So as earlier indicated, I’m knocking off blogging until polls begin to close in the East and we have election results to discuss. Again, feel free to use the comment thread to inform us of turnout reports or early buzz, or just contests that deserve some attention.

Here’s Joe Jackson singing about something elections regularly do: “Breaking Us In Two.”

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