Results here.
UPDATE [LHW]: ABC calls it for McDonnell. Others sure to follow. At this point it’s about how bad it will be for Deeds and the other Dems.
UPDATE [ML]: Not Larry Sabato is morbidly counting the VA House races. If the Democrats are lucky, they’ll be down six by the end of the night.
UPDATE [LHW]: Total bloodbath for the Dems. Cuccinelli and Bolling cruising to easy victories. VA Dems hemhorraging state House seats as well. Major Garrett reporting that the Ds are prepared to lose Loudon and Prince William counties by large margins. It is clear, whatever else you believe, that this is not just about Creigh Deeds being a bad candidate.
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
Dan McLaughlin
Neil Stevens
Daniel Horowitz
The very first numbers look very promising
JoeG Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:23PM EST (link)Of course I have no clue how the county results weigh in against where they “should” be.
Check the results by Congressional Districts
scarlos (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:32PM EST (link)It’s generally easier to estimate where they vote totals should be by Congressional District.
Right Now he’s leading in all but 2–the Very Liberal 8th, and the 11th which hasn’t posted any results yet.
He’s amazingly ahead in the majority-black 3rd, but that’s only by a handful of votes and he’s not likely to keep the lead for very long.
Socialism is Oligarchy in disguise
3rd is now swinging to Deeds...but keep in mind...the 8th 3rd are the smallest districts. nt
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:43PM EST (link)conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
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Foxnews has got it too close to call for VA?
DONTREADONME (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:24PM EST (link)well of course the polls closed 23 minutes ago.
lol! nt
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:28PM EST (link)Whatever!
2 to 1 ratio in favor of McD in 54 precincts is still a good opening salvo..
VA is over
SE-779 (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:33PM EST (link)I’ve already called it for the GOP.
http://conservativestateproject.blogspot.com/2009/11/election-day-2009-results-thread.html
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Bob's up in Radford City
Herodotus Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:36PM EST (link)Zero took Radford in 2008
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Keep the news coming...and thanks!
snowshooze (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:36PM EST (link)Thanks to those who are posting results, we’re really interested and will keep checking in.
Mark
What Are The Real Goals in Virginia?
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:37PM EST (link)Campaining is over. Lets gets real. We are going to win.
Anything under 10% is disappointing.
10% to 12% is what the pundits expect.
12% to 14% is swift kick in the *ss
If BD hits 15%, the floodgates are open. Its Revolution.
Looks like that
antisocial (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:38PM EST (link)AMEN!
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The Emperor has no clothes!!!
He's winning by about 65 in most districts
scarlos (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:40PM EST (link)Still has a slim lead in the 3rd and is trailing 35-64 in the 8th.
Currently about 64-36
Socialism is Oligarchy in disguise
Err . . . should be "With 65" not "By 65" nt
scarlos (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:41PM EST (link)Socialism is Oligarchy in disguise
Why do votes get tabulated...
swami7774 (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:41PM EST (link)….at different rates for different statewide races? Example: right now the VA Sec of State site has 12% of the gubernatorial vote counted, but 11.8% of the AG vote counted.
How does that happen?
Today, there is a name for the political doctrine that rejoices in scarcity of everything except government. The name is environmentalism.
Probably becuase of error ballots
scarlos (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:45PM EST (link)i.e. one ballot has a clear vote for Governor, but a crossed out or illegibile vote for AG.
that’s the only thing I can think of
Socialism is Oligarchy in disguise
I can tell you in Prince William and Arlington counties use e-voting machines...
DONTREADONME (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:50PM EST (link)my guess is their are people in line waiting to get into the polls at the close.
Arlington, Alexandria and VA cities are going D as expected-nt
DONTREADONME (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:43PM EST (link)Not all the cities
Herodotus Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:27PM EST (link)McDonnell is up in Danville City and Radford City both of which Kaine won in 2005
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really, Radford and Danville shifted?
DONTREADONME (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:33PM EST (link)let me check, in the early numbers it appeared to be going as expected. Thanks for the info.
Galax too
Herodotus Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:18PM EST (link).
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Charlottesville will be an interesting test
Jack_Savage (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:35PM EST (link)Perriello’s district goes R, I will be very happy…
I am watching Chris Matthews
Leopard1996 (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:46PM EST (link)And he is just showing how much of a horse’s ass he is. He is interviewing Cantor, and he is throwing barbs at how Virginia did not allow Palin to come into the state.
Why do our people give him the time of day.
“The accumluated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, “Save Us!”….and I’ll look down and whisper, “No”…The Watchmen
Saw that too
SteveLA (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:56PM EST (link)I agree Matthews is the south end of a north bound horse, but you have to give Cantor credit. Instead of a deer in a headlight look we have grown used to seeing from some R’s, Cantor responded with good grace and humor punching back.
