Live Blogging the 2006 midterm election results

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11:50 p.m. PST: Last Update of the Night (to see updates in the proper sequential order see down below):

The DEMS WIN THE HOUSE. Control of the Senate has come down to a recount in Virginia (provided Montana doesn’t shift too much). MACACAS MADE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN THIS ELECTION!

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Hey SM folks, I am going to keep this post up and will be updating it through tomorrow. Feel free to leave comments regarding the results of ANY races and/or ballot measures you are interested in. I will mainly be reporting here on some of the races featuring (or of particular concern to) South Asian American candidates but most of us are interested in a whole lot more. I won’t be in front of a computer for the next several hours but when I get back in front of one later tonight I will go into Abhi Russert mode.

Let’s hope things turn out well!

Update 1: 5:17p.m. PST:

The latest #s [via Drudge]

VA SEN [35.28% IN]
ALLEN 392,816 49.39%
WEBB 392,854 49.39%

Update 2: 10:05 p.m. PST

I’m back! Here we go:

Raj Bhakta (R) loses:

Allyson Schwartz (DEM)* 143,031 66%
Raj Peter Bhakta (REP) 73,429 34%
99% of precincts reporting… [Link]

Raj Peter Bhakta, a former hopeful on Donald Trump’s television show “The Apprentice,” lost his long-shot bid Tuesday for a job as a GOP congressman.

Bhakta had sought to oust first-term Democratic Rep. Allyson Schwartz, two years after he occupied the posh Manhattan boardrooms of Trump’s show in which eager young men and women competed for a job with the real-estate mogul. He was fired from the program after a home renovation project went awry. [Link]

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Update 3: 10:18 p.m. PST

It’s Bobby Piyush Jindal (R) in a landslide victory:

Bobby Jindal (REP)* 130,277 88%
David Gereighty (DEM) 10,888 7%
Stacy Tallitsch (DEM) 5,004 3%
Peter Beary (LIB) 1,670 1%
100% of precincts reporting… [Link]

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p>Kumar Barve (D) is looking good:

Md. State House District 17
Candidate Votes %
Jim Gilchrist (D) 18,089 26
Luiz Simmons * (D) 17,052 24
Kumar Barve * (D) 16,889 24
Mary Haley (R) 6,530 9
Other 11,405 16
Key: * Incumbent | Red Checkmark Winner
Precincts: 77% | Updated: 1:12 AM ET | Source: AP… [Link]

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p>Update 4: 10:23 p.m. PST

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p>Raj Goyle (D) won in Kansas!!

State House – District 87 – 11 of 11 Precincts Reporting
Name Party Votes Pct
Goyle, Raj Dem 3,216 56.36
Huy, Bonnie (i) GOP 2,490 43.64… [Link]

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p>Update 5: 10:36 p.m. PST

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p>Dilip Paliath not looking so good from what I can tell.

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p>Neeraj Nigam (a.k.a. “other”) loses…big time:

Va. U.S. House District 10
Candidate Votes %
Frank Wolf * (R) 129,508 58
Judy Feder (D) 91,739 41
Other 3,764 2
Key: * Incumbent | Red Checkmark Winner
Precincts: 98% | Updated: 1:37 AM ET | Source: AP… [Link]

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p>Update 6: 10:51 p.m. PST

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p>Swati Dandekar looks like she is headed for victory in Iowa:

District 36
14 of 15 precincts – 93 percent
Swati Dandekar, Dem (i) 5,398 – 54 percent
Nick Wagner, GOP 4,564 – 46 percent… [Link]

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p>Update 7: 10:59 p.m. PST

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p>AJ Sekhon is getting smoked:

U.S. House – District 2 | COUNTY RESULTS
Candidate Votes % of votes
Wally Herger (REP)* 78,466 66%
A. J. Sekhon (DEM) 37,425 31%
55% of precincts reporting

Update 8: 11:24 p.m. PST

First Muslim elected to Congress:

Voters elected a black Democrat as the first Muslim in Congress on Tuesday after a race in which he advocated quick U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and made little mention of his faith.

Keith Ellison, a 43-year-old lawyer and state representative, defeated two rivals, television networks said, to succeed retiring Democrat Martin Sabo in a seat that has been held by Democrats since 1963.

Ellison, who converted to Islam as a 19-year-old college student in his native Detroit, won with the help of Muslims among a coalition of liberal, anti-war voters. [Link]

Update 9: 11:29p.m. PST

Chad Khan loses in Houston:

State House Dist. 126 In: 100%
Chad Khan, D
9,072 32.6%
Oscar Palma, L
735 2.6%
Patricia Harless, R
18,003 64.7%… [Link]

Satveer Chaudhary scores a big victory in Minn:

District 50
27 of 27 precincts (100%) Percent of vote
Satveer S. Chaudhary, D* 19,139 63
Rae Hart Anderson, R 11,105 37… [Link]

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p>Update 10: 11:37 PST

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p>The NATIONAL RACE HAS COME DOWN TO MONTANA AND VIRGINIA:

There will be a recount that will take weeks in Virginia. They are counting really slowly in Montana. The Democrats need to win BOTH to take control of the Senate. The Democrats have a razor’s edge lead in both races as of this post (11:37p.m. PST). The Democrats easily captured the House. Nancy Pelosi is third in line to be President should our government be decapitated.

