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Lieberman/Lamont and McKinney/Johnson predictions (LIVEBLOGGING – LIEBERMAN CONCEDES, WILL RUN AS INDEP.)
(Scroll to the bottom for frequent updates)
The polls close in CT at 8 Eastern time tonight in the Lieberman/Lamont primary. Polls close at 7 Eastern time in Georgia in the McKinney/Johnson run off.
Who will win? Post your predictions in the comments section.
NBC30.com will be posting the results of the CT primary on their site as they come in.
11Alive.com in Atlanta will be monitoring runoff results in Georgia.
On the blogging end, Allah will be on top of the races and updating, and I’ll try to as well – time permitting.
Update 7:05 PM: Here’s a better link (click on the link for US House District 4) for checking results in this Georgia runoff. The polls just closed five minutes ago so stay tuned for results to come rolling in. Looks like that link automatically refreshes every few seconds. If you have a problem with that link, try this one and click on the link for US House District 4.
Update 7:49 PM: Here’s another alternate link for the McKinney/Johnson runoff. Results are coming in from other races in the area, but none on this Mc/J. Yet.
Update 7:54 PM: McKinney staffer has minor altercation with an 11Alive photographer. (Hat tip: Allah)
Update 7:56 PM: Results starting to roll in in Mc/J race (scroll).
Update 8:01: Several Georgia news outlets reported today that voter turnout was expected to be low. The ‘hot spot’ in Georgia was/is expected to be, of course, Dekalb County:
McKinney’s runoff was the hottest race in Georgia by far Tuesday. The state’s highest voter turnout was expected to be in McKinney’s district, just east of Atlanta. Early voting numbers showed that her district accounted for more than one out of every eight voters who cast ballots last week, according to the Secretary of State’s Office, which oversees state elections.
Of the roughly 30,000 early voters, 3,997 were in McKinney’s district, which includes most of DeKalb County, about half of Rockdale County and a small section of Gwinnett County.
DeKalb County was the only “hot spot” in runoff elections held in Georgia, with “light to moderate” voter turnout elsewhere as of late Tuesday morning, said Ashley Holt, spokeswoman for the Secretary of State’s office.
Update 8:06 PM: I would stick with this link for updates. The WMAZ link is still showing no results in the Mc/J race, whereas this one is showing them coming in.
Update 8:15 PM: Z’ polls are closed in CT.
Update 8:18: Link for up to the minute poll results from CT. You may have to do an manual refresh on that one.
Update 8:21 PM: Better link for updated poll results from CT. They are already rolling in. Manual refresh on that one too, I think. Lamont leading with one percent reporting.
Update 8:24 PM: This link for the GA runoff seems to be updating now and it auto-refreshes every few seconds. Johnson’s in the lead with just a few hundred votes reported.
Update 8:26 PM: With 2% precincts reporting, Lamont is in the lead by 600 votes. I bet the Lamonties are giggling with glee. Hopefully not for long.
Update 8:28 PM: Time for a powder room break 
Update 8:32 PM: Via the WFSB (manual refresh) link – 3% reporting, Lamont is up by 1300 votes.
Update 8:34 PM: With 8% of precincts reporting, Johnson still leads McKinney.
Update 8:38 PM: Lamont’s lead is widening: 6,814 votes to 4,586. Still early, though.
Update 8:41 PM: W/ 10% of precincts reporting, Johnson leads McKinney 1959 – 645. So far so good.
Update 8:44 PM: Lamont 12,236 – Lieberman 9,535 with 7% precincts reporting. Anyone know how many precincts CT has?
Update 8:47 PM: Question answered – CT has 748 precincts. Drudge is updating on this as well (thanks to ST reader Karl, who is doing his own primary/runoff liveblogging).
Update 8:51 PM: I should note that Chip, Jr. is doing a fine job of keeping up with me tonight 
Update 8:54 PM: Lamont 19,257 – Lieberman 14,870/ 11 % reporting.
Update 8:57 PM: In GA, it’s Johnson 2,126 – McKinney 745/ 12 % reporting.
Update 9:02 PM: Lamont 29,463 – Lieberman 22,898 / 17% reporting. Is it over for Joe? A discussion about whether or not Joe should run as an Independent should he lose tonight is ongoing in the comments section.
Update 9:06: Johnson over McKinney 2,505-892/ 1 % reporting.
Update 9:08 PM: Via Drudge, it’s Lamont 35,942 – Lieberman 28,227 with 21% reporting. Eep.
Update 9:12 PM: Strange that election results are coming in faster from the polls that closed at 8 (L/L) than the one that closed at 7 (Mc/J).
Update 9:14 PM: Again via Drudge, Lamont 40,934 – Lieberman 33,375/ 25% reporting.
