

Shireen Ghorbani - UT CD-02 - Federal

Lost: https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900040757/democratic-challenger-shireen-ghorbani-concedes-in-utahs-district-2-race-to-rep-chris-stewart.html

Edited (Correct title.) 2018-11-08 15:40 (UTC)

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

Wade Carlisle - AZ SD-06 - State

Tammy Story - CO SD-16 - State

Janet Cruz - FL SD-18 - State

It's going to a recount!

http://floridapolitics.com/archives/280643-janet-cruz-declares-victory-dana-young-says-not-so-fast

Nancy Fett - IA HD-57 - State

Alberta Griffin - MI HD-61 - State

Kristin Bahner - MN HD-34B - State

She won! \o/

https://ballotpedia.org/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_District_34B

James Gaughran - NY SD-05 - State

He won and the Dems now have complete control of the state legislature!

http://www.liherald.com/longbeach/stories/james-gaughran-captures-5th-sd-helping-to-give-dems-control-of-state-senate,108928

Julie Henszey - WI SD-05 - State

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

Jennifer Jermaine - AZ HD-18 - State

This one's a win. (source) Both Dem candidates for that district won, in fact

Edited (eta citation) 2018-11-13 17:38 (UTC)

Rosemary Bayer - MI SD-12 - State

Poppy Sias-Hernandez - MI SD-34 - State

Allison Russo - OH HD-24 - State

Casey Weinstein - OH HD-37 - State

Sharon Sweda - OH SD-13 - State

Sara Johnson Rothman - PA HD-151 - State

Claudette Williams - PA HD-176 - State

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

Edited 2018-11-06 23:12 (UTC)

Mallory McMorrow - MI SD-13 - State

https://ballotpedia.org/Mallory_McMorrow

Erica McAdoo - NC HD-06 - State

https://ballotpedia.org/Erica_McAdoo

Edited 2018-11-13 19:00 (UTC)

Jessica Miranda - OH HD-28 - State

https://ballotpedia.org/Jessica_Miranda

Taylor Sappington - OH HD-94 - State

https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2018

Paul Bradley - OH SD-10 - State

https://ballotpedia.org/Paul_Bradley

Louise Valentine - OH SD-19 - State

https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio_State_Senate_elections,_2018

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

Domingo DeGrazia - AZ HD-10 - State

https://www.abc15.com/election-results

Jennifer Pawlik - AZ HD-17 - State

https://www.abc15.com/election-results
Down by less than 50 votes right now

Laurie Pohutsky - MI HD-19 - State

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-michigan-elections.html by the smallest sliver!

Ron Wesson - NC HD-01 - State

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-north-carolina-elections.html

Sydney Batch - NC HD-37 - State

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-north-carolina-elections.html

Melanie Levesque - NH SD-12 - State

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-new-hampshire-elections.html

Lauren Friedman - OH SD-29 - State

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-ohio-elections.html

Jennifer O’Mara - PA HD-165 - State

https://ballotpedia.org/Jennifer_O'Mara

40% turnout in at least one Massachusetts location.

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

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

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.

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 ...

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

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).

Maria Cantwell won! https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/maria-cantwell-posts-significant-early-lead-over-susan-hutchison-in-u-s-senate-race/

SO EXCITED about the FL/GA races. OMG.

Democrat pulls ahead in Arizona Senate race

According to the Arizona Secretary of State website, Sinema now leads McSally by a little over 2000 votes.

Sinema: 914,243 — 48.91%
McSally: 912,137 — 48.80%https://t.co/FNfqys0v0z

It’s still too soon to know who will ultimately prevail. Earlier in the day, McSally had 856,848 votes (49.37%), while Sinema had 839,775 votes (48.39%), according to the Arizona Republic.

So that would be Tester, Manchin (ugh), Rosen in NV, and HOPEFULLY Sinema. And maybe a recount in Florida for Nelson. And this when "According to FiveThirtyEight, Democrats faced the most unfavorable Senate map in 2018 that any party has ever faced in any election."

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

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.

POLIS MAH MAN! Ah yeah.Between this and the House results, looks like we don't have to move to Canada just yet. I hope.

