If you’re looking for updates on House races east of the Rockies, this is the place to be. Grab the beverage of your choice and follow along! If you’re following Blue America candidates, check out Peterr’s post.
11:06 ET -- In TX-22, Tom DeLay’s old seat, incumbent Blue Dog Dem Nick Lampson is losing to his Republican challenger. However, in VA-02, Democrat Glenn Nye is besting GOP incumbent Thelma Drake.
12:03 ET – It looks like Michele Bachmann gets to keep her MN-06 seat, alas. But Kathy Dahlkemper beat Phil English in PA-03!
12:01 ET – CBS now says the Dems have made a net gain of nine (9) House seats.
11:57 ET – Blue America Democrat Eric Massa’s going to probably take Randy Kuhl’s NY-29 seat, another Dem pickup.
11:51 ET — Arrgh. Mean Jean Schmidt gets to keep OH-02, though Blue America Dem candidate Victoria Wulsin put up a stiff fight.
11:48 ET — Wisconsin Democrat David Obey easily turns back a GOP challenger for his WI-07 seat.
11:41 ET – Democrats pick up NJ-03 as John Adler wins a close one.
11:36 ET — LA-06 incumbent Dem Don Cazayoux lost to GOP challenger Bill Cassidy. Not surprising, unfortunately.
11:31 ET – Blue America Dem Tom Perriello is neck-and-neck with Republican incumbent Virgil Goode in VA-05.
11:28 ET -- CBS saying that the Dems have increased their House presence by a net gain of seven seats so far.
11:26 ET – The Bachmann-Tinklenberg race is still too close to call! Considering that MN-06 was custom-tailored to be a GOP congresscritter factory, this is astonishing.
11:21 ET — No surprise here: Nancy Pelosi is re-elected to CA-08.
11:19 ET — Oooh, Joe Garcia is making Castro obsessive Mario Diaz-Balart sweat for his FL-25 seat. No longer will catering to reactionary terrorist lovers be an automatic key for victory here.
11:14 ET - With over half the precincts in, Dem challenger Betsy Markey still has a commanding lead over dingbat Republican incumbent Marilyn Musgrave in CO-04.
11:08 ET – StarTribune says Jim Oberstar (D-MN) gets to keep MN-08. No surprise there. Bachmann-Tinklenberg still too close to call.
11:05 ET – And in other news, a skinny kid with a funny name is now PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA II. Eat that, racist dipwads!
11:02 ET – Blue America Democrat Larry Joe Doherty fails in his bid to take TX-10 from GOP incumbent Michael McCaul.
10:59 ET – Retiring GOPer Tom Reynolds’ NY-26 seat is probably going to stay in Republican hands, as GOP candidate Christopher Lee (cool name!) is leading Democratic candidate Alice Kryzan.
10:53 ET – Parker Griffith looks to be winning retiring Blue Dog Dem Bud Cramer’s AL-05 seat. Ann Kirkpatrick will probably do the same for AZ-01 taking Rick Renzi’s seat from GOP defender Sydney Ann Hay.
10:45 ET — Blue Dog Dem Collin Peterson keeps MN-07; Bachmann-Tink and the other races still up for grabs, with the probable exception of MN-02 incumbent Republican John Kline’s, which looks like an easy win for him over Steve Sarvi.
10:39 ET – Bad news: Sam Bennett apparently fails to take Republican Charlie Dent’s seat in PA-15. Good news: Blue America Dem Eric Maffei wins the open NY-25 seat from running away retiring GOP incumbent Jim Walsh and his GOP replacement Dale Sweetland!
10:35 ET – Blue America Dem Larry Kissell just took NC-08 from Republican incumbent and known jerkface Robin Hayes!!
10:33 ET – Whoohoo! Blue America Democrat Jared Polis is now the first openly gay man to be elected to a freshman House seat, in CO-02!
10:29 ET — Dang! Looks like Blue America guy Dennis Shulman is losing to incumbent Republican Scott Garrett in NJ-05.
10:22 ET — Debbie Halvorson just took retiring GOP incumbent Jerry Weller’s IL-11 seat, defeating Marty Ozinga.
10:19 ET – MSNBC says Jack Murtha, the guy the GOP/Media Complex tried to punish for being the first Iraq war backer to do a 180, has kept his PA-12 seat.
10:15 ET — Dems have a net gain of 5 in the House so far.
10:12 ET – Tim Walz keeps his MN-01 seat, easily fending off Clown Car driver Brian Davis.
10:04 ET — Speaking of Blue America Democrats, Gary Peters could be knocking off GOP incumbent Joe Knollenberg in MI-9. Fingers crossed! (Yes, this is the race Jack Kevorkian’s running in as a third-party guy.)