Update 9:21 PM: Via the Hartford Courant (thanks to ST reader Mwalimu Daudi for the link): Lamont 55,294 – Lieberman 46,941/ 34% reporting. Keep refreshing that link. It seems to be the most current.
Update 9:23 PM: Lamont 61,449 – Lieberman 53,159/ 38% reporting.
Update 9:26 PM: Pathetic! What is going on in GA that they are so slow with runoff results?
Update 9:28 PM: 64,383 for Lamont, 56,891 for Lieberman/ 44% reporting.
Update 9:31 PM: Finally a GA update: Johnson 2,541 – McKinney 906/ 13% reporting. They must be doing everything by hand down there. Can you say “hanging chad”? 
Update 9:33 PM: Joe’s cutting into the percentage lead, but only a little bit. Lamont 70,444 – Lieberman 64,700 / 50% reporting. 52.13% to 47.87%.
Update 9:37 PM: A tiny bit more percentage lead cutting by Joe. Lamont 74,396 – Lieberman 68,718 / 54% reporting. 51.98% to 48.02%.
Update 9:41 PM: ST reader and Iowa Voice blogger Brian writes re: the GA runoff:
Georgia was just as slow last time out. When I blogged it, I was up until 3 am waiting for the final results! Apparently, they don’t rush things down south. =D
Heh. Yeah – elections officials tehre probably stopped for a break and are having a mint julep or sipping lemonade on the front porch
Update 9:45 PM: GA results so far: Johnson 3,384 – McKinney 1,876/ 16% reporting.
Update 9:48 PM: Lamont 89,814 – Lieberman 84,231/ 64% reporting. 51.60% – 48.40.
Update 9:51 PM: More from GA: Johnson 5,996 – McKinney 2,607/ 20% reporting.
Update 9:52 PM: Nearing the 75% precincts reporting mark for L/L. Lamont 100,425 – Lieberman 94,148/ 72% reporting. 51.61% – 48.39%.
Update 10:00 PM: Lamont 103,145 – Liberman 96,235/ 74% reporting. 51.73% – 48.27.
Update 10:01 PM: Chip, Jr. is still going strong
Update 10:02 PM: GA: Johnson 11,255 – McKinney 7,062/ 35% reporting.
Update 10:04 PM: Lamont 109,239 – Lieberman 101,818/ 77% reporting. 51.76% – 48.24%.
Update 10:07 PM: Lamont 114,165 – Lieberman 106,428/ 80% reporting. 51.75% – 48.25%. Ok, now I’m getting nervous.
Update 10:14 PM: Check in with NRO’s Sixers blog for updates on other races around the country (scroll).
Update 10:15 PM: Drudge is calling the primary for Lamont. The nutroots will blast into orbit with glee when/if it’s officially declared. I’m hoping Joe runs as an Independent. GO JOE.
Update 10:19 PM: Lamont 119,100 – Lieberman 110,686/ 83% reporting. 51.83% – 48.17%.
Update 10:20 PM: From GA: Johnson 12,098 – McKinney 8,002/ 35% reporting. They really DID have a low voter turnout in GA, it appears.
Update 10:22 PM: GA again: Johnson 17,739 – McKinney 12,876/ 51% reporting.
Update 10:29 PM: Lamont 120,616 – Lieberman 111,887/ 84% reporting. 51.88% – 48.12%.
Update 10:43 PM: The latest from CT:
U.S. Senate – - Dem Primary
651 of 748 Precincts Reporting – 87.03%Lamont, Ned Dem 124,940 51.84
Lieberman, Joe (i) Dem 116,060 48.16
Update 10:46 PM: Via Hotline On Call:
What we’re hearing:
LAMONT WAITING LIEBERMAN’S CONCESSION CALL….
LIEBERMAN EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE INDEPENDENT BID TOMORROW; HIS TEAM TAKES COMFORT IN THE CLOSER MARGINS…… LAMONT HAS HEALTHY 9,000 VOTE LEAD………TURNOUT TOPS 50 PECENT ….
GOPers PONDER A LIEBERMAN INDY BID …
Update 10:50 PM: GA race 68% reporting:
Hank Johnson 25112 58%
Cynthia McKinney (I) 18056 42%
Update 10:52 PM: Time to call this a win for Lamont, I guess. But in the longterm, will it be a win for Lieberman and Republicans – assuming he takes the Independent route?
Update 10:53 PM: More, via Hotline On Call:
Sen. Joe Lieberman’s narrow defeat for renomination has started a vigorous round of second guessing among sympathetic state Democrats. The campaign’s decision late last week to scale back its GOTV effort is seen as a crucial error in the surprisingly close-run contest. Lieberman’s ground game today was not as extensive as challenger Lamont’s. Proof of that came in the returns from the state’s largest city, Bridgeport.
[...]
