Polls are closing in Massachusetts...which means it's time to wait. There will be no exit polls tonight, so we're doing this the old-fashioned way, one town at a time.
There are reports of high turnout from all over, but Greg Sargent has solid numbers for Boston:
As of 3 PM today, 81,882 people had voted in Boston, according to Brian McNiff, the spokesman for the Secretary of State’s office. That’s more than a fifth of the city’s 358,953 registered voters.
For comparison, by the same time on election day 2006, only slightly more — 87,000 — had voted. And that was during elections for Senate, governor, and multiple lower offices. This single special election has generated nearly the same turnout as all those elections did, at least in Boston — and many think Coakley’s only chance to win is if turnout is disproportionately high there.
Without numbers for other population centers, it's hard to read tea leaves here, though.
When results do start coming, you can track them at the Boston Globe; we'll update with more locations as they go live.
Now, let's settle in and wait together.