10:00 ET – Jim Himes just took out Chris Shays in CT-04! Shays has conceded! (And as Peterr notes, he’s a Blue America Democrat!)
9:55 ET — The Minnesota results are starting to come in! StarTribune has Betty McCollum (D-MN-04) winningback her seat with ease. Same goes for Keith Ellison (D-MN-05). The Bachmann-Tinklenberg slugfest is too close yet.
9:50 ET — Blue America Dem incumbent Jerrold Nadler cruised to victory in NY-08. Fellow Blue American Carol Shea-Porter kept her NH-01 seat, and Blue American Paul Hodes did the same in NH-02.
9:44 ET -- Bobby Bright’s beating Jay Love to replace retiring GOPer Terry Everett in AL-02. That seat hasn’t seen a Republican since 1964.
9:38 ET — A bit early yet but Marilyn Musgrave might be out in CO-4.
9:22 PM — WTF? CNN just called both ND and SD’s House seats for the Democrats — both incumbents. That is very good news! Earl Pomeroy in ND was fairly safe, but I was worried about Stephanie Herseth in SD.
9:17 ET — Blue America Dem John Hall wins NY-19!
9:14 ET — Hooray! Blue America Dem Steve Cohen wins TN-09!
9:11 ET — Another Dem pickup: Michael McMahon beat Robert Straniere for Vito the Horndog Fossella’s old NY-13 seat.
9:05 ET — One person who probably won’t win a House seat tonight: Michigan’s own Dr. Jack Kervorkian, running in the 9th district.
8:57 ET — As expected, Mahoney the Republican-turned-Dem-turned-horndog lost his Florida seat, per CBS. Dems still up by two for the night. Meanwhile, Dems Joe Sestak in PA and Yarmuth in KY kept their seats.
8:40 ET — CBS calls most of the rest of the FL races. (h/t Peterr) Aside from Grayson, who we already know about, most went to incumbents. The following are still too close to call:
16 – Mahoney (D)* and Rooney (R)
21 – Martinez (D) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R)*
25 – Garcia (D) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R)*
* – incumbent
I’ll be very surprised if Mahoney wins. I’ll be over the moon if Martinez and Garcia win.
8:09 ET – Aha! Tom Feeney (R-FL) goes down! Back in 2000, when he was in the Florida legislature, he was one of the guys who helped steal it for Bush. Glad to see him lose to Suzanne Kosmas. Even better: Alan Grayson – a Blue America Democrat — defeated incumbent Republican Ric Keller, picking up his House seat. House Dems have a total gainage of three so far .
8:00 ET –It looks like Democrat Gerald Connolly will beat Republican Keith Fimian for the Congressional seat of retiring Republican Tom Davis in Virginia’s 11th CD. That’s the first pickup of the night for either the Dems or Reps.
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im snookered
Grayson won!?!?!
Holy shit, that’s more exciting than any other race to me!!! Maj General Smedley Butler and Gen Eisenhower would be very happy with this news.
Bring it!!!!!
NC -08
Larry Kissell is killin’ Robin Liberals Hate America Hayes
59- 41 %
there’s still a chance that McHenry could lose NC 10 as well
Kissell rocks!!!!!!!
Gainage?
GRAYSON!
Yes, I am shouting.
Did you start the drinking game already!!???
Who I voted for:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timtimes/3000019255/
Enjoy.
Ooooh, both of those would be schweeeeeet.
Sorry, no results for Minnesota yet — polls don’t close until 9:00 Eastern. You’ll have to wait an hour or so to find out if Michele Bachmann’s mouth did her in.
Neologisms R Us!
Faux web headline at 5:23PM Pacific is hilarious: McCain wins: , Obama wins: Vermont.
Freaking Great tim(:>))
I’ve found a new word:
Please oh please let her be thrown to the wolves in the great woods of the north!!
Dole is going DOWN.
CBS projects Liddy Dole toast
She’s done. The fork has been stuck in her.
oh yes
Shaheen wins !
i had a thougt, then all i could come up with was:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7vyBpspBJQ
Michelle’s mouth did her in a long time ago; the problem is that quite a bit of that part of Minnesota doesn’t see anything wrong with that. We live in a state of confusion.
Go Al!
Udall has it NM, rumour says
FL
8 Grayson up by double digits
18 Taddeo/Ros Lehtinen – Ileana up by 12
21 Lincoln Diaz Ballart up by 10
25 Mario Diaz Ballart tied
12 Adam Putnam up by 13
why in bloody hell doesn’t any include the percentage of prec reporting ?!?!?