Lieberman lost Bridgeport by 4%. He had been expected to win convincingly.
Update 10:59 PM: On L/L:
706 of 748 Precincts Reporting – 94.39%
Lamont, Ned Dem 136,353 51.73
Lieberman, Joe (i) Dem 127,249 48.27
Update 11:02 PM: Johnson’s won in GA – 87% reporting:
Hank Johnson 35756 59%
Cynthia McKinney (I) 24767 41%
Wonder if McKinney will take a swing at him?
Update 11:08 PM: Joe is conceding (watching on FOX). WILL run as an Independent.
Update 11:11 PM: JL: “I will always do what I feel is right for my state and country, regardless of the political consequences.” Addressing supporters outside of the state, and encouraging them to visit his website when it’s “unhacked” and give money.
Update 11:14 PM: This means national Dems afraid of looking weak on national security will have to support a cut and run Democrat. Heh.
Update 11:17 PM: More official results:
733 of 748 Precincts Reporting – 97.99%
*Lamont, Ned Dem 143,363 51.81
Lieberman, Joe (i) Dem 133,323 48.19—
Precincts Reporting: 153 of 167 (92%)
Hank Johnson (winner) 36853 59%
Cynthia McKinney (I) 25683 41%
Update 11:20 PM: Lamont is giving his victory speech. Rev. Jesse Jackson can be seen in the background. So can Rev. Al Sharpton. If Cindy Sheehan weren’t stalking the President in Crawford, she’d probably be there, too. More: Greg Tinti has video of Jesse Jackson claiming Ned Lamont is like a “breath of fresh air.” Maybe Jesse has a thing for the Freshmaker, too? UGH.
Update 11:28 PM: Malkin has a link roundup of blogger reax and other liveblogging posts.
Update 11:42 PM: John McIntyre at RCP: CT Senate Results Bad News For Dems
Update 11:51 PM: Watch for a lot more of this, and not just in CT. And on that nauseating note, I’m signing off for the night. Thanks to everyone who stayed tuned to the ST blog for updates 
Update Midnight: One more – Allah has video of Hank Johnson’s victory speech (scroll). Lieberman’s speech is coming up shortly there at Hot Air. Make sure to catch it.
G’nite.
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he has consistently said he would.
I look forward to it.
- I got onto FDL and posted this:
- Congratulations to the hardhead left. you finally found someone you could beat in a meaningless primary. One of your own guys. *snort*
- Break out the champaign, pay no attention to the 700 pound Gorilla behind the curtin, and we’ll see you in the “fall”. (Litterily)
- Doubted it would be posted for long, they’re an absolute gastopo over there. Can’t have anyone raining on their little nutroot fest.
- Bang
Karl,
If he makes good on that and runs as an independent, then he’ll keep that seat in a landslide. The question will be then, can the Democrats bribe him back into the party to get that seat back. That will be interesting. A lot of “friends” turned their back on him when it came to showing support. He may decide not to forget that.
The margin between Lamont and Lieberman is about 3.5%. The poll taken over the weekend said 6%. Last week the margin was 13%. The nutroot’s candidate has been fading for about a week now. And as Captain Ed said on his site, it is a nightmare scenario come true for Democrats.
Lieberman would be tough to beat in the general election because unlike the Democratic primary Independents, Republicans and other adults are allowed to vote – and they probably do not share Democrats’ taste for quirky plutocrats.
That spells “doom” for Lamont – unless Joe does not run. And he might not run, when you consider that in the general election the nutroots will probably be nastier than in the Democratic primary. If you thought they were insane before, wait until you see what a little taste of power does to them!
The GA runoff has declared McKinney the loser. Last time she lost a primary she blamed Jews. What will be her excuse this time? A DC Police conspiracy?
I hope Joe runs in the fall. If the seat has to be held by a lefty, then I would rather have one that sometimes has it right, rather than a DU/Kos supplied nutjob.
Well, it’s off to bed. Thanks for the forum ST.
Good night everyone. Oh, and to end it on a high note: GO CANES!
Haha! G’nite, Chris
- Thanks for the “t” ST…
Thanks, ST! One final note before I go: Expect the MSM to push the “let’s heal our divisions and unite behind the Democratic primary winner” deandroppings.
I wouldn’t be surprised, MD! G’nite
It’s 4:17Am Wed.morning and I have an idea yall.
Lets all move to Conn., rent a communal house and become citizens just long enough to vote ole Joey in as an Independent. It’d be fun, we could outyell the kos and codie pinkie guys, and we’d eat better, no veggies for us, just steak and baked taters.
As of 6:00am, with 97% of the precincts reporting, the Georgia Primary goes thus:
Hank Johnson 41,178 59%
Cynthia McKinney 28,832 41%
When the earliest numbers were posted, with McKinney at about 26%, I hoped that percentage would hold. That would’ve been the probable end of McKinney as a politician. 41%, though, makes her still viable in a Lib/Left district. Yech!
