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Come on, Grechen Shirley! Hang on and beat Peter King. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 21:01
A few high profile loses, and a few close misses, but a fair amount of gain at local levels. - TWuG Nov 6, 21:01 1
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GOP looks to have 54 senate seats at the end of the night. Well, Susan Collins is now irrelevant. -- nm - MDH Nov 6, 21:00
Common playing Newsom's victory speech/party -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 20:59
Steve King wins fairly easily. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 20:58
Dodgers' GM goes to the Giants to be head of baseball ops, 3rd base coach becomes manager of the Rangers, hitting coach goes to the Reds. -- (link) - jnine Nov 6, 20:52 2
- Either get Orel or Mike Scioscia as a GM -- nm - eag Nov 6, 20:56 1
  - Scioscia doesn't believe in analytics, that's why he quit. They'll probably promote from the minors, every one of their teams was in their league's - jnine Nov 6, 21:06
In the end, it looks like Oregon was a snoozer. The bad ballot measures were crushed. Our governor won re-election handily. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 20:52 3
- Why was she considered to be in trouble? -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 20:53 2
  - She is a huge snooze fest. We need a better Governor she isn't getting anything done -- nm - Bacon Nov 6, 21:02
  - Honestly can’t say. The GOP guy had a lot of money. We spent more than double on the governor’s race this year than ever before. - Mop Nov 6, 20:58
WA state passes strict gun control proposition -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 6, 20:50
There you go Jack, McCaskill conceding. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 20:48 1
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Damn. King's now winning by 170ish votes. -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 20:45
the new yorker just added three extra senate seats. 52-51 republicans? -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 20:45 1
- Likely 53 minimum. -- nm - MDH Nov 6, 20:47
Dems are holding 5 Senate seats in states Trump won. -- (link) - TWuG Nov 6, 20:43 1
- I'm old enough to remember when Baldwin, Stabenow and Brown were all doomed right after 2016. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 20:45
Nothing called yet that I can find, but I'm seeing *three* pickups in the NY Senate. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 20:41 1
- Brindisi win? -- nm* - Krusty Nov 6, 20:48
Dez Bryant dropping hints he's signed with the Saints. -- nm - budice Nov 6, 20:36
LMAO my twitter muted word list is working overtime tonight. -- (pic) - Beryllium Nov 6, 20:29 [Attachment] 1
- now to sell an app which mutes a list of top 20 words. they pick which words they want, then pay more for each word they buy up to the 20. -- nm* - peglegpete Nov 6, 20:47
Alabama being Alabama is passing a pretty strict anti-abortion amendment. -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 20:27
"gubernatorial" -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 20:21 3
- Still one of the oddest words of all time. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 20:34 2
  - I think restaurateur wins. Where'd the damn "n" go?! -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 20:36 1
    - what? I didn't know about this! -- nm - mud Nov 6, 20:39
I mean, yes, a loss is a loss, but jeez CNN, recognize that Beto being within 5 is a major achievement. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 20:17 22
- 4% and shrinking. -- nm - mud Nov 6, 20:25
- "A Democrat in Texas lost by a few hundred thousand. Should the party completely fold at this point?" -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 20:20
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  - I'm excited to see his effect on a national race. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 20:22 18
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      - He'd be a good VP if he doesn't want to run for president yet. -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 20:26 16
        
        Biden/Beto 2020? - Beryllium Nov 6, 20:27 15
        
        Warren/Beto -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 20:28 14
        
        Warren has 0 chance of wining. No Dem in their right mind wants her to run. -- nm - MDH Nov 6, 20:31 4
        
        Is that because of the Pocahontas thing? -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 20:50 3
        
        Not at all, it's because she's very far left to many people. Think Michelle Bachmann -- nm* - MDH Nov 6, 20:51 2
        
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        Given who we are seeing winning tonight, I don't think that's true. - TWuG Nov 6, 20:55
        
        *opens wrong envelope, reads incorrect election winner, blames PWC* -- nm - Warren Beto si Nov 6, 20:30 3
        
        This is gold. Gold, I say! ... *touches it with a gloved finger* ... hmm, well, bronzer, at least. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 20:32
        
        *stares from third row* -- nm - MDH Nov 6, 20:32
        
        I almost went with a Beatty joke in my IM. :-) -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 20:31
        
