It's Election Day in America! We'll be liveblogging the results of all the key races nationwide. For a handy guide to all of Tuesday's major contests,
click here.
Statewide Results: KY | MS | NJ | OH | PA | VA
Tue Nov 03, 2015 at 6:04 PM PT (David Nir): If you're just tuning in, tonight has gone very poorly for Democrats. They've lost the Kentucky governorship and almost all other statewide offices except secretary of state; attorney general is still undecided. They've also almost certainly failed to pick up the Virginia state House. One of the few bright spots is in Indianapolis, IN, where Democrats have picked up the mayoralty.
Other big results pending are three Pennsylvania Supreme Court races; two ballot measures in Ohio (one on marijuana legalization, the other on bogus redistricting reform); and the Mississippi attorney general's race, where Jim Hood is trying for one more term as the last statewide Democratic elected official in the Deep South.
Tue Nov 03, 2015 at 6:14 PM PT (David Beard): MS-AG: With 3% of the precincts in, Democratic incumbent Jim Hood is leading his opponent 61%-39%, and ahead in all but one of the reporting counties. Very early, but a good place to start.
Tue Nov 03, 2015 at 6:15 PM PT (Stephen Wolf): Charlotte mayor: With 51% of precincts reporting, Democrat Jennifer Roberts' lead holds steady at 53.4% to Republican Ed Peacock's 46.5% for the open mayor's office. Roberts won the early vote in most of the remaining precincts, but given that Democrats need to win the early vote for a win overall, things could still tighten as the remaining vote rolls in.
Tue Nov 03, 2015 at 6:17 PM PT (James L): KY-AG: Kentucky Democrats are watching nervously to see if Andy Beshear, son of Gov. Steve Beshear, can survive Bevinmania in the Attorney General's race. With 3535 of 3697 precincts reporting, Beshear has a slim lead of just under 4900 votes over his Republican opponent. This one will go down to the wire.
Tue Nov 03, 2015 at 6:20 PM PT (David Nir): Houston, TX: In truly dismaying news, a ballot measure that would repeal the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance ("HERO") is winning by a wide margin. The anti-HERO forces are currently leading by a 63-37 margin. And just so we're all on the same page here, this is what people are voting against:
Are you in favor of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, Ord. No. 2014-530, which prohibits discrimination in city employment and city services, city contracts, public accommodations, private employment, and housing based on an individual’s sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, familial status, marital status, military status, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or pregnancy?
Tue Nov 03, 2015 at 6:20 PM PT (James L): KY-AG: Make that a 2500-vote lead for Beshear with 3609 of 3697 precincts reporting.
Tue Nov 03, 2015 at 6:25 PM PT (David Beard): PA-SC: With 21% of the vote in, the three Democratic Supreme Court nominees are way ahead of the Republican nominees, though a significant portion of the vote counted so far is from the Democratic stronghold of Philadelphia. They currently have 22%,21%, and 20% of the overall vote, with the Republicans at 12%, 10% and 10% (all the votes are counted together). The Democrats seem to be performing fairly well outside of Philly too, which could bode well.
Tue Nov 03, 2015 at 6:27 PM PT (Taniel): Maine: The "Promote Clean Elections" initiative, which would strengthen public financing of state elections and tighten reporting rules, could still go either way. With 56 percent of precincts reporting, the "yes" has a lead of 52 percent to 48 percent. We have next to nothing so far from Portland, which is also voting on a $15 minimum wage initiative.
Tue Nov 03, 2015 at 6:31 PM PT (David Beard): VA-State Senate: The AP has called VA-SD-10 for Republican Glen Sturtevant as well as SD-13 for Republican Dick Black, which was the only other uncalled race with a Republican incumbent. That officially ensures continued Republican control of the Virginia Senate. Democratically held open seat SD-29 remains to close to call, with Democrat Jeremy McPike up 51%-49% with about half of precincts counted.
Tue Nov 03, 2015 at 6:33 PM PT (David Jarman): Ohio: There are three ballot measures up in Ohio. Ballot measure 1, which purportedly improves the redistricting process by expanding the state's redistricting commission and requiring compactness, is passing by a wide margin, 71-29. That's superficially good news, but our Stephen Wolf points out the flaws with the law's limited changes.
On the other hand, Ohioans are rejecting legalized recreational marijuana in measure 3, by a wide margin, 66-34. Conversely, that's not clear-cut bad news, though: the measure would have created an ungainly monopoly pot-growing system that nobody on the pro-marijuana side seemed to like. (Their own measure, #2, was written to prevent marijuana monopolies. That's currently passing, 54-46, but it's not really relevant with #3 failing.)
Tue Nov 03, 2015 at 6:35 PM PT (David Jarman): Ohio: In fact, the AP just called 'yes' on the redistricting measure and 'no' on the marijuana legalization measure.
Tue Nov 03, 2015 at 6:36 PM PT (David Nir): The liveblog continues here.