CA SoS Race: Please help keep an eye on this one.

[Wilms]

If you don't know why this is one of the most important races today, please ask.

Statewide: http://www.vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/sec/00.htm

By County: http://www.vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/sec/59.htm

[EFerrari]

1. Where else can we look? That site is lagging.

It's still showing Pombo ahead when he's been losing for the last hour. :shrug:

[EFerrari]

2. Sacramento Co site @ 10:09pm

Secretary Of State
Vote for 1
(WITH 421 OF 970 PRECINCTS COUNTED 43.40%)
BRUCE MCPHERSON (REP) . . . . . . 40,989 52.39
DEBRA BOWEN (DEM). . . . . . . . 32,658 41.74

:mad:

[EFerrari]

3. Debra just said L.A. Co not in yet.

Let's see how badly Connie has scr@wed us. :scared:

[EFerrari]

4. from sos:

28.2% Reporting:


Debra Bowen (Dem) : 1,115,219 : 44.3 %
Bruce McPherson (Rep) : 1,246,131 : 49.5 %

[Amaryllis]

5. 32.1% ( 8052 of 25090 ) precincts reporting as of Nov 7, 2006 at 10:37 pm

Debra Bowen (Dem) 1,310,703 45.0 %
* Bruce McPherson (Rep) 1,415,937 48.6 %

[rumpel]

6. LA, Orange, Riverside, San Diego are all still in the 15% reporting

heads up, and she is leading in LA

[EFerrari]

7. Please let this trend continue. nt

[Wilms]

8. It will.

:toast:

[rumpel]

9. LA at 18% Bowen catching up at 45.9 vs McPherson 47.7

[EFerrari]

10. Bowen 46.4 McPherson 47.0 11:40pm

:wow:

[diva77]

11. high rate of provisional ballots today. this race should not be called

until all absentee and provisionals are counted

[EFerrari]

12. You're right. And those provisional ballots won't be counted

for weeks - a month or so?

[althecat]

13. Holy Shit....that is even closer than Virginia...

Debra Bowen (Dem) 1,925,871 46.8 %
* Bruce McPherson (Rep) 1,918,890 46.6 %

that is even closer than Virginia...

[EFerrari]

14. She's going to win. L.A. Co is coming in!

:wow:

[althecat]

19. Can't beleive Busby is winning CA-50 and Gibbons the Nevada Gov....

Thing is every important race is being won.... this is really remarkable SFEXPAT.... it is mindbogglingly good.

[EFerrari]

22. So -- where's the catch?

Honestly, after the last six years, there has to be one! :tinfoilhat:

:)

[EFerrari]

15. Bowen 46.8 McPherson 46.6

Bowen 1,988,860 46.8 %
McPherson 1,978,530 46.6 %

[rumpel]

16. btw. CNN lists Doolittle a toss up CA-04

at 83% reported

also Pommbo is loosing!!!!! CA-11

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/CA/

[EFerrari]

17. Pombo is most likely history. He's been losing for hours.

I don't know if I can take all this excitement.

:rofl:

[rumpel]

20. Doolittle is ahead

Pombo go home, pull the blanket over your head and....

:)

[emlev]

18. Bowen has pulled ahead...her lead should begin gaining eom

[liberalla]

21. I will be so joyful and relieved if Debra Bowen wins this!

This race is so important to me.

With 66.3 % reporting:

Debra Bowen (Dem) 2,171,780 _ 47.1 %

Bruce McPherson (Rep) 2,128,617 _ 46.2 %

[rumpel]

23. Yup.

I wonder, where CNN get their numbers from they are way ahead in votes than the SOS...

California 11
Updated: 3:23 a.m. ET
Full CA

McNerney
65,957 53% 79% of precincts reporting

Pombo
(Incumbent)
59,397 47%

and SOS

Jerry McNerney (Dem) 58,894 52.2 %
* Richard W. Pombo (Rep) 54,142 47.8 %

[EFerrari]

24. Nothing from Monterey yet. n/t

[rumpel]

since I double posted the system they use is Sequoia

Monterey Sequoia Optech 400C Sequioa AVC Edge II Sequioa AVC Edge II Yes Sequoia AVC Edge II 10/09 - 11/07

[rumpel]

25. did they have problems?

[EFerrari]

26. I don't know. Nothing posted for them yet. Nothing in the

Times-Herald. See if I can find anything.

[EFerrari]

27. EIRS has 0 incidents for that county.

How is that possible?

(And I snuck in via the link you posted for all of California in the CA forum!)

[rumpel]

31. there is far less reports than in 2004 on EIRS

maybe because there are so many organizations this time that accept reports...

San Bernardino is also still 0%. Perhaps they decided they will count tomorrow "it's hard work", nah.

[EFerrari]

28. Bowen 47.7 McPherson 45.6

Debra Bowen (Dem) 2,399,480 47.7 %
Bruce McPherson (Rep) 2,290,950 45.6 %

[EFerrari]

29. Bowen 48.1 McPherson 45.1

Debra Bowen (Dem) 2,668,972 48.1 %
Bruce McPherson (Rep) 2,503,653 45.1 %

[Wilms]

32. 87.9% ( 22056 of 25090 ) precincts reporting as of Nov 8, 2006 at 1:34 am

Debra Bowen ----- 2,832,679 ------- 48.2 %
Bruce McPherson (Rep) ----- 2,649,064 ----- 45.0 %

[EFerrari]

30. Monterey Co goes for McPherson:

REP - BRUCE MCPHERSON 31,397 53.29%
DEM - DEBRA BOWEN 24,705 41.93%


That's ONLY 9,692 votes dif, with 100% reporting.

He's TOAST!

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[rumpel]

33. He can play golf every day there

[EFerrari]

34. He may have to, I doubt Santa Cruz wants him back.

:)

[Wilms]

35. Not bad, Bruce. You can relax.

No Interpreted Code here.

[rumpel]

36. .....

:evilgrin:

[fooj]

37. He LOST Santa Cruz County...

Holy crap! Looks like Debra took McPherson's home turf. Right f*cking on! This has been one hell of a night!

Santa Cruz County Election Results:

Secretary of State
317/317 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
DEM - DEBRA BOWEN 32,697 46.79%
REP - BRUCE MCPHERSON 32,609 46.66%
GRE - FORREST HILL 2,247 3.22%
LIB - GAIL K. LIGHTFOOT 984 1.41%
PAF - MARGIE AKIN 678 0.97%
AIP - GLENN MCMILLON, JR. 608 0.87%
WRITE-IN 59 0.08%
Total 69,882 100.00%


:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[EFerrari]

39. Fooj! I still can't believe it! Had to come look again this morning.

:hi:

[liberalla]

38. 97.9% ( 24565 of 25090 ) precincts reporting as of Nov 8, 2006 at 4:37 am

Debra Bowen (Dem) 3,122,408 __ 48.5 %

Bruce McPherson (Rep) 2,873,243 __ 44.7 %

Yippee!!! and :woohoo: