Brendan reports from the Al Runte party, where there’s no internet access:

The campaign manager and I have been calling the results via cell phone. I was sitting at a table with Runte and called in the latest (36.75% Runte, 62.47% Nickels). Stony silence. “But that’s only 14 percent of the registered voters,” I added. Runte stood. “That’s great!” he shouted, waving his arms in the air. The high school Dem zealots enthusiastically hashed over school board results in the background. I drifted to another table and chatted with a lovely old woman who “had memory loss.” I gave her the results. We talked about our marital status—me single, her divorced—and her three daughters. She said she was supporting Runte because she met him at the Burgermaster in the University Village. “I go there every day. He does too.” She paused. “So what are the election results?” she asked. “And are you single?”

It’s very odd here.