Early returns here

[muse]

http://www.burntorangereport.com/frontPage.do

BAR leading handily with early votes in!

Another race I am watching - Boris Miles and Al Edwards - about even with early votes in.

Alvarado leading Grant.

[sonias]

1. Richard Raymond won early vote in HD42

I hope it holds. Come on Richard Raymond, we need you back in the House.

Sonia

[WolverineDG]

20. DINO Martinez goes down!

:woohoo:

Those anti-abortion ads run by his supporters had a negative effect on three people I talked to. They were considering a vote for Martinez, until those ads were run. heh.

dg

[sonias]

2. Nueces county making amends

BAR won the early vote. She should certainly win election day.
BAR 3,744
Gene (not the dead dancer)2,864

Sonia

[Horse with no Name]

3. She is losing her ass in Red River County

I wish she would have done some campaigning out this way.
Gene Kelly 239 57.45% 239 57.45%
Barbara Ann Radnofsky 177 42.54% 177 42.54%

[derby378]

4. Dallas County results (as of 8:06pm)

(177 of 687 reporting)
Barbara Ann Radnofsky . . . . 4,043 78.47%
Gene Kelly . . . . . . . . 1,109 21.53%

[CoolOnion]

5. BOR--8:40 update

8:40 Update - 2,057 of 5,645 precintcs reporting
Kelly - 38.9%; 39,621 votes
Radnofsky - 61.1%; 62,164 votes

Ed. note: From the comments: AP has called the race for Radnofsky
:toast:

[Horse with no Name]

6. Hot damn! Some good news!

Now if we can get her out to meet people in the rural areas, she might have a chance against kbh.

[sonias]

7. I'll drink to that too

:toast::toast::toast:

Drinks all around CoolOnion is buying!

Sonia

[CoolOnion]

12. For Barbara, I'll buy the first round!

[w8liftinglady]

17. good job getting the word out on barbara,people..

[sonias]

8. Richard Raymond wins!

House District 42: Mercurio Martinez, Jr. vs. Richard Raymond.
Richard Raymond wins - all precincts reporting
Martinez, Jr. - 42.24%; 6,456 votes
Raymond - 57.76%; 8,828 votes
:woohoo:

Raymond was our best man in the redistricting committee. He fought really hard for all of Texas. I congratulate him!

:toast:

Sonia

[sonias]

9. This is how Travis voted for BAR - 92%

RACE	NAME			EARLY VOTES	PERCENT	TOTAL VOTES	PERCENT
U. S. Senator				
Gene Kelly		295	8.98%	640	7.84%
Barbara Ann Radnofsky		2,989	91.01%	7,520	92.15%
				-----------		-----------	
Total Votes Cast		3,284		8,160	
Early Provisional Ballots Reported		1			
Total Provisional Ballots Reported				8	
Precincts Reported		217	of	217 Precincts	100.00%
*	County Turnout		1.49%		544,483 Registered Voters

Now the pathetic part is the 1.5% of registered voters who voted. Of course there were about 9,937 republican votes in the repub primary and they should be counted. They actually beat us in voter turnout. How shameful.

Sonia

[lavenderdiva]

10. update on Alvarado...

according to Harris County Election Night Results:

link: http://www.election.co.harris.tx.us/Dem/dem_results_for_20060411.htm

Dem - Lieutenant Governor

Alvarado 43.79%
Grant 56.21%
86.63% of precincts reporting.

However, when you go to Channel 2, click2houston.com website, they have called the election for Alvarado 56% to Grant 44%, 73% of precincts reporting. Channel 11 website has done the same thing. I don't know if they will be revising this, when they see what Harris County itself has reported. I personally e-mailed them about this inaccuracy.

[muse]

11. You are comparing two different things, I think

Maybe the first percentages are just Harris County results?

The other percentages are statewide are are called accurately for Alvarado.

[lavenderdiva]

15. you're right, muse!

thanks for the nudge....

[sonias]

13. She won the state

This really gets interesting now. She is the highest office state Latina candidate on the ballot. Can we kick up the Latino vote this year? I hope so.

Sonia

[lavenderdiva]

14. sorry, my bad

thanks for the correction...

[crispini]

16. Wow. Alvarado won!

Good for her. I am kind of excited about her. A lot of old time Dems told me to vote for Grant because of his experience but I confess I voted for her because of her enthusiasm and I thought she had a great website. Hopefully she will help us stir up some excitement at the top of the ticket.

[WestHoustonDem]

18. She'll be an asset on the ticket. n/t

[Horse with no Name]

19. I voted for her because one of our party guys

wrinkled his nose up when he said her name. Of course that was after he said that gays didn't need to be in prominent places in the party.
So when he recommended voting for Ben--I knew immediately that I should vote for someone else.:)