Cantor should open a school or something and teach others from the Republican side to punch back, Liz Cheney can guest lecture, she’s great too on hammering back at Liberals with intelligence and grace.
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Cantor did do a good job with that
Leopard1996 (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:00PM EST (link)And probably why I will never go into politics I would have told him a few obscene things that he can do with members of his own family.
“The accumluated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, “Save Us!”….and I’ll look down and whisper, “No”…The Watchmen
SteveLA- You have no clue about Cantor
Scope (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:32PM EST (link)but us in his district do. Don’t speak from something you have no knowledge of. I liver in his district, and I promise you, more than a few are very unhappy about Cantor. Even heard some complaints against him at the McDonnell rally yesterday. Don’t speak about what you don’t know. He never had the first Townhall this August, there is a reason for that. He is a pumpted up Republican who has gone over to the McCain side.
Try reading again
SteveLA (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:42PM EST (link)My comment went to how well he responded to Chris Mathews with grace and humor, not how he stands on any of the issues. He’s not my Congresscritter and I really haven’t taken the time to study him or his stances on issues I care about. If you say that there are people in his district that have issues with him on the issues and you live there, that’s fine I’ve got no dog in that fight.
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Competency over ideological purity and litmus tests
SteveLA- You have no clue about Cantor
Scope (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:32PM EST (link)but us in his district do. Don’t speak from something you have no knowledge of. I liver in his district, and I promise you, more than a few are very unhappy about Cantor. Even heard some complaints against him at the McDonnell rally yesterday. Don’t speak about what you don’t know. He never had the first Townhall this August, there is a reason for that. He is a pumpted up Republican who has gone over to the McCain side.
I did not know about all of that.
Leopard1996 (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:05PM EST (link)I will keep an eye on that through out from here on out. Right now it appears he is saying and doing the right things.
“The accumluated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, “Save Us!”….and I’ll look down and whisper, “No”…The Watchmen
At the Redstate gathering in Atlanta, after Liz's remarks, I suggested to her that she and her folks
ColdWarrior (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:15PM EST (link)start that very kind of business. She laughed. I told her we really, really needed her to do it!
I hope she does.
Thank you.
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regent2009 (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:51PM EST (link)it is not referendum on Obama. Unless a Democrat is winning, in which case it is.
“I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won’t have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day that will be!,” Jerry Falwell
fox calls VA
udtiger Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:59PM EST (link)for McDonnell
“Everybody needs money! That’s why they call it money!”
Fox calls VA.
swami7774 (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:59PM EST (link)1 down, 2 to go.
Today, there is a name for the political doctrine that rejoices in scarcity of everything except government. The name is environmentalism.
Bob Mcdonnel declared winner by AP Source ABC 7 washington-nt
DONTREADONME (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:00PM EST (link)with respect, Bob Mcdonnell declared winner by AP-nt
DONTREADONME (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:03PM EST (link)McDonnell's been at 99 on Intrade all night
6eorge Jetson (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:02PM EST (link).
ITS OVER: Can McDonnell Get 15% or More? nt
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:02PM EST (link)nt
Hey swamp. It's too close to call. VA can be a runoff.
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:22PM EST (link)Look at the 60% precint turnouts:
McD 611,597
Bolling 531,680
Ken C 585,775
KenC still has a chance.
Rod- You're apparent humor
Scope (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:43PM EST (link)would have had an impact if you added percentages of vote, or at the very lease the Democrats vote totals. Get with it brother.
sorry, bro. I'm just "happy". lol! nt
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:48PM EST (link)62-38 with 36% counted
scarlos (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:04PM EST (link)Probably will get a bit closer by the end of the day, as McDonnel’s best areas are the ones that have the most number of precincts in.
Socialism is Oligarchy in disguise
60.9-39.0 with 49.4% in.
barry915barry (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:14PM EST (link)This is so much better than sitting through that Tedisco fiasco earlier this year. Barry
60.4-39.4 with 63% in
scarlos (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:34PM EST (link)My bet is that it ends roughly 58-42, as the Democratic areas are still lagging in the vote count
Socialism is Oligarchy in disguise
16 percentage points would be nice.
barry915barry (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:50PM EST (link)It is what Swamp up thread and then some was hoping for.
60.5-39.4 with 72% in!! Closing in on a 300,000 vote lead.
MSNBCCCP is funny
regent2009 (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:10PM EST (link)Olbermann and Fineman are talking about how the election shows that Democrats shouldn’t run to the middle but should be more liberal. If that is the lesson they take, we will take the House back in 2010 instead of waiting until 2012.