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        I like her but she'll be 71 in 2020. No thanks. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 20:30 2
        
        Holy shit! She looks damn good for 69. - TWuG Nov 6, 20:32 1
        
        nice. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 20:34
        
        I agree 100% no chance in hell she can win -- nm - Bacon Nov 6, 20:30
the Guardian seems to have already called Hawaii for Hirono. -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 20:16
Steve King still losing with 31% in, -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 20:15
OK-5 is the stunner of the night. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 20:15
Progressive referenda are having a good night, too. -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 20:12 9
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  - Oregon's sanctuary law looks to be safe. Repeal is losing badly. -- (link) - TWuG Nov 6, 20:22 1
    - Wife and I voted against that one -- nm - Bacon Nov 6, 20:29
  - Michigan with a trifecta of pot legalization, voting reform, and districting reform. -- (link) - TWuG Nov 6, 20:14 3
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    - Lol @ pot being Democrat or Republican -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 20:17 1
      - I said progressive, not Dem. A move toward legalization is progressive regardless of party pushing it. -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 20:18
  - I mentioned the one about juries, that was another overturned Jim Crow law -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 20:13 1
    - Oh, and Mass did something to protect transgender rights -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 20:14
That's 2 pickups and Steve King on the ropes. Now fix your Senators, Iowa. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 20:11 1
- as in ... spay and neuter? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 20:12
This one doesn't have as much heat as the other one I linked, but in its own way it's slam-jammin'. (RT'd by vermin) -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 6, 20:11
Openy gay ex mma fighter becomes 1st Native American woman elected to Congress -- (link) - Remlik Nov 6, 20:10 3
- ^-- this sounds like the sort of person who would pop up on TWD/FTWD as a gorram badass. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 20:12 2
  - a character in a James Patterson novel -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 20:17 1
    - I've avoided Patterson novels, but sure. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 20:17
*quietly breathes a much needed sigh of relief* -- nm - Jovian Nov 6, 20:09
ALL OF THE BEES! -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 20:07
I want Devin Nunez to lose. I want it badly -- nm - Bacon Nov 6, 20:06 4
- Rohrabacher. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 20:11
- oh yes -- nm - mud Nov 6, 20:08
- That was on my dream ten -- nm - Jovian Nov 6, 20:08 1
  - my wish list for loses -- (edited) - Jovian Nov 6, 20:16
Texas Dems are up 11 seats. An historic high, most was 6 before today. -- (link) - TWuG Nov 6, 20:06 1
- Beto effect. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 20:07
So, local reporting on the McCaskill race just mentioned that the totals we're seeing right now don't include most of St. Louis City or County. - Mayor of Slamtown Nov 6, 20:04 4
- somehow this is all Dawson's fault. surely he could've dredged up some kind of law school scandal. -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 20:06 3
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    - couldn't you have had an affair with him? witnessed him debauching a goat? some other weird Yale thing? -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 20:11 1
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Delgado wins in NY-19. -- (link) - TWuG Nov 6, 20:03 1
- NY 22 flips. Trump won there handily. -- (link) - TWuG Nov 6, 20:07
Mississippi Senate Race to Runoff -- (link) - budice Nov 6, 20:02
gawt DAYAM -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 6, 20:01 3
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- Fatality. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 6, 20:01
- [snork] -- nm - mud Nov 6, 20:01
Dems take the House. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 20:00
I do not enjoy Thrilling Adventure Hour as much without the live audience. -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 19:59
This is a good day. It's the beginning we need on a longer journey. - TWuG Nov 6, 19:59 2
- I agree. -- nm - Qale Nov 6, 20:01
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Florida - Gillum concedes -- nm - Remlik Nov 6, 19:58
DELGADO! Congrats Tim! -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 19:57 5
- (The happiest I've ever been regarding a local House race was when we got rid of Sue Kelly in 2006) -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 20:09
