Live coverage: Election night 2021

It’s election night 2021! Numerous important races are on the ballot across the country, and we’re liveblogging the top contests below.

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Wednesday, Nov 3, 2021 · 12:19:05 AM +00:00 · Steve Singiser

For those just checking in, here is what he have (admittedly, not much in concrete) in the early hours of Election Night 2021:

• Democrats have performed well in mayoral races, picking up a GOP-held mayoralty with relative ease in St. Petersburg, FL, and seeing incumbent Joyce Craig win re-election in Manchester, NH. In other cities tonight, we are largely seeing Dem-vs-Dem contests, so we’ll report on those as we know more.
• In Virginia, the night is early, but definitely not an optimal start for the Democrats. They trail at present in all three statewide races, and appear to be underperforming in counties and localities where most of the vote has been tallied. In addition, they trail in enough races right now to put control of the state House of Delegates in peril.
• New Jersey just closed a few minutes ago. Every poll has shown Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy getting re-elected, so the only question here might be margin.
• We are still waiting on a host of other races, from Congressional specials down to mayoral and court races. So there is still much to discover in Election Night 2021!

Wednesday, Nov 3, 2021 · 12:24:16 AM +00:00 · Steve Singiser

OH-15: We’re only in the early stages on this one, with what appears to be just the early vote counted. At present, Republican Mike Carey leads Democrat Allison Russo by a 54-46 margin. That would be surprisingly tight, but in this modern era, we need to caution that this may seem artificially close, given how D-leaning the early vote tends to be.

Wednesday, Nov 3, 2021 · 12:32:03 AM +00:00 · Steve Singiser

FL-20 (D): The closest race of the night may well be the primary battle to get the opportunity to replace the late Alcee Hastings in the U.S. House. At last check, we are up to 47,000 votes tallied, and the Democratic primary is being decided by a margin of...97 votes. Your current (and tenuous, obviously) leader is Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness.

Wednesday, Nov 3, 2021 · 12:39:14 AM +00:00 · Steve Singiser

VIRGINIA: The good news for Democrats is some key votes for them are still not reported (a ton of Fairfax County, plus Richmond City). The bad news for Democrats is that the margins are getting wide enough, in terms of the raw vote, where it very well might not matter. With about 60% of the expected vote counted, Terry McAuliffe trails by just over 200,000 votes.

Wednesday, Nov 3, 2021 · 12:48:48 AM +00:00 · Steve Singiser

OH-15: As expected, as the day-of vote gets counted, things look better for Republican Mike Carey. His lead over Democrat Allison Russo has expanded to 56-44.

Wednesday, Nov 3, 2021 · 1:06:07 AM +00:00 · Steve Singiser

NEW JERSEY: We’ve now hit the threshold in the Garden State, and on the surface, it looks considerably better than Virginia. Incumbent Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy sits with a 56-43 lead with about 350,000 votes cast (or, about 10-15% of expected turnout). Meanwhile, downballot, the Dems currently lead in a couple R-held seats, but as always, it is way early, and we don’t know where the numbers will eventually land. Worth noting that in recent polling, Murphy’s lead was in the mid-to-high single digits, so it would be reasonable to expect tightening.

Wednesday, Nov 3, 2021 · 1:10:54 AM +00:00 · Steve Singiser

FL-20 (D): Every election needs a reminder like this, so here is this year’s entry in the “every vote counts” department:

OK, all precincts in Broward and Palm Beach are in.
Holness: 11,295
Cherfilus-McCormick: 11,217
Difference of 78 votes. Unreal. And there's still likely hundreds of mail ballots to count, so this Dem. primary is certainly not decided tonight. G'night!

— Dan Sweeney (@Daniel_Sweeney) November 3, 2021

Wednesday, Nov 3, 2021 · 1:12:09 AM +00:00 · Steve Singiser

NYC MAYOR: Least surprising result of the night—Democrat Eric Adams has defeated Republican Curtis Sliwa (and his cat) to become the next mayor of the nation’s largest city.

Wednesday, Nov 3, 2021 · 1:23:44 AM +00:00 · Steve Singiser

BUFFALO MAYOR: This is a “whoa”, and definitely disheartening to some progressives. It looks like incumbent Mayor Byron Brown’s write-in effort to keep his job may be yielding fruit. With the early vote counted, write in votes are outstripping the vote for Democratic primary winner India Walton by nearly a 2-to-1 margin.

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