Election update: Massachusetts

[ellid]

Results so far. If there's just a name, race has been called:

Governor/Lt. Governor - Deval Patrick/Tim Murray leading by 6%. Cities and the West are going for him, suburbs and the East for Charlie Baker, who sounds like an angry version of Mr. Roboto on the radio.

Secretary of State - Bill Galvin

Treasurer - Steve Grossman, whose ads were syrupy paeans to his courage in overcoming cancer. Very nice, but this has what to do with politics?

AG - Martha Coakley

Auditor - Suzanne Bump (D). *shrug* Oh well.

1st - John Olver (my Congressman!)

2nd - Richard Neal

3rd - Jim McGovern leading by 20%. Call this one, for heaven's sake!

4th - Barney Frank

5th - no results as yet (????)

6th - John Tierney

7th - Ed Markey

8th - Mike Capuano

9th - Stephen Lynch

10th - Bill Keating (D) leading by a few percentage points

Question #1 (repeal of the alcohol sales tax) - leading by 4%

Question #2 (repeal of the affordable housing law) - defeated

Question #3 (cutting the sales tax down to 3%) - defeated



In non-Massachusetts races, Christine "I am not a witch" O'Donnell loses to Chris Coons in Delaware, Linda McMahon loses to Richard Blumenthal in Connecticut, and Kentucky has to suffer having Rand "we don't need the Civil Rights Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act" Paul as their Senator. God only knows what will happen in California or Alaska, but if California elects Carly Fiorina, who outsourced thousands of jobs overseas and ran Hewlett-Packard into the ground, they have only themselves to blame.

Comments

[mad_maudlin]

At Samhain at lofro's house, a lady came wearing a witch costume and carrying a "Christine O'Donnell for Senate" sign. I thought it was the best costume ever.

[samantha-vimes.livejournal.com]

Boxer has a double digit lead.

[tena524.livejournal.com]

I only wish NH had done as well. (sigh) Back to being a red state....