398 thoughts on “Live Blogging the 2006 midterm election results”

  2. VA SEN [35.28% IN] ALLEN 392,816 49.39% WEBB 392,854 49.39%

    It’s going to be a long night. Polls still open here in CA.

  3. I demand Abhi Russert Vlogging. Only that will settle my roiling stomach. Get ready to pass the hat for the legal fund. . .

  4. at 52% Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage G F Allen Republican 583,153 50.85% J H Webb Jr Democratic 549,673 47.93% G G Parker Independent Green 12,825 1.12% Write Ins 1,141 0.10%

  6. I think I am going to be more upset at the loss of Webb than I was at the loss of Dean. I cant watch anymore the trend is not looking good.

  7. Seems like Macaca Allen will make it.

    Allen

    (Incumbent) 674,399 50% 60% of precincts reporting
    Webb 663,268 49%

  10. On radio Webb campaign was still happy, as results from N. VA are not out yet. They expect N. VA to go Webb’s way.

  11. Too early to call Virginia. There are such huge differences between region of the state that everything depends on which precincts have come in and which not. In fact it’s arguable that small rural precincts come in earlier, and larger urban ones later, which would actually look good for Webb. Not saying it’s necessarily that way, but it’s grounds for caution.

  12. I can’t bear to watch. I feel like any time I care intensely about the outcome of an election, it always turns out exactly the opposite from what I wanted.

    On a slightly related note, has anyone seen “Hacking Democracy?”

    Watch it, if you get a chance. It’s on HBO frequently. Good stuff.

  19. I don’t think I can go to sleep tonite until I know at least the local elections and some other important ones. I think it will be interesting to see if the Senate shifts. I found this helpful. Anyone else have any other site that’s better?

  20. lieberman and menendez win….thanks heavens NJ stays blue can’t stand leiberman & was hoping for lamont, but a socialist sanders from vermont and conservative lieberman from conn. probably balance the dem caucus.

  30. JOAT –

    As those who waltz along the Primrose Path already know, I recommend Pollster.com. My favorite statistic of the night from their site:

    Those who decided in the last three days (who were 10% of all voters) went for McCaskill 57% to 38%. Earlier decideds split nearly evenly with 50% for McCaskill, 49% for Talent.

  34. macaca’s still in…

    by the way, i voted in south carolina. as i was leaving, one of the poll workers stopped me and said, “you have the prettiest accent.” i shot her the look of death, and she went on, “it’s just the prettiest indian accent ever! do you watch ER? you look just like that girl on ER.”

    i told her that i grew up in south carolina, in fact, in the very neighborhood she was working the polls for. and my accent is definitely generic american/queen’s english/indian depending on whom i am speaking with.

    after i left, i reported her to the election commission.

  35. one of the poll workers stopped me and said, “you have the prettiest accent.” i shot her the look of death, and she went on, “it’s just the prettiest indian accent ever! do you watch ER? you look just like that girl on ER.” after i left, i reported her to the election commission.

    Awwww why? Was it really that offensive? Im sorry Im not being scarcastic. I’m running for the Board of Directors in my complex and 99% of the people who did show up for elections yesterday were Sr Citizens that were very warm and kind towards me but definitely along the lines of “Oh you are so pretty and Indian and bla bla bla”. They’ve all been very kind without malice, just perhaps ignorant and I don’t necessarily hold it against them. Too bad we didn’t have Quorum yesterday to declare me the winner which I’m projecting I will be.

  36. She might have felt offended because of the ‘accent’ remark. If someone says you look lovely, thats something else.

  37. Fairfax itself may not be enough of an indicator. Here’s the county-by-county map from the Bush-Kerry race. Loudon and Prince William together have about half the population of Fairfax, and along with Norfolk and Petersburg there are a lot of strongly Democratic precincts that haven’t reported yet.

    MSNBC is reporting that both sides are predicting that we are in recount-lan

  39. Oy, it’s going to be a late night for me. Going on 10 pm and I’m still at work…but that’s OK. I love elections! The drama! The reporting! So glad the mutineers are here, as well. I demand A. Russert now! We’ve been flipping through the stations here at work and I’ve yet to see him…

  40. one-third of richmond still unreported. 2/3rd gave dems a net of 16K. One third should give 8K more :). Still not giving up. Green got 21K 🙁

  41. by the way, i voted in south carolina. as i was leaving, one of the poll workers stopped me and said, “you have the prettiest accent.” i shot her the look of death, and she went on, “it’s just the prettiest indian accent ever! do you watch ER? you look just like that girl on ER.” i told her that i grew up in south carolina, in fact, in the very neighborhood she was working the polls for. and my accent is definitely generic american/queen’s english/indian depending on whom i am speaking with.

    Its really hard to say the right thing all the time(or to even know what will/will not offend someone). I don’t think she meant any malice, which is what counts.

  43. Allen might pull through as this is where they stand with 82% reporting.

    Allen: 929,128 Webb: 901,272

  44. It’s damn close. That site Razib linked to is showing 966,000 for Allen and 964,000 for Webb at this point.

    Long night, indeed! I think I’m going to make some popcorn.

  50. What were those 21000 people in Va who voted for the Green Party candidate thinking? OMG. Why do they keep shooting themselves in the foot? This is soooo frustrating to come this close and lose. Again 🙁