6/5 Super June Primary Night Thread
Tonight is the Dem primaries for AL, CA, IA, MT, MS NJ, NM and CA. The state being watched most closely is the largest one, California, especially in the house, senate and governor’s races.
From Politico:
Democrats are more assured of getting general election candidates through the primary in four other Clinton-won, Republican-held districts in California. And in the governor’s race, it could be Republicans who end up without a candidate.
That race is a battle for second place. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has led public polling, but former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and state Treasurer John Chiang, both Democrats, both put up serious challenges, which could shut out Republicans. In an effort to avoid that scenario, potentially depressing GOP turnout in November, Republicans have tried to coalesce around John Cox, a businessman who picked up an endorsement from Trump via tweet last month.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is also holding off a challenge from fellow Democrat Kevin De Leon, a former state Senate leader, who’s trying to out-flank the longtime senator on her left. But De Leon faces competition from a slew of Republicans for a general election slot.
Stephen Jaffe is taking on Nancy Pelosi in her district in CA, but she remains the overwhelming favorite.
It’s also the 50th anniversary of Senator Robert Kennedy’s assassination, which occurred the night of the CA primary after the polls had closed. If you haven’t had a chance to see “Bobby Kennedy for President” on Netflix, it is worth watching.
I’ll be posting more information in the comments section. Please consider this an open thread.
A good opportunity for some much needed change. However I am not holding my breath as the establishment candidates are deeply entrenched.
It also doesn’t help that a MSM blackout is in effect for most progressive candidates.
The link provided by Benny gives you access to in individual State results by clicking on the corresponding icon.
Polls just closed in Mississippi.
To follow the results, you can click on the Politico link, then scroll down to the state you are interested in and click on the icon, as Humphrey suggests.
or you can follow on the NYT, just click on the top tab for each state.
Early results from MS, for the Senate seat:
U.S. Senate
Democratic Primary
Map Percent Candidate Votes Winner
32.9% David Baria 608
27.5% Howard Sherman 508
22.1% Omeria Scott 408
6.7% Jerone Garland 124
5.6% Victor Maurice 103
5.2% Jensen Bohren 97
One race (amongst many) that gets my goat is New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District.
https://www.app.com/story/news/politics/new-jersey/2018/02/21/house-democrats-pro-gun-candidate-jeff-van-drew-jersey-shore-seat/355508002/
The DCCC and the DNC suck big time!
At first glance it is surprisingly close (relatively) between the crook Bob Menendez and Lisa McCormick.
I haven’t paid close attention to the 4 House seats that MSDNC is reporting on. The one that I’m sort of watching is this one in the 7th district:
I actually think Lance is a decent fellow compared to the Rumpsters he has to work with each week.
Jaz is nonplussed but then he just had dinner.
Beautiful kitty! Looks like he may be wondering what you’re up to. 😉
Alabama’s polls have also closed. Our Revolution has not endorsed any federal seats, but they did endorse two for the state legislature, Jerome Dees and Quand Do. I’m looking to see what Justice Dems may be running there.
I havent talked about Anderson much here but have followed his campaign quite closely on the recommendation of Jeff Beals’ wife:
I am watching TYT through my Roku. Much better than the same story about Manafort on MSDNC, but I may switch at the top of the hour.
Another candidate to keep an eye on is Pete D’Alessandro Iowa District 3.
http://peteforiowa.com/about-pete-dalessandro/
There were 5 candidates, but one of my pals said it was really down to 3. D’Alessandro is the underdog in that race.
Sounds like Pete has an uphill battle against the Emily’s List candidate.
Axne is running away with it. She has 57% of the vote with 43% reporting.
Pete has conceded and thrown his support behind Axne. He is live on FB, buddy of mine is streaming it now.
Winnie:
Doesn’t look like she’ll win but:
NYT has declared Menendez the victor with 59% of the vote.
Menendez has been declared the winner but he’s still a crook. New Jersey Democrats are bought and paid for, Sadly.
Even Matty was seemingly disgusted:
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1004175240530886657
New Mexico results are starting to come in.
Looks like Haaland has got this. A 10 point lead with 44% of the vote in
CA looking intense, I certainly hope this turns out to be fake news:
https://twitter.com/israfel070/status/1004178205949825025
Coincidentally just like the primary in Brooklyn in 2016
. https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/19/politics/new-york-primary-voter-problem-polls-sanders-de-blasio/index.html
In the lull, before CA results in, may I post this?
https://twitter.com/xanniedevito/status/1004189882615414784
Hmmm, perhaps it’s my computer, but tweet did not show for me, so forgive me but here ya go:
Nice Hat.
Permission granted! LOL Not that it is required.
Haha, you rock Humphrey, as always. XO