I figured that I’ll be keeping an eye on the election results throughout the evening, so why not do it together. I’ll post updates as I see them. Put yours in the comments and I’ll add them as appropriate.
Here’s my favorite tweet of the day that became a meme:
And here’s some music that is appropriate for the day while we wait for the polls to close.
6:35 pm – This is something I’m hearing from a lot of people about the Virginia election results. So it’s probably worth keeping in mind.
7:04 pm – Polls have closed in Virginia. Here’s a link to the NYT live election results and estimates for the governor’s race.
7:15 pm: More links for you: VA (state, AP) | GA | ME | NJ | NY | PA | UT | WA
7:37 pm: I’m hearing a lot of rumblings like this in the VA governor’s race results:
Bad omen for Gillespie: With 98.7% in Chesterfield, it’s Gillespie 49.9%, Northam 49.0%
Was Cuccinelli +8 in 2013
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) November 8, 2017
7:45 pm: As I said, lots of this kind of thing being reported.
Gillespie has just a nominal lead in Chesterfield with half counted. He probably needed to win by like 10 points. This may not be close.
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 8, 2017
7:47 pm: Not definitive, but this is big!
Projection: Ralph Northam (D) has been elected next governor of VA, defeating Ed Gillespie (R). #VAGOV
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 8, 2017
7:50 pm: First Democratic pick-up of the night is Manchester, NH mayor.
UNOFFICIAL total: Craig 12053; Gatsas 10554 #nhpolitics #WMUR
— John DiStaso (@jdistaso) November 8, 2017
7:58 pm: Things a looking very good in Virginia!
Northam is running an average of 7.6 points ahead of where Clinton performed last year. https://t.co/LkqQTEnn9D
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) November 8, 2017
Northam’s lead looks decisive enough that it will sweep the entire Dem ticket (Fairfax, Herring) into office. #VAGOV
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 8, 2017
8:10 pm: Boom! There it is!!
BREAKING: Ralph Northam wins Virginia Governor race, @NBCNews projects pic.twitter.com/qp0SxsCIOp
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 8, 2017
8:20 pm – This race was less of a nail-biter in the polls, but still hugely important.
Democrat Phil Murphy winner in race to be New Jersey governor https://t.co/b3kfkrnM76
— Ginger Adams Otis (@GingerOtis) November 8, 2017
8:33 pm: Can you handle some more good news:
Medicaid expansion is winning in early returns in Maine, and it’s not close.
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) November 8, 2017
8:58 pm: This is what everybody’s watching now:
BREAKING: Democrats are IN THE LEAD to pick up the VA House of Delegates. They’ve picked up 12 GOP seats & currently lead in 6 (!!!) more. Whoa.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 8, 2017
This is a tidal wave.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 8, 2017
Next up:
The first hints of a 2006 wave came when Democrats took back control of the Virginia Senate in 2005. Was first Southern legislative chamber to flip back to the Democrats
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) November 8, 2017
Meanwhile, there’s this word from the night’s biggest loser:
10:12 pm: It’s time for me to call it a night, but I’ll leave you with this. The folks at Daily Kos elections created a big board to track the major races today. Here it is with their latest updates:
It looks like we won’t know much about some of these races until tomorrow. The House of Delegates in Virginia might be up for grabs – but some of the races could be decided by recounts. The possibility of a Democratic majority was unthinkable going into today. So this has been an absolute blow-out beyond our wildest expectations.
Sleep well, America. There is hope on the horizon.
