ELECTION NIGHT

State Senate
21 Democrats
19 Republicans

House of Delegates
54 Republicans
44 Democrats
2 Independent

5:39 p.m. Chap Petersen defeats Jeannemarie Devolites Davis
7:38 p.m.  Manoli Loupassi defeats Katherine Waddell
7:50 p.m. Bobby Mathieson defeats John Welch
8:05 p.m.  Jill Holtzman Vogel defeats Karen Schultz
8:08 p.m.  Donald Merricks defeats Andy Parker
8:10 p.m.  Joe May defeats Marty Martinez
8:13 p.m.  Jackson Miller defeats Jeannete Rishell
NOT CALLING IT YET- BUT OLESZEK LOOKING LIKE SHE MAY DEFEAT CUCCINELLI BASED ON SIDEBURN PRECINCT
8:35 p.m.  Danny Marhsall defeats Adam Tomer
8:40 p.m.  Anne Crockett-Stark defeats Bill Thomas
8:43 p.m.  Margi Vanderhye defeats Dave Hunt
8:50 p.m.  Watkins Abbitt defeats Connie Brennan
8:52 p.m.  Ralph Northam defeats Nick Rerras
8:53 p.m.  John Miller defeats Tricia Stall
8:56 p.m.  Joe Bouchard defeats Chris Stolle
9:02 p.m. Ralph Smith defeats Mike Briener
9:06 p.m.  Chuck Colgan defeats Bob Fitzsimmonds
DEMS NEED ONE MORE FOR CONTROL OF SENATE
9:10 p.m.  Bob Marshall defeats Bruce Roemmelt
INDEPENDENTS CAUCUS WITH HOUSE GOP- HOUSE OF DELEGATES STAYS IN REPUBLICAN CONTROL
9:37 p.m.  Chuck Caputo defeats Marc Cadin
The precincts reporting in thre 37th Senate are some of the most Democratic- TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
9:54 p.m.  Richard Stuart defeats Albert Pollard
10:04 p.m.  Tim Hugo defeats Rex Simmons
10:29 p.m.  Charles Poindexter defeats Eric Ferguson
10:43 p.m.  Jeff Frederick defeats Chris Brown (I forgot this one was uncalled, it was a beat down)
10:47 p.m.  Paula Miller defeats Henry Giffin (I forgot this one was uncalled, it was a beat down)
11:08 p.m.  George Barker defeats Jay O'Brien
1:07 a.m.   Ken Cuccinelli defeats Janet Oleszek
1:07 a.m.  Tom Rust defeats Jay Donahue
1:07 a.m.  David Poisson defeats Lynn Chapman
1:07 a.m.  Paul Nichols defeats Faisal Gill

DEMOCRATS WIN THE SENATE

Now that the control is decided, I am going to go over to Chap's party and congratulate him- will call the remaining races when I get back.

What a night.  More coming soon.

Comments

[notchuckrobb]

Early returns have Briener running 9% better than Emick (D)'s numbers in Salem City. Emick got 45% district-wide against Bell, looking good for Briener.

[Sam]

Ok, it's official, the SBE results site SUCKS.... their format from past years was much better... anyone know a website where all the races for an office are on one page (one page for House, one for Senate, etc.) and small enough to fit more than, like, three races on a screen? You know, how the SBE results page has been in past years?

[the poster formerly known as 147.]

Big win in Warwick precinct for Miller...although that is CNU territory

[CC]

i'm glad you're optimistic about colgan, because i heard he's gonna lose...

[teacherken]

I heard that Fitzsimmonds was charged with assault at a polling place today. Did anyone else hear that?

[Interested Observer]

I think that the SBE site looks fine - if you are looking at it in retrospect several weeks after the election. The presentation is quite nice.

However, as Sam says, if you are looking for lots of raw data on election night, it is pretty poor. Nothing a good spreadsheet format isn't a lot better at presenting...

[Johnny Longtorso]

58-36 Loupassi with all but one Chesterfield precinct in. Oh well, it was nice knowing you, Kathy.

[Not Chuck Robb]

Trailing 3-4% behind her 2005 showings in Chesterfield, NCR is now able to project at 7:33:

Manoli Loupassi (R) has defeated Del. Katherine Waddell (I)

[carmen.]

miller wins in epes precinct by 1/3 more votes than stall.

[carmen.]

miller wins in epes precinct by 1/3 more votes than stall.

[the poster formerly known as 147.]

JT,
None of the RIchmond precincts are in.

FYI Johnny Longtorso and Not Chuck Robb -- Richmond hasn't come in yet at ALL.

That being said, I LOVE the Monster A-Go-Go reference. It was my first MST3K.

[Not Chuck Robb]

NCR projection, 96th delegate district, 7:38pm:

Brenda Pogge (R) has defeated Troy Farlow (D)

[Not Chuck Robb]

NCR projection, 96th delegate district, 7:38pm:

Brenda Pogge (R) has defeated Troy Farlow (D)

Schultz is up over Vogel in Fauquier. What precincts have reported yet are irrelevant, because all of Fauquier is R territory.

Yippee

[Johnny Longtorso]

OTOH, Mathieson is beating Welch 55-44 with 1 precinct in, a precinct that Kaine lost 47-50. Doesn't look good for Doc.

[proudvadem]

what is the link for SBE? I can't find results on the site???

[the poster formerly known as 147.]

go to the main page and look at the bottom - the link is there

[TJ's ghost]

Quayle's winning Hopewell and Portsmouth, the only two localities which might have gone for Heretick. This one's over, and Quayle wins as expected.

[Johnny Longtorso]

Mathieson up by 20 with 5/16 precincts in.

[Interested Observer]

Chap is building up some pretty good numbers in Fairfax City - 25 point spread, although only two precincts....

the loupassi numbers are just chesterfield-- that's ridiculous

[UVA08]

Did Breiner just win Salem City? A place Allen won with over 57 percent of the vote?

[Not Chuck Robb]

NCR projection, 9th delegate district, 7:58pm:

Eric Ferguson (D) has defeated