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It sounds like Republican incumbent Steve King, he of the serial racism controversies, has gone full bunker in Iowa’s fourth congressional district:
Chris Gothner KCCI (@CGothnerKCCI)
At Steve King’s election night
HQ in Sioux City. Hotel staff at Stoney Creek tell us there are
security concerns — and there’s even question of whether news cameras
will be allowed inside event at all. Stay tuned. For now we will be live
on @KCCINews at 5/6. #IA04#IAmidterms
Well, now no media is being
allowed in to his event. Crews drove over 3 hours to provide our viewers
equal coverage in Iowa's 4th Congressional district only to be held
outside the door. https://t.co/ASDUP7Rcng
Polls close in Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina
Will Democrat Joe Manchin be reelected to the senate in West
Virginia, which Trump won by 42 points? We may soon know. In Ohio’s
12th, the Columbus suburbs, Danny O’Connor, a centrist Democrat, is
challenging incumbent Troy Balderson in a rematch of their extremely
close race in a special election last August.
Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald)
7:30 polls close:
- West Virginia (Sen, WV-3)
- Ohio (Gov, Sen, OH-12)
- North Carolina (NC-09, NC-13, and maybe NC-2)
Florida counties will have announced HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of votes already within about 30 minutes.
But
please remember as that happens: FL's early vote looked very promising
for Clinton. (I only have comparison points for Miami-Dade &
Broward, but I'll provide those at least.)
Now starting to get early
numbers from Virginia's races for Congress. Brat (R) trailing in VA7.
Riggleman (R) leads in VA5. Taylor (R) leads in VA2. Leads are 52-47.
Results are trickling in in the Indiana senate race pitting Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly against the businessman and former state legislator Mike Braun. The Democrats really need this one to keep their Senate dreams alive.
The race is too close to call, but we shouldn’t let it slip away
without remembering a Donnelly ad that seemed inspired by Veep, the
long-running HBO comedy.
The Stacey Abrams campaign has just sent out a call reminding voters they can stay in line in Georgia if they were there before the official poll closure time of 7pm ET.
The call is amplified by a certain former secretary of state:
Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton)
Remember, Georgia: If you’re
in line when the polls close at 7pm, you can still cast a ballot—so stay
in line and vote! While the GOP has been trying to make this election
about anything but the future you want for your families, you are on the
verge of making history.
With that last round of poll closures, we have immediate projections
in the Virginia and Vermont senate races – as expected in Vermont, which
is sending Bernie Sanders back to Washington.
In a quick-dropping call, Virginia will likewise send Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 running mate, back to the senate.
Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs)
Tim Kaine is projected to win his Senate race just as polls close. This is not normal for statewide races in Virginia
Andrew Gumbel reports for the Guardian: Hollywood actress turned political activist of the moment Alyssa Milano dropped in on campaign volunteers in one of the most tightly contested congressional races in the country this afternoon as Democrats looked to star power as well as people power to push them over the victory line.
“How are we doing?” Milano yelled as she walked into a room packed
with phone bank volunteers for Harley Rouda, a centrist businessman
hoping to beat 15-term Republican incumbent Dana Rohrabacher in one of
the most conservative districts in southernCalifornia’s
conservativeOrangeCounty.
The room responded with whoops and hollers, but Milano was not
satisfied. “Come on, you’ve got to do better than that,” she said. Sure
enough, the whoops grew louder. She thanked everyone at the Huntington
Beach field office for putting in long hours, adding: “Democracy doesn’t
work without active participation.”
Milano was joined by teenage actor Joshua Rush, who plays the first gay character ever to appear on the Disney Channel, in the show Andi Mack. The two shook hands and posed for pictures with the volunteers, shouting “Flip the 48th!” instead of “Cheese!”. Then Rush sat down to join the phone-banking efforts, while Milano left for another appointment.
“Anyone need a ride to the polls?” she asked.
The White House has released a statement. It notes the president’s
heroic efforts on behalf of his party and frames the election as a
choice between a prosperous, secure horizon “or we can go backwards.”
Also the president is hosting some form of results-watching gathering.
Here is the statement:
As President, Donald J. Trump has headlined an unprecedented 50
rallies—30 in the last two months alone—and he has campaigned for dozens
of candidates at all levels of government. The President has energized a
staggering number of Americans at packed arenas and in overflow crowds
at rallies across the country. Under President Trump’s leadership, the
Republican National Committee has raised more than a quarter billion
dollars, fueling an extraordinary ground game geared toward defying
midterm history and protecting the GOP’s majorities. He has made the
choice clear to the American people: Tonight, we can continue down the
path of American prosperity and security or we can go backwards. The
President and First Lady look forward to watching the results come in
with friends and family in the White House residence.
15 minutes until polls close in Florida, Georgia, Virginia
Polls are scheduled to close at 7pm ET in an additional tranche of
states including Florida, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina and Vermont.
Positions, everyone. Note: not all polls. Voting hours have been extended for some locations.
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