We have scored! Take that, Bush. In alpha order:
- Maine: “with 12 percent of the precincts reporting, 57 percent of the voters were voting against the repeal of a gay-rights law approved by lawmakers earlier this year” (NYT)
- Michigan: “Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was trailing challenger Freman Hendrix on Tuesday, as the FBI announced an investigation into vote irregularities, including claims of absentee ballots cast by the dead” … 59% to 41% so far. (AP)
- Minnesota: DINO Bush-endorsing Mayor Randy Kelly is getting beaten by the Democrat-endorsed candidate Chris Coleman 30% to 69% with 74% of the precincts counted — Via NLinStPaul
- New Jersey: DEM WINNER NJ GOV RACE… CORZINE [D] 53.57% FORRESTER [R] 43.43% [30% REPORTING]…
- New York City: Bloomberg has 66%.
- Texas: Approve Ban on Gay Marriage, so far by 72%, sigh … (No surprise, but still …)
- Virginia: DEM WINNER VA GOV RACE… KAINE [D] 50.68% KILGORE [R] 47.07% [78% REPORTING]…
Belly up to the bar! Fifty percent of the drink proceeds are going to the Scooter Libby Defense Fund.
Earlier updates below the fold:
Good sources from The Maven:
NJ: NJ.com Election Coverage (updated every 10 minutes)
VA: Commonwealth Elections Page (updates every 2 minutes)
ELECTION WIRE…
DEM WINNER VA GOV RACE… KAINE [D] 50.61% KILGORE [R] 47.13% [74% REPORTING]…
DEM PROJECTED WIN NJ GOV RACE… CORZINE [D] 53.56% FORRESTER [R] 43.57% [18% REPORTING]…
As of 9:00pm Eastern Time, Corzine is ahead 52.2% to 44.8%, with approximately 19% of precincts reporting. Kaine is ahead 50.8% to 47.0% with 73% of precincts reporting
Update [2005-11-8 20:53:57 by susanhu]: Kaine held a narrow lead in Virginia, with 483,537 votes, or 51.4 percent, to Kilgore’s 437,669 votes, or 46.5 percent, with more than half of precincts counted. … With just 11 precincts reporting in New Jersey, Corzine was ahead with 2,287 votes, or 65.7 percent, to Forrester’s 1,196 votes, or 34.3 percent.
BELOW:
At about 5:45pm PT:
VA GOV RACE… KILGORE [R] 46.58% KAINE [D] 51.15% [63% REPORTING]…
NJ GOV RACE… FORRESTER [R] 32.16% CORZINE [D] 67.84% [1% REPORTING]…