TX-28 live results here! (Cuellar v. Rodriguez)

[Greeby]

http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/dem1race5.htm

Ciro is starting out in front :bounce:

[Coexist]

1. k & r

[AX10]

2. I hope Rodriguez wins it.

Cuellar is a Rethug infiltrate.

[Turn CO Blue]

3. Live blogging from Ciro's HDQ on Swing State.com

<http://www.swingstateproject.com/>

[AnnieBW]

4. Viva Ciro!!!

:loveya:

[Greeby]

5. Truth in advertising

heh :evilgrin:

[Greeby]

6. ooo,the race just tightened

Comeon Ciro

[Coexist]

7. tighter still

damn.

[High Plains]

8. Very early yet. No San Antonio votes in...

[Coexist]

9. Good news in!

Henry Victor Ciro D. ... ... ...
County Total Precincts Total
... ... ... ... Votes Reported Precincts
ALL COUNTIES 10,530

Cuellar (Incumbent) 3,051

Morales 805

Rodriguez 6,674

[GOPisEvil]

10. Go Ciro - kick Cuellar's DINO ass!

[tishaLA]

11. K&R

[Greeby]

12. Ciro widens the lead

Cuellar: 3,539
Morales: 910
Rodriguez: 8,053

:woohoo:

[tishaLA]

13. WooHoo!

Go Ciro

[IndyOp]

14. MyDD is live-blogging -- good coverage, too!

Though not as positive: http://www.mydd.com

As of 10:20 pm EST, MYDD says, "In case you are wondering why I am still porjecting Cuellar ahead despite Ciro's robust lead in the actual vote count, Webb County, which accounted for over 31% of the vote in 2004, has not reported a single vote yet. And in 2004, it went 84-16 for Cuellar."

[Greeby]

16. This is worrying

Maybe this is where they're gonna steal it

[IndyOp]

19. * kissed Cuellar's face during the State of the Union - steal?

I hope not, but I would bet so...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x416004

[Greeby]

15. Cuellar gets a bump

Cuellar: 5,016
Morales: 983
Rodriguez: 8,585

98 out of 276 precincts reporting

[Greeby]

17. Ciro pulls out ahead

Cuellar: 6,767
Morales: 1,313
Rodriguez: 10,041

128 out of 276 precincts reporting

[RSchewe]

18. You all know what that "touchscreen voting machine problem" means...

That will be the last minute push to get the win when Ciro has the lead close to the end of the count.

[Greeby]

20. Steady rise

Cuellar: 7,304
Morales: 1,408
Rodriguez: 11,269

143 out of 276 precincts reporting

[Pirate Smile]

21. Daily Kos thread -Webb County hasn't reported yet - it is Cuellar's home

county.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/7/22227/81938

2000 census... (none / 1)

Texas counties:

Atascosa 38,628
Bexar 1,392,931
Comal 78,021
Frio 16,252
Guadalupe 89,023
Hays 97,589
LaSalle 5,866
McMullen 851
Webb 193,117
Wilson 32,408
Zapata 12,182

[TacticalPeek]

22. Pretty blatant thumb on the scale.

Glitch holds up Webb results

Web Posted: 03/07/2006 09:25 PM CST

Amy Dorsett
Express-News Staff Writer

The outcome of one of the closely watched primary races in Texas will likely not be known for sometime, as voting results from Webb County have been held up due to a technical glitch.
With only a small percentage of results in, incumbent U.S. Rep Henry Cuellar was trailing former Congressman Ciro Rodriguez in the Democratic primary race for the 28th Congressional District seat.
Several key counties, including Cuellar's Laredo home base of Webb, still had not reported early vote totals. The Laredo Morning News is reporting that voting machines had been incorrectly programmed, and as a result votes would have to be extracted from flash cards attached to each machine.

snip


WEBB 0 0 0

[Edgewater_Joe]

27. Of COURSE It Is!

The corruption is so bad they don't even bother to hide it.

And until they're called on it, they won't.

[Greeby]

23. Slight increase, still nothing from Webb county

Cuellar: 7,939
Morales: 1,544
Rodriguez: 12,495

159 out of 276 precincts

[Avalux]

24. Wow - Bexar Country went BIG for Ciro -

Good job!!!! :applause:

[GOPisEvil]

25. I hope they can balance out Webb County.

:scared:

[Avalux]

26. I hope so -

if Cuellar 'mysteriously' wins after his home county has 'glitches' we need to raise hell.