“I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won’t have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day that will be!,” Jerry Falwell
Good sign from the VA Elections bureau
Republican_Michigander (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:21PM EST (link)McDonnell up big in Prince William. He’s winning big in Loudoun and up in FAIRFAX, but few precincts reported. Up big in Chesterfield and Henrico.
48% in and a 180,000 vote lead. Even won Manassas.
This one’s gonna be good I think.
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House races are getting fun in VA too
Jack_Savage (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:22PM EST (link)Ummm…..errrr….it’s NOT a referendum on Obama though….
McDonnell in Fairfax
ddstrain (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 10:02PM EST (link)Hollin Hall precinct is heavy Dem. just over 1000 votes cast. McDonnell lost by only 27 votes. This is AMAZING for a district with a colony of hard core socialists and communists.
VA sweep Gov, Lt. Gov and Attorney General-nt
DONTREADONME (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:23PM EST (link)A Sweep In VA
sharonmcp (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:23PM EST (link)FOX news has declared a Republican 3 race sweep for Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General in VA.
“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.” ~ Ronald Reagan
I have high hopes
regent2009 (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:26PM EST (link)that this is the first of a string of happy election nights. It was very dark in 2008, but it is always darkest right before dawn!
“I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won’t have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day that will be!,” Jerry Falwell
But I'd give anything to see the 2 to 1 margins from earlier be the final margin of victory nt
AceInTX (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:35PM EST (link)I know it’s too much to ask…but it would be sooooo sweet!
two squeekers developing in VA-51 and VA-52 delegates...
DONTREADONME (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:37PM EST (link)this could be the Dems chance to bring the lawyers in to swing the win. Right now the difference is is under 150 vote for 51 and 26 votes in 52
Prince William County results for VA-51 and 52 not looking...
DONTREADONME (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:56PM EST (link)promising for the R’s with the current numbers of +5 votes for Anderson (R) and Torian (D) ahead by 95 votes in VA-52. Given the number of votes so far I am concerned that the D’s shenanigans in 51 and 52 could win the day.
Note: as a resident of PWC I saw a number of commericals about Nichols and a negative ad against Anderson by the Nichols campaign; I saw absolutely no commericals by Anderson, but Anderson did come to my door and really liked the flag I fly. Pleasant gentleman with leadership managing our nuclear arsenal. Unfortunately, the D’s poured the money in for Nichols and Torian; however, if the R’s do win, they did so with little fanfare on cable and broadcast.
darn, VA-52 will be a D seat, PWC half Democrat...
DONTREADONME (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:17PM EST (link)VA-51 is a nail biter, Anderson is now ahead with 75% of precincts reporting, unfortunately, the margin in VA-52 looks insurmountable therefore, I will call VA-52 for Torian.
unfortunately, prince william county continued its purple streak...
DONTREADONME (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:38PM EST (link)tonight with electing a republican governor, lt governor and attorney general, but decided the Democrats were the best to send Richmond. I will be calling the races for VA-51 and VA-52 for Democrats Nichols and Torian. Darn-it. BTW, there will be a recount in VA-51, but Anderson I do not think has the finances to fight it. Again this is my opinion.
Anderson (R) lost VA-51 by 57 votes, only 57 votes!
DONTREADONME (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:49PM EST (link)who did not vote in the election this year? Who in PWC failed to get their butts to the polling place?
Scratch, Anderson (R) wins VA-51 defeats incumbent 100%...
DONTREADONME (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:57PM EST (link)200 vote margin. Oh, happy day, The democrats dumped a whole heck of funds in VA-51 to defeat a man that went door to door stumping. Congratulations, Rich don’t let them steal it.
Link now says McDonnell 85% Deeds 15%
Jack_Savage (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:40PM EST (link)Obviously broken but fun to look at though…
Something added 2 Million votes to his total
scarlos (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:42PM EST (link)But you’re right, its fun to look at
Socialism is Oligarchy in disguise
It's computer error I think. lololololol! nt
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:44PM EST (link)Oh Happy Day in VA!!
abbynormal Tuesday, November 3rd at 8:54PM EST (link)A clean sweep all the way!
Hope the turn-out is record breaking.
It's morning in Virginia
red_refugee (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:03PM EST (link)I hope NJ and NY-23 fare as well.
FoxNews has one of Luntz' focus groups...
udtiger Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:29PM EST (link)…of Virginia voters.
I don’t think they could have assembled a bigger group of idiots.
“Everybody needs money! That’s why they call it money!”
If you'd like your faith in democracy tested,
Achance (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:31PM EST (link)a group of representative voters will do it every time.
In Vino Veritas
LOL
Leopard1996 (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:37PM EST (link)Yeah, sometimes you have to have a strong faith in God because people tend to suck.
“The accumluated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, “Save Us!”….and I’ll look down and whisper, “No”…The Watchmen
55555
JustLeaveMeAlone (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 10:57PM EST (link)and Amen.
