An Unhappy Squeaker:
Democrat Al Franken trails incumbent Senator Norm Coleman in the Minnesota Senate race by 477 votes.
A Happy Squeaker:
Democrat Jeff Merkley now seems to be the winner in Oregon’s Senate race that was not called until last night. Merkley leads incumbent Senator Gordon Smith 742,227 votes to Smith with 719,101 with 79% of precincts reporting. Why is the Oregon count so slow?
An Unhappy Squeaker:
Netroots darling Darcy Burner is trailing in Washington’s 8th District behind incumbent Congressman Reichert. With 55% of precints reporting (another slow count state), Burner has 93,368 to Reichert’s 95,221. An insider close to this race tells me that the absentee ballots which have not yet been tallied will break Burner’s direction, but we’ll have to see if the break is enough to overcome the gap.
A Happy Squeaker:
I have a lot of close friends watching the race in Virginia’s 5th District. Huge progressive investment in trying to exile Republican Virgil Goode from his office in the Longworth House Office Building. As it stands right now, Democratic challenger Tom Perriello leads Goode by 80 votes. Perriello is at 157,456 and Goode’s numbers stand at 157,376 with 100% of precincts reporting.
Another Happy Squeaker
Democrat Frank Kratovil is 915 votes ahead of Republican right wing candidate Andy Harris in Maryland’s 1st District. I have a house out in this district — in Chestertown, Maryland — and we really need to avoid spending time with Andy Harris in Congress.
— Steve Clemons
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