[Horse with no Name]

28. That is exactly what happened in Ohio

between Schmidt and Hackett.
Hackett was ahead....oops a glitch...took forever to get results then BOOM!,
Schmidt won.
Probably why Webb County hasn't reported yet.
Not sure how big of a bump they need.

[autorank]

38. Yep, sure is.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00186.htm

[Rose Siding]

29. Swing state project has Ciro underperforming in every single co

as compared to '04. -Projecting Cuellar w/ 55% :(

http://www.swingstateproject.com/2006/03/new_tx_primary.php#comments

Webb co- heavy for Cuellar hasn't reported a single vote yet.

[IndyOp]

30. Shit. FIRST STOLEN ELECTION OF 2006: Voting Machine Problems in TX...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=416015&mesg_id=416015

[GOPisEvil]

33. There hasn't been anything stolen...yet.

[last_texas_dem]

31. Man, the waiting is tough

It's not as if my watching the results as they come in will help Rodriguez at all, but I just can't resist doing that in elections like these.

I just wish Webb would report something. Sure, I'm paranoid but having absolutely nothing reported at this point in the evening just seems too suspicious...

[Greeby]

32. Ciro gets another boost

Cuellar: 8,542
Morales: 1,685
Rodriguez: 14,557

189 out of 276 precincts reporting

[madfloridian]

34. Ciro: We have impounded the ballots in Webb.

http://agonist.org/sean_paul_kelley/20060307/e_voting_in_webb_county

"Just in from the local news E-voting in Webb county has caused Henry Cuellar's numbers (his precincts down along the border) to come in late. Any surprise? He won by 56 votes last time.

Ciro just said, "we have already sent attorneys down to Webb and Zapata counties and the ballots have been impounded."

He looks very confident and Henry looked shaken. The tone in the local media is pro-Henry."

[Greeby]

35. Ciro rules!

Get that cheating bastard! :bounce:

[Coexist]

37. YES!!!!!!!!

[Coexist]

46. more...

http://agonist.org/sean_paul_kelley/20060307/e_voting_in_webb_county

Update: Basically what is going on in Webb county is that they're delaying reporting to figure out how many votes they need. And WOAI-TV just showed Madla crying. You know what, that's what you get for the CHIP vote. Turncoat.

<snip>
Update 3: MyDD has a comprehensive round-up on the Ciro-Henry grudge match. The E-voting issues are really, really bad folks. There's like a total embargo on information here. It's really screwey. We're probably looking at the first stolen election of 2006, as someone noted at MyDD. The shenanigans are so obvious and so over the top. I am just glad Ciro's got his legal act together this time.

State Senate District 19 is more than likely going to break Uresti's way, and a big part of that victory was first the Madla clip that made it to the blogs. The momentum shifted significantly when we had Carlos on the show and re-ran and re-ran the clip over and over. That week the local media picked up on the clip and the CHIP issues. (A kids health insurance vote that Madla hosed his supporters on.) So, The Agonist and local blogs are getting some good kudos for helping out the local campaigns. Good stuff. It looks like we've knocked off one DINO tonight, but we probably won't know about Ciro and Henry til tomorrow, if even then.

[Redbear]

36. Ciro is in good shape, I think.

If his lead grows a little bit, there is a good possibility there won't be enough votes in Webb County to catch him.

[Rose Siding]

39. How do you figure?

I'd love a reason to feel good about this but he's lost ground that cueller gained in every precinct reporting-

snip from comments>
Grim. he seems to be down in every precinct that has any significant fraction reporting, mostly down by well more than Morales is getting. Obviously, it's total votes that matters, not percentages, but this looks bad. What went wrong?
County 2004% Precincts 2006%
----------------
Guadalupe 73% 39/39 57% - down 16 pts
Hays 64% 19/19 55% - down 9 pts
Frio 54% 11/11 37% - down 17 pts
McMullen 40% 6/6 14% - down 25 pts
Bexar 80% 96/102 75% - down 5 pts
Comal 72% 4/5 58% - down 14 pts
Wilson 65% 11/25 50% - down 15 pts

http://www.swingstateproject.com/2006/03/second_tx_prima.php#comments

[Redbear]

45. Depends on Webb County turnout

Should be interesting.

