The SD 10 Election Night Results and Open Thread
With polls closing soon, we await the results and, of course, the discussion. We’ll update the results as they come in. If any of you are at polling places, feel free to share info with us. And, of course, let’s hear what everybody thinks.
The 4th of the 9th has reported. 227 Hansen, 234 Marino.
This is actually good news for Hansen, as Trump won this ED, 393 to 330. Feeling optimistic.
I now feel confident that Hansen will win. She won the 6th of the 8th by a 426-366 margin. Clinton won this ED by only 11 votes. If the trend continues, Hansen should outperform Clinton’s 57-43 margin.
BTW, the turnout is extraordinarily large for a Special Election
Great title for a novel that. The 4th of the 9th.
5190 to 3611. Hansen
With 7 of the 16 polling places reporting, Hansen leads, 1957-1717. But nothing is in yet from the 25th or 27th RD’s, which should be her strongholds.
Hansen leads, 2273-2218, as one of the Trump ED’s came in. Still nothing from the 25th or 27th. Only one more Trump ED to go. After that, it should all be Hansen territory.
She won. 7431 to 4950
The one remaining Trump ED went for Hansen, and the first ED from the 27th reported. Hansen leads, 3159 to 2771. That’s as close as it will be for the rest of the evening.
I’m at the party it is all over. Marino Trounced
Thanks, Jason. That’s a slaughter. I guess Lavelle will blame it all on those 17 year-olds who were schoolbused to the polls.
what’s the deal with Jason’s nonsense numbers?
That’s a 60-40 win. Congrats especially to all the volunteers who knocked doors. You made a big difference.
Jason must be at Hansen HQ. They get the results phoned into them before the DOE posts them.
So the numerator is one million bucks (& change), plus a sliver of Biden’s street cred. Looks like that denominator is going to make this quite a spend, per vote.
7119 Hansen 4850 Marino
$135 per. Paltry sum. Will we get our quids worth? Will Ms Hansen live up to Mr Kowalko’s strong endorsement? Brace yourselves.
Jason, ya think now would be a good time to ask her about raising the top bracket?
Oh, the denominator is decreasing… Profit margins are so slim… Upwards of $140 per vote is killing me.
It is not over yet…..but it looks like Stephanie is in the lead.
I am surprised. I thought the Democrats were going to botch this. However, I wish that everyone voted more. There are 35,000 eligible voters in SD 10. If Delaware and America wants to have a better democracy, there needs to be more voter turnout and political consciousness.
http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtml
On the side note: I kinda feel bad for the Libertarian candidate.
About 1/3 of the eligible voters voted. Just about 12,000 out of 35,673 registered voters. That’s amazing for a Special Election.
Without knowing for sure, I’d be surprised if ANY Delaware Special Election had a better turnout. In fact, I doubt if there’s one that’s even close to this.
I’m with Vanilla…as I said earlier the narrative will be Dems spent close to a million dollars to win one seat!
Where was Tom Kovach when the Republicans needed him?
OK, now I can can say: Hansen lost me when I heard straight up Republican talking points from her during the WDEL debate:
“One of the things we can’t do, right off the bat is we can’t raise taxes. ”
and,
“Charter schools are public schools!” (said with real firmness and conviction).
At that point, for me it became a lesser-of-two-evils election. I’m happy at least the greater evil did not win.
That (the money spent) will certainly be the R meme. But that assumes that Marino would otherwise have won. I don’t think so. Not when your campaign manager and volunteer coordinator quit less than two weeks out.
Maybe Marino wins if the election is in December. But, as it played out, he performed far worse against Hansen than he did against Bethany Hall-Long. Seeing as how Hansen was indeed ‘the lesser of two evils’, I can only conclude that prolonged exposure to Marino did him no favors. A lot of R’s told me he was a total jerk.
Hansen claims Democratic mandate in acceptance speech.
“This win sends a message”. I hope Carney hears the message. This speech is a Democratic barn burner
If she takes this vibe into the Senate she can be a Democratic firebrand
Hansen has a sense of how this win fits into history. First wave of the backlash
We might have Hansen, but we still have Carney.
Marino is a three time loser. All three times to women.
Now the real primary pressure on Carney needs to start.
I’m pleasantly surprised to hear that was the tone of her remarks. Let’s see what a Democratic mandate means in this state.
The theme was “working families” organized labor and no to discrimination in its many forms. We’ll see.
I doubt she’ll buck the governors office on taxes, but she can present the Democratic case well on other issues.
Sorry I missed the speech.
I hope the “working families” theme means she will join the fight for a minimum wage increase. And she will fight AGAINST services cuts that aren’t paired with tax increases on the wealthy.
“no to discrimination in its many forms”
Well, at least we will all feel better about our slide into poverty.
Lol. Check out this from the dkos coverage:
“If Republicans had won the seat, they would have gained significant clout to dilute Democratic Gov. John Carney’s goals.”
Carney fits Garry Trudeau’s description of George H. W. Bush: “He placed his manhood in a blind trust.”