Limbaugh will again be able to say “I predicted this”. Lieberman will not run as an Independent. He will get a call from Bill Clinton to ask him not to run–for the good of the Party. He will be promised a position in the future Democratic administration.
Lets all move to Conn., rent a communal house and become citizens just long enough to vote ole Joey in as an Independent.
Interesting idea, but before we go all weepy eyed and weak kneed about ol’Joe, let’s stop and remember a few things from fairly recent history. While Joe does have the advantage of being firm on defense, remember the 2000 election and the antics of the Gore/Lieberman campaign team? They disenfranchised military voters for minor technicalities in Florida and other states (can’t have the military voting, they support Republicans more than Democrats, we support the troops, we just don’t want to let them vote), as well as started that entire “constitutional crisis” of endless, cherry picked recounts only in heavily Democratic districts, and spread endless rumors of disenfranchisement of minority voters that were proven to be complete lies.
While ol’Joe, as VP candidate, wasn’t exactly the person driving the bus, he sure was riding on it without complaint.
If you guys like Lieberman so much, then take him; I hear he’s looking for a party.
The cracks are starting to appear in the “War Party”
Lieberman going down on the Dem side and Hagel appearing on the Republican side are just the beginning. It’s going to take time (as it did with Vietnam) but eventually we’re going to return sanity to our foreign policy.
gregdn: “If you guys like Lieberman so much, then take him; I hear he’s looking for a party.
The cracks are starting to appear in the “War Party”
Lieberman going down on the Dem side and Hagel appearing on the Republican side are just the beginning. It’s going to take time (as it did with Vietnam) but eventually we’re going to return sanity to our foreign policy.”
ST: The nutcase left just scored a victory here and you want to talk to us about how ’sanity’ is now going to be restored to our foreign policy? LMAO!
Maybe so, Sev, but Lieberman at least had the courage to take a stand and not cave to the nutroots on his support for the war in Iraq. He paid the price last night for refusing to become a cut and runner in the WOT. For that, he gets my respect and support.
Gregdn, Liberman has more integrity in him than you or the rest of the Kos Klowns.
You realize that a 3 seat pickup in CT may have been thwarted by Kos Klown Lamont winning. There is going to be a voter backlash against the extreme left.
Lamont won’t be a US Senator from CT unless the Governor appoints him to an open seat.
“The War Party”, I love that! These nutjobs apparently forget how many democrats voted for the war.
Amazing.
Maybe so, Sev, but Lieberman at least had the courage to take a stand and not cave to the nutroots on his support for the war in Iraq. He paid the price last night for refusing to become a cut and runner in the WOT. For that, he gets my respect and support.
True enough, but I wanted to point out that even the “best” Democrat I can think of has more than his share of warts. Lieberman is the best Democrat I can think of, and even he is not that good.
Heh – well we’ll have to take what we can get in this instance
True enough. And to me, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, more important right now than the war against Islamic Fascism. This is a battle of rationality vs. extremism, a clash of civilization vs. barbarism and the threat of a return to the dark ages, and it’s amazing how many people in this country, including most of the Democrats, don’t see this for what it is. Acting like a child and believing that if you just pretend it isn’t there it won’t hurt you, the operative mode of the Democrats, ain’t gonna cut it. The Islamofascists are not the Bugblatter Beast of Trall (a beast so mind numbingly stupid that if you cover yourself with a towel, it won’t attack, as it thinks that if you can’t see it it can’t see you).
I am going to be restored to foriegn policy?
You would think sanity would be needed more in the Democrat party, but I will never go there. I am neither wanted or needed……
There seems to be alot of debate if Lieberman loses as a Democrat (which he did), and if he garnered enough votes to make it close (which he did), then he would run as a Independent (which he will).
Now, as I see it, If he runs as a Independent, he will garner even more votes from center and right that would normally not vote for a democrat first of all. Polling has also suggested that he will do better as a Independent than a Democrat and I agree.
Perhaps that is the start of a third party?
The Republican Party.
The Liberal Party – Dean, Kerry, Pelosi, Kennedy, Murtha
The Democrat Party – Lieberman
I believe he will win as an Independent.
My question is, if he wins as an Independent, what view and feeling for he Democrat party will he return with? What will he hold against those that turned on him, that stabbed him in the back adn how will that translate in the votes he cast?
I would just like to thank the extremist Left for this victory. It will be so much easier for the Republicans to pick up this senate seat now that you all are split as drastically as you are.
Here is one for the nutjobs on the Left. We appreciate your stupidity. – Lorica
You said it Lorica
I guess nobody wants to move to Conn., get a communal house, eat steaks and vote for Joe as an Indep.
Just checking.