[Coexist]

40. Webb in - gives lead to Cuellar - 16,705

Rodriguez - 15,408

http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/dem1race5.htm

[Greeby]

41. WTF?

:cry:

[RagAss]

42. STOLEN AGAIN.... THESE MOTHERFUCKERS

ARE WE AWAKE YET ???????

[Greeby]

43. Wait a second

No extra counties have been counted in. This is just the early voting

[Coexist]

44. right.

thank you.

[Coexist]

47. Swing State just revised their statement to this:

http://www.swingstateproject.com/

<11:19 p.m.>: We are still waiting here at the office for final totals.


...the previous one was a little defeatist. Let's hope he got some good news.

(on edit: the previous post also stated that we might not get any more numbers for a while. I am off to bed)

[last_texas_dem]

48. Damn

Well, from what I can see now this doesn't look very good; seems like far too many of the non-counted votes are from Cuellar country.

Hoping for the best...

[EFerrari]

49. Or, from the DRE voters.

:eyes:

[last_texas_dem]

50. That, too

It's "funny" how, at least from what my understanding, the heavily Cuellar-supporting area also happens to be the one with "reporting delays" due to new machines...

[EFerrari]

51. Maybe they're having OH election night humidity? n/t

[last_texas_dem]

52. Scratch this post

I thought something interesting had developed on the SOS site, but there was obviously something screwing up with my computer...

[Sean-Paul Kelley]

53. Cuellar Pulls Ahead But Still Not By 50.1%

WOAI has reported than Henry has pulled ahead of Ciro, but still just shy of the 50.1% threshold for outright victory. Morales has a chance to be the spoiler. Ciro just hasn't mobilzed his voters the way he could have. When I last looked it was 48% Cuellar, 45% Rodriguez, 6% Morales. Webb county ballot boxes are still outstanding. I've heard they've been impounded, and then not, and then impounded and then back on their way. It's very confusing. Even from people I know on the ground in Laredo. Henry still looks very nervous on TV. <a href=http://agonist.org>More at The Agonist</a>

[Coexist]

54. Morning news:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14041526.htm

Posted on Wed, Mar. 08, 2006
Cuellar leads Rodriguez in congressional grudge matchT.A. BADGER
Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO - With thousands of votes yet to be counted in his home county, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar held a small lead over former congressman Ciro Rodriguez early Wednesday in the Democratic primary in House District 28.

<snip>
In 2004, it looked like Rodriguez was the winner until hundreds of untabulated ballots - most for Cuellar - turned up in Webb and neighboring Zapata counties. Cuellar ended up winning the race by 58 votes.
"It seems like they're holding off (the final count) to see, exactly like they did last time, to see how many votes they need," Rodriguez said. "It's unfortunate that I have to say that, but it seems that's the way it's occurring."

<snip>
"There's nothing untoward happening - everything's above-board," Strother said. "He should be ashamed of himself for once again being a sore loser."

[Coexist]

55. more...

http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/03/tx_28_cuellar_hovering_just_un.html

TX 28: Cuellar Hovering Just Under Runoff Threshold
Updated 3:05 a.m.

Freshman Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar holds a lead over former four-term Rep. Ciro D. Rodriguez a rematch of their chaotic and controversial 2004 primary in Texas’ 28th District. But it is not yet clear whether Cuellar will achieve the majority vote he needs to avoid an April 11 runoff election.

With more than 86 percent of the vote counted in the 28th — which runs from San Antonio to the Mexico border — Cuellar led Rodriguez in a race that also includes Victor Morales, a schoolteacher and past congressional aspirant.

Cuellar had 48.01 percent of the vote, just short of a majority, to 45.27 percent for Rodriguez and 6.72 percent for Morales. At 3 a.m. eastern time, Cuellar led Rodriguez by 1,047 votes out of more than 38,100 cast.

<snip>
The 28th draws nearly three times as many residents from Bexar County as from Webb County, but Webb actually provided a larger share of the vote in the 2004 primary. Cuellar won Webb by about 10,500 votes in that race, garnering 86 percent of the vote.

[Avalux]

56. They made it happen for Cuellar.

Whomever is pulling the election strings have handed him his gift for being a good little WH ass kisser. I am more than pissed over this and believe me, I'm not going to keep quiet.

Everything's above-board? Prove it.