CBS calls PA for That One. Apart from whatever the shite is going on in VA, this is turning out to be a good night so far.
ABC projects McCain wins Alabama and Arkansas. And as others have noted Hagan beats Dole.
*snicker*
he. No precincts reporting from Ohio 2 Mean Jean yet.
I had IMPEACH on my Mazda before I got OBAMA08 for it a few months ago. OBAMA08 is also on my flickr account. Enjoy.
Cool!
Texas too early to call.
just got some numbers – 4% reporting – Schmidt is waay up, but like in 06, the Wulsin precints haven’t reported yet
ps – Boehner is up by only 8
michigan for obama (npr)
This music on MSNBC is driving me nuts.
It’s a cross between The Olymp*cs and p*rn …
me too
Matthews says they won’t be able to call the Presidential race until later, like maybe 11.
Which is awfully good news for your pals on the West Coast who want their rights to marry protected.
Please get out and VOTE NO ON PROP 8 if you haven’t already.
as per BBC
Electoral College votesWinning post 270 Obama – Democrat175
McCain – Republican 61Find out how the results are reported
hi
i’m so psyched here.
DOLE IS DOWN!
gotta love THAT/1
Obie 175
McCrancky 61
Yep. If it’s a lie, it’s a lie I am contented with.
Keep at it with the No on 8!
Tom Udall the Democrat wins Senate seat in New Mexico (ABC)
BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Hi Siri !
That was great … Sununu lost as well.
175..O
76 M
ABC calling McConnell victory in Kentucky.
i SAW that. i’m whooopin and hollerin here.
waitin for the newz from OK and KY. I fear for KY but have HUGE hopes that Inhoffe is “histoire” (French for H I S T O R Y!)
Governor Crist will be unable to attend the McCain victory party. Urgent legal matter in Tallahassee!
Wha ? Please explain
it’s called self-preservation
Yah … I realized it was snark after I commented …
It wasn’t. Crist bailed.
Inhofe won in OK per ABC
Okay, thanks !
ohhhh nooooooez!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no!
NO!
say it ain’t so Hugh!
tht was my BIG Senate hope for the night.
they didn’t, SAY THEY DID NOT!!!!!
shot time!!!!!!!!
omg
that’s just terrible for the whole PLANET!!!@!!!!
ABC Ohio to Obama Big, big one after Pennsylvania.
F*ck … JoeScar’s drink line … the thread is broken
FUCK YEAH _ OH-FUCKING-HIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK — NY-29, with 27% of precincts in:
Massa(Democrat) — 53%
Kuhl(Repub) — 47%
all year long!
dam, youse gues are make’n mes think i should watch teevees r sump’n
“Sea Change!”
drink!
Maffei wins it in NY-25 – he’s a Blue America Candidate
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/f…..N=POLITICS
i think Obie will take VA
Boy is it quiet at the Corner!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Kos map is showing Utah for Obama! ????
Bob Schieffer on CBS was saying (not calling) that Obama will of course win Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii, and even if McCain won all the other open states, with those 77 Electoral Votes, Obama is the next President of the United States.
heheehehehehehehhehe
They show real time results. If the first results come in from Democratic areas, it will show blue.
i think they called it for McNasty
any bachmann news?
thanks – I was surprised – hope it holds.
Udall is Gordon Smiths cousin!
I never knew that until tonight.
Yes, unfortunately she is up 47% to 43% with 30% reporting.
someone in a USC sweatshirt is running around outside in the street shouting “Obama!” repeatedly at the top of his lungs.
Calling VA for Obamamamama
Fox is Calling VA for Obama BBC
wahoo!!
Bachmann up by 3 with 31% reporting.
The people of Minnesota’s 6th are proving to be as foolish as ever.
Wooo Hooooo!!!!!
Utah was called for McCain I’m sorry to say.
grrr …. well, hope that changes. thx …
I will now crack the little bottle of Crown Royal and call it.
It has been a long and miserable eight years . The Republicans have finally been officially repudiated and we can stop the bus and get out and start filling in the pot holes in the road back to the real world..
It feels really good.
CNN calls Virginia for Obama.
CNN calls Obama the next President of the United States!!!
wahoo!
we did it!
Dam Busted and we are settling for some Korbel Champagne !! Go Obama!!!!!!!
Congratulations Barack Obama. Congratulations Firedoglake. Congratulations America. Congratulations Earth!
yup, got the bubbly broken out!
FRI — Eric Massa in NY-29 did it – he beat the very odious Randy Kuhl ..less than 5000 votes, but he’s been declared the winner. very very happy.
That’s a great one!