- They called it for him? Nice! -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 20:02
- That's awesome but I'm in Maloney's district (and Skoufis', who is winning) -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 19:57 2
  - But I think they can tell Felder to fuck off with that win. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 20:03
  - oh weird, I thought you were in the Delgado district, well congrats anyway! -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 20:00
Over 100 women were elected to the House today. -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 19:54 2
- and we haven't heard from the best coast yet -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 19:55 1
  - santa ana can't close for 3 more hours (back log of voters in line) -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 6, 19:56
I will check in tomorrow morning. Just not interested in watching the results -- nm - Amoxy Nov 6, 19:52
FL - 7 precincts in Broward couldn’t electronically submit votes, so they’re driving results on Jump drives to election headquarters. -- (link) - budice Nov 6, 19:51 1
- Peak Florida. -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 19:52
Olivia Wilde's mom lost to the Bigfoot erotica guy. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 19:48 2
- now that is just plain stupid -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 19:52
- as has been foretold -- nm - prayformojo Nov 6, 19:50
Steve King is currently losing. *fingers crossed* -- (link) - TWuG Nov 6, 19:48 1
- that's since flipped but it's still close. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 19:49
Evidently the chair of Ways and Means can request the tax returns of any US Citizen. The new chair has a particular citizen in mind already -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 19:48 2
- Terrible idea. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 20:03
- Yep. -- nm - TWuG Nov 6, 19:53
My school levy passed. So on a personal level, I won today. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 6, 19:47 1
- nee-chay! -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 19:49
The Dem margin is huge, definitely a wave. - TWuG Nov 6, 19:46 1
- And just as much a female wave -- nm - decline Nov 6, 19:55
"Louisiana's law allowing for felony convictions without a unanimous jury was created to nullify Black voices. Voters fixed that tonight." - Beryllium Nov 6, 19:45
Bummed Rich Cordray lost. -- nm - pmb Nov 6, 19:45
Gianforte, the journalist body slammer, is losing. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 19:43 1
- excellent -- nm - mud Nov 6, 19:45
Breaking Bad Movie: TVLine talks about it... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 6, 19:40
Staten Island elected a democrat! Nice! - Krusty Nov 6, 19:38 2
- Yeah, I saw it described as "Staten Island, with a little bit of Brooklyn." -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 19:38 1
  - That little bit of Brooklyn is actually a bunch of densely populated residential neighborhoods that's been - Krusty Nov 6, 19:44
Brian Williams said Mario Cuomo was reelected as NY Governor and I doubletaked (and then Rachel Maddow whispered to correct him) -- nm - Tim Nov 6, 19:35 1
- (I would watch the shit out of election coverage consisting of just Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes and Lawrence O'Donnell) - Tim Nov 6, 19:37
Pokémon Go: A friend hatched a Mr. Mime. I have a Kangaskhan to trade her. This will all but complete my Kanto Dex except for MewTwo. -- nm - Qale Nov 6, 19:34
TX Rep Pete Sessions loses. Thats big. Dem flip. -- nm* - budice Nov 6, 19:33 2
- This makes it all worth it. I haven't given up on Beto yet either. -- nm - GregW Nov 6, 19:41 1
  - BTW, Colin Allred is black and a civil rights lawyer that worked for Obama. He is also a former NFL linebacker, so you know he will be tough. -- nm - GregW Nov 6, 19:46
Can we give Wolf an aphasia test? -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 19:32
Looks like Xbox is hosed for the night -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 19:30
OK-5 would be a thing. -- (link) - Tim Nov 6, 19:29
11 term incumbent Pete Sessions (R-TX) goes down to defeat (nm) - Brian Nov 6, 19:29
CNN calls it for Cruz -- nm - Remlik Nov 6, 19:29 3
- Oh. Yay. Whoopie. -- nm - Every other Republican Senator Nov 6, 19:29 2
  - Seriously. It didn’t really hit me until Tapper said ‘Six more years of Ted Cruz in the senate.’ -- nm - Volnelk Nov 6, 19:35 1
    - that's half a zodiac! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 19:38
Republicans are going to pick up Senate seats. So those couple of moderates won't be able to exercise power. -- nm - Bacon Nov 6, 19:28 1
- CNN Gives it to Ted Cruz -- nm - Bacon Nov 6, 19:30
Breaking: Duke is really good. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 6, 19:28
again early, but Steve King is in tight. -- nm - Reagen Nov 6, 19:26
Beebo can beat Ted Cruz -- (pic) - peglegpete Nov 6, 19:24 [Attachment]

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