Plunderbund

With 59% of precincts in Franklin County reporting, Shamansky has just 49% of the vote. Given how strongly red Licking and Delaware Co. are, we have to hope that the precincts reporting in Franklin county are the outer suburbs. Shamansky has to win Franklin County to have a chance.

After ignoring polls for months, RAB has joined the reality-based community.
At least somewhat - they still think they are losing because they aren’t conservative enough.

If Ken Blackwell hasn’t abandoned his post, this should have up-to-the-minute data direct from the SoS site.

According to SOBAlliance.
COLUMBUS – Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell recently called opponent Ted Strickland and conceded the election.
Following are Blackwell’s comments to Strickland:
“Ted, you ran a good race and have won a tremendous opportunity to lead the people of this state to better days, a stronger economy and a higher quality of life. Congratulations […]

It appears likely - tho only one has been called - that three House seats in Indiana will flip to Dems. It appears that 1 of 2 key races in Kentucky will flip. Additionally, Democrats have picked up two Governor seats (OH and MA).
About 15 minutes until we start seeing more Ohio results.

Official results are being held at the county level until 9PM due to the court order keeping some Cleveland polling places open until 9PM. If I see any other exit polling, I’ll share it, and I’ll continue monitoring other nationwide key races in the interim.

Remarkable. Brown is crushing DeWine in every demographic save rich white Christians who think Bush is the best thing since sliced bread.

According to CNN, Strickland has won the gubernatorial race (you folks in Cleveland, don’t let this keep you from voting!), and Issue 2 (minimum wage) has passed.

NB: These races are NOT by any means final, but early signs are good.
IN02: Split right down the middle, 50/50, R-incumbent
IN08: 70/30 in favor of the Democratic challenger, with 14% reporting.
IN09: 50/46 in favor of the Democratic challenger, with 2% reporting.
KY03: 50/49 in favor of the Democratic challenger, with 64% reporting
KY04: 57/40 in favor of […]

U.S. District Judge Polster (Northern District of Ohio) ordered the following polls to be held open until 9:00 tonight:
Dunbar Elementary – Cleveland Ward 4
Woodbury Elementary – Shaker
Boulevard Elementary – Shaker
Beachland Presbyterian – Ward 11
Suchs-Mizrachi in University Heights
Korean Presbyterian Church – Cleveland, Ward __
Braceland Church – Cleveland, Ward 1
Westwood School, Warrensville Heights
St. Albans School, Cleveland Heights
Alcazar […]

From the ODP:
Columbus, OH Citing numerous problems at Cuyahoga County polling locations, the Ohio Democratic Party filed suit to
keep the polls open for extra time, ensure ballot security and make sure ballots are accurately counted.
The lawsuit, filed with United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio seeks to establish a new closing time for […]

Weird day today. This is my first major election as a blogger, and it seems rather… anticlimactic right now. Things should start picking up again here as the evening rush picks up, and the results start coming in.
Interestingly, some of us were interviewed by a documentary crew.

Put the headphones on!

Just got word that nursing home residents in Lutheran Village (Columbus 26C @ 935 North Cassidy - also the polling place) are being forced to vote provisionally because many do not have valid ID, or obviously any kind of utility bill. If I understood him correctly, as of right now, of 131 votes cast, […]

In the mailbag:
Ohio Revised Code 3505.18 (A) (1) (attached) says you can vote a regular ballot even if your driver’s license address doesn’t match your voter registration address. This is being violated right and left here in Columbus. At one north campus polling location, the pollworkers basically told me they didn’t care what the […]