Still, it’s good my birth state came to its senses, if only for today.
“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Thomas Jefferson
Congrats to McDonnell, Bolling, and Cuccinnelli
mmmc (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 10:05PM EST (link)I have been fighting the flu all day (be warned, you actually cough your lungs out of your body) or I would have commented more. It is great to see a Republican sweep, but my real hero in this is Cuccinnelli. He is the true conservative bell weather. I have heard he is hoping to go after federal”low-hanging fruit” like czar created regs on the state (as unconstitutional), Congressional mandates (as unConstitutional), etc. I can only hope like crazy, but I am happy tonight.
And Rod, we do have alot of Virginians on this site. We have a historical duty to do our part as our forefathers did ;o)
What a positive result I hadn't been following.
nivlem (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 10:27PM EST (link)That is great news. Cucinnelli is indeed a plus.
I have had the flu….it’s no fun. Not what you think of as the flu, and it hurts.
Sleep – lots. Take vitamin D, and if it goes beyond your nasal passages and
into your chest – go to the Doctor and get some antibiotics and Tamaflu. Mine never went into my chest. Just cough from nasal drainage.
Take care of yourself, and God Bless You.
Real Lesson of 2009: Lost in NY-23 Hoopla: Bob McDonnell Ran a Beautiful Campaign
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 10:11PM EST (link)Perfect.
I know he had the wind at his back. I know NY-23 is more sexy, Bu B.M. is probably more important. He pulled the conservative pieces together and ran a campaign that united all wings of the GOP and even influenced NoVa. He had hard core “socon” history too. But he won them all. That campaign needs a diary.
Let me just say Ken Cuccinelli just WARNED the Fed....
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 10:15PM EST (link)He as the AG of Virginia will NOT be putting up with their OVER REACH!! He said they will NOT be forcing Card Check on VA!!! This man is going to be one of the NEW leaders of the GOP…WATCH HIM!!!!!
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Cuccinelli is a rising star
JustLeaveMeAlone (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 10:58PM EST (link)and one I much prefer to Cantor, about whom I harbor serious doubts.
“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Thomas Jefferson
I agree JLMA...nt
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 11:00PM EST (link)…
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Maybe here is where we start the war
Achance (Diary) Wednesday, November 4th at 1:40AM EST (link)on the Democrat front groups and stop feeding the hands that bite us.
In Vino Veritas
Agreed.
OccamsRazor (Diary) Wednesday, November 4th at 1:52AM EST (link)Didn’t read this in time and didn’t intend to pile on.
Cuccinelli is Someone to Watch - Yes
OccamsRazor (Diary) Wednesday, November 4th at 1:49AM EST (link)But “serious” doubts for Cantor? Not _yet_ IMO.
Let’s agree to keep an eye on both shall we? Or everybody for that matter.
Just so we're clear....
OccamsRazor (Diary) Wednesday, November 4th at 1:58AM EST (link)What doubts?
Sorry for the late reply
JustLeaveMeAlone (Diary) Tuesday, November 10th at 1:30PM EST (link)Here’s but one example in Eric Cantor’s own words:
“The Republican Party in its root is a party of inclusion and we ought to be promoting that and making sure that voices are heard.”
Ditto his defense of Olympia Snowe.
Others can likely speak to this better than I. Although I own property in his district (Glen Allen, VA) and lived there for years, I now, thankfully, live in TX-7 (John Culberson). I think Scope may live in Cantor’s district — I believe she has expressed some of this same frustration.
While Cantor has proven an effective whip (exception: Cao), he appears to be coming down with a terminal case of Potomac Fever. He’s hardly alone in that, but I’m just plain sick of Republicans who give lip service to conservative values until they get admitted to the Congressional Club.
Rampant elitism is irritating, whether from the Left or Right.
“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Thomas Jefferson
One last comment on VA - the last time Deeds and McDonnell faced off...
Jack_Savage (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 11:00PM EST (link)…was for the AG post. McDonnell won by….
323 votes.
Multiply that by 100,000 and you have the margin of victory tonight.
Gee – what’s different?
Sorry - 1,000
Jack_Savage (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 11:00PM EST (link)It just FEELS like 100,000
Long Laborious Day in Loudoun - Time for a Guinness
OccamsRazor (Diary) Tuesday, November 3rd at 11:54PM EST (link)Then back to work tomorrow onward to ’10 and ’12.
VIRGINIA IS A "REDSTATE"
Scope (Diary) Wednesday, November 4th at 5:34AM EST (link)Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
I told Cuccinelli at a rally on Monday that we at Redstate think he is a rock star!!! This man is going places, but, not yet, we in Virginia need him to clean up the Democrats mess first. Then we will share him with the nation.