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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Democrats and Good Causes Kicking Ass All Over the Place

posted by on November 4 at 22:27 PM

Holy fucking shit! Everything is going the way it’s supposed to!

The first ballot drop of the night has Governor Gregoire a narrow lead over Dino Rossi: 50.85% to 49.15%

Darcy Burner has 56% of the vote.

Tim Eyman’s I-985 is going down in flames with only 39% of the vote.

I-1000 has come alive with a whopping 74% of voters approving the measure.

At the local level, Pike Place is at 59%, Parks is at 57% and Sound Transit is passing in King and Snohomish counties with 62% and 55% respectively. Pierce County has yet to post any results.

The only Republicans winning tonight: Doug “Bathing Suit Area” Sutherland who’s up 51.41% to 48.59% and female-to-male transexual Rob McKenna, who has 59% of the vote.

There’s another ballot drop in about 5 minutes and we’ll update again when we get the new numbers.

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When you repost remember for the sake of your lovely description of McKenna, "transsexual" does have two esses. Essssessss. Whee!

Posted by tomasyalba | November 4, 2008 10:31 PM
2

It looks like prop 8 may pass in California... I'm freaking the fuck out.

Posted by gaaay | November 4, 2008 10:34 PM
3

Prop 8 will be a nail-biter, unfortunately. Looks like african americans were against equal rights for gays by a 69-31% margin, which probably hurts Prop 8's chances, given their higher turnout (than average) this election. Way to go oppressed minority!

But only 29% of precincts in CA have reported, and generally they tend to be the less populated precincts (read: rural/Republican/conservative). There's still a good chance for Prop 8.

Would be a sad coda to an otherwise great day. Especially considering the other states have succeeded in passing gay marriage bans (Florida looks to have done so as well).

Posted by jcricket | November 4, 2008 10:36 PM
4

The latest drop from Pierce county shows Sound Transit baaaaaarely passing by like 300 votes...

Posted by ducki3x | November 4, 2008 10:41 PM
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@3

Yes, definitely, you should work to accentuate that wedge between blacks and gays. Fan the flames! Thanks for doing your part.

Posted by elenchos | November 4, 2008 10:42 PM
6

Kay Hagan still makes me more happy than anything except, of course "that one". One new governor. 5-8 new Senate seats (probably 6-7). 25ish new House seats. I am going to bed happy...

Posted by Julie in Chicago | November 4, 2008 10:45 PM
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To Dino Rossi, Tim Eyman, and the knuckle-draggers of my state:
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA, and, oh yeah, one more thing: HA-FUCKING HA!!

Posted by Madashell | November 4, 2008 10:52 PM

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