Senate races 2020

vinraith · 2021-01-06T19:00:08.040Z

magnet:

Mr. KENNEDY. I love to hear him talk. He can talk the ears off a jackrabbit.

Mr. SCHUMER. If the gentleman will yield, we don’t do that in Brooklyn.

I truly love this exchange.

Strollen · 2021-01-06T19:09:05.955Z

Head of the RNC was one of the position Bush 41 held. It’s great way of her getting known by local politicians.

Koz · 2021-01-06T21:06:52.951Z

It appears Ossoff has passed the 0.5% automatic recount margin now.

MikeOberly · 2021-01-06T21:07:40.872Z

Good. Get to work cleaning up the garbage asap.

triggercut · 2021-01-06T21:11:46.139Z

NBC and ABC projecting Ossoff as the winner.

tomchick · 2021-01-06T21:18:18.811Z

Oh, right, this happened! Was that really just last night?

-Tom

triggercut · 2021-01-06T21:19:01.010Z

Ossoff leads by 25,000 votes, above half a percent.

AP and NYT have joined the chorus projecting him as winner.

triggercut · 2021-01-06T21:19:47.714Z

screenshot-www.nytimes.com-2021.01.06-16_18_46

tomchick · 2021-01-06T21:21:28.358Z

The needles look so peaceful when they’re sleeping!

-Tom

rei · 2021-01-06T21:22:17.385Z

$50 says they don’t use tear gas, rubber rounds, salt rounds, microwave guns, water cannons or anything more punishing than a snowball

magnet · 2021-01-06T21:30:56.566Z

rei:

$50 says they don’t use tear gas, rubber rounds, salt rounds, microwave guns, water cannons or anything more punishing than a snowball

I would hope that Warnock and Ossoff wouldn’t even resort to throwing snowballs. Are you sure you’re in the right thread?

Intuitionist · 2021-01-06T21:31:08.357Z

CNN just called it for Ossof too.

Hallelujah!

Nesrie · 2021-01-06T22:36:01.789Z

Are both of these official yet or… still waiting? I am losing track of what had my attention earlier today.

Lantz · 2021-01-06T22:43:41.287Z

Nesrie:

Are both of these official yet or… still waiting? I am losing track of what had my attention earlier today.

Military/Overseas have until this Friday to come in but there’s not a ton of votes there. Then they will be certified the following Friday (assuming I understand the rules right).

Nesrie · 2021-01-06T22:44:15.825Z

Okay. Another Friday wait.

Heh. Thank you.

RichVR · 2021-01-06T22:53:47.103Z

Don’t worry, we have an insurrection to watch meanwhile.

Nesrie · 2021-01-06T22:54:50.717Z

My boss’ boss basically told us he would understand if we were distracted today due to the count, the count that usually takes 20 minutes… I am thinking this went on longer than he thought it was but I also know not as much work is being done as anyone expected.

triggercut · 2021-01-06T23:11:02.636Z

Ossoff’s lead climbs to 32,400.

.73%. Will end up larger, I think. The “Overseas/military” ballots are heavily skewed Democrat (because “Overseas” dominates “Military” on number of ballots received.)

MikeOberly · 2021-01-06T23:16:30.241Z

32,400! And probably more. Impressive. (Perdue was a terrible candidate, yes, but it is GA)

triggercut · 2021-01-07T01:00:09.310Z

Ossoff’s lead is now 35,600 votes. 0.8%.

If I were a betting man, the 1.1% final percentage margin the Times has estimated since last night seems pretty close.

(Warnock’s lead over Loeffler is 73,000 votes +)