Wednesday, November 08, 2006

The results are in, almost

Well, it looks like my fearless projections for seat counts for the Senate race will be 100% accurate. That is, if the good folks in Meagher County Montana prefer Democrat candidate Jon Tester to Republican incumbent Conrad Burns. Tester has a 1% lead (1800 votes) with 99% of precincts in. The holdout, Meagher county, has no returns in at all yet.

As well, in Viginia, with 99% of polls in, 3 precincts remain to be completed:

Fairfax City - 86% reported breaks 56-43 for Webb
Isle of Wight - 92% reported breaks 57-42 for Senator Allen
Loudon County - 99% reported breaks 50-49 for Webb

Jim Webb leads at present by approximately 10,000 votes. Given the above data, it looks like Webb will win this one although it will surely go to recount.

With 13 seats still up for grabs, the Democrats have been declared in 227 House races, with the GOP losing 27 seats (so far) at 195.

It will be interesting to see how the lame duck President responds at 1:00pm. This could be great for bi-partisanship or complete gridlock - think Toronto at rush hour.

UPDATE: Here is the most thorough explanation of Montana recount rules that I have found.

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