AND Massachusetts affirms transgender protections!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2018/nov/06/us-midterms-elections-2018-latest-live-polls-news-updates-donald-trump-republicans-democrats?page=with:block-5be268e6e4b0e3827e155ba1#block-5be268e6e4b0e3827e155ba1

In the first statewide referendum on transgender rights, Massachusetts voters on Tuesday beat back a repeal attempt and reaffirmed a 2016 law extending nondiscrimination protections to transgender people, including their use of public bathrooms and locker rooms, the AP reports:

Supporters of the law had feared a vote to repeal would prompt a wave of similar efforts to roll back protections in other states. Already, some protections at the federal level are under threat from President Donald Trump’s administration.

“When transgender rights are being threatened nationally, we absolutely must preserve the rights we have secured at the state level,” said Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.

Dare we hope humanity has not yet lost it's fucking mind.

I think it's a pretty fucking big blue wave. Not a blue tsunami, which was kinda unfair of the media to hype, and a lot of the long-shot very publicized races (Beto, others) didn't work out for Dems, but this is AMAZING, in terms of how many votes are needed to flip this many seats while taking all the fucking gerrymandering into account. I'm not ecstatic, but I think this is a very very very good result. There's also a lot of flipping going on in gubernatorial and state senate races, I think.

I mean, yesterday people were going "It might all come down to California!" (in an obvious echo of 2016 and how many pop votes Hillary got there) "We might not know for a MONTH if the house depends on CA!" and they've already flipped a big majority in the house and the CA polls haven't even closed yet. That such a big flip happened so quickly, despite the gerrymandering and without CA, is a huge thing.

And I mean there's something like 76K votes separating Gillum and his opponent. That is pretty fucking amazing And there was still disenfranchisement going on, in FL and GA. Stacey Abrams supporters are saying don't give up with like 99% of the vote in because there still could be a statistical chance of a runoff. There have been losses, yeah, but close ones. At least one runoff already happening (GA). The difference in the Walker race right now is I think 7K votes!

....meanwhile MSNBC has the white male conservative asswipe who keeps dominating the conversation and going "NO BLUE WAVE! NO BIG WIN!" and "exurban!" every five minutes and Andrea Mitchell is literally sitting there looking at her phone because he won't let anyone else talk. It's a pretty diverse panel (two white women, two black guys) and this white guy is STILL BABBLING. ...oh wait no, Tom Brokaw just replaced one of the white guys. WTF is he still doing up at this hour.

Edited 2018-11-07 05:35 (UTC)

Yeah, this is fucking awesome. We were never gonna take the Senate, despite the WAVE hype. It would have had to be tsunami like you said, and that was dumb hype.

Oh, Tom. I am old enough to remember when Brokaw his buds did news. With no commentary. Just fucking news. I don't know how this guy even looks at today's news broadcasters with a straight face. I watched mostly CNN, but even they were OMG NOW TRUMP WILL PAYYY! Which, ok, yes yay, but dude. NEWS. JUST GIVE ME NEWS. I can come to DW to squee! /get off my lawn.

AHAHAHA, my dad was a news writer/reporter and worked with Jennings and would sit there and analyze the Big Three network anchors with me and it was pretty fascinating. He was just flabberghasted at what news had turned into.

Meanwhile a NINETY-THREE VOTE DIFFERENCE in MN, holy fucking shit. There are a LOT of close races.

"The Alaska house race!" the MSNBC guy says with totally forced enthusiasm. Heh, I bet they want to just go home and go to bed.

I admit. Tom was my fave. I had a crush. I was a weird kid.

It's all over but the beer, dudes, go home.

I loved Peter Jennings. Mostly because he was Canadian. :D

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.

Edited 2018-11-07 05:35 (UTC)

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

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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).

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...

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.

My partner

cattitude couldn't deal with calling/talking to strangers either. So he appointed himself as my support: I talked to people, and he told me "well done" and supplied a home-cooked dinner. And money is useful too.

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!

Edited 2018-11-08 15:02 (UTC)

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

Oh, I missed this one.

It was only declared very late on.

And my god, she's hit the ground running:

https://twitter.com/LucyWins2018/status/1060639467084660741

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

Election results!

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The Great Slate

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

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

Re: The Great Slate - Jessica Morse - CA CD-04 - Federal

Re: The Great Slate - Jessica Morse - CA CD-04 - Federal -- Lost

Re: The Great Slate - Diane Mitsch Bush - CO CD-03 - Federal

Re: The Great Slate - Diane Mitsch Bush - CO CD-03 - Federal -- Lost

Re: The Great Slate - Karen McCormick - CO CD-04 - Federal

Re: The Great Slate - Karen McCormick - CO CD-04 - Federal -- Lost

Re: The Great Slate - JD Scholten - IA CD-04 - Federal

Re: The Great Slate - JD Scholten - IA CD-04 - Federal -- Lost

Re: The Great Slate - Jared Golden - ME CD-02 - Federal

Re: The Great Slate - Jared Golden - ME CD-02 - Federal

Re: The Great Slate - Jared Golden - ME CD-02 - Federal

Re: The Great Slate - Jared Golden - ME CD-02 - Federal

Re: The Great Slate - Jared Golden - ME CD-02 - Federal - Still Counting

Re: The Great Slate - Jared Golden - ME CD-02 - Federal - WON

Re: The Great Slate - Jared Golden - ME CD-02 - Federal - WON

Re: The Great Slate - Jared Golden - ME CD-02 - Federal - WON

Re: The Great Slate - Jared Golden - ME CD-02 - Federal - WON

Re: The Great Slate - Kyle Horton - NC CD-07 - Federal

Re: The Great Slate - Kyle Horton - NC CD-07 - Federal - Lost

Re: The Great Slate - Tracy Mitrano - NY CD-23 - Federal

Re: The Great Slate - Tracy Mitrano - NY CD-23 - Federal -- Lost

Re: The Great Slate - Dana Balter - NY CD-24 - Federal

Re: The Great Slate - Dana Balter - NY CD-24 - Federal -- Lost

Re: The Great Slate - Theresa Gasper - OH CD-10 - Federal

Re: The Great Slate - Theresa Gasper - OH CD-10 - Federal - Lost

Re: The Great Slate - Theresa Gasper - OH CD-10 - Federal - Lost

Re: The Great Slate - Susan Moran Palmer - OH CD-16 - Federal

Re: The Great Slate - Susan Moran Palmer - OH CD-16 - Federal - Lost

Re: The Great Slate - Jess King - PA CD-11 - Federal

Re: The Great Slate - Jess King - PA CD-11 - Federal - Lost

Re: The Great Slate - Shireen Ghorbani - UT CD-02 - Federal

The Great Slate - Shireen Ghorbani - UT CD-02-- Lost

Give Smart

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

Re: Give Smart - Tammy Story - CO SD-16 - State

Re: Give Smart - Janet Cruz - FL SD-18 - State

Re: Give Smart - Janet Cruz - FL SD-18 - State

Re: Give Smart - Nancy Fett - IA HD-57 - State

Re: Give Smart - Alberta Griffin - MI HD-61 - State

Re: Give Smart - Kristin Bahner - MN HD-34B - State

Re: Give Smart - Kristin Bahner - MN HD-34B - State

Re: Give Smart - James Gaughran - NY SD-05 - State

Re: Give Smart - James Gaughran - NY SD-05 - State

Re: Give Smart - Julie Henszey - WI SD-05 - State

Give Smart 2, Every District

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

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

Re: Give Smart 2, Every District - Rosemary Bayer - MI SD-12 - State

Re: Give Smart 2, Every District - Poppy Sias-Hernandez - MI SD-34 - State

Re: Give Smart 2, Every District - Allison Russo - OH HD-24 - State

Re: Give Smart 2, Every District - Casey Weinstein - OH HD-37 - State

Re: Give Smart 2, Every District - Sharon Sweda - OH SD-13 - State

Re: Give Smart 2, Every District - Sara Johnson Rothman - PA HD-151 - State

Re: Give Smart 2, Every District - Claudette Williams - PA HD-176 - State

Give Smart 3: LaunchProgress

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

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

Re: Give Smart 3: LaunchProgress - Erica McAdoo - NC HD-06 - State

Re: Give Smart 3: LaunchProgress - Erica McAdoo - NC HD-06 - State - TAIL, still counting

Re: Give Smart 3: LaunchProgress - Jessica Miranda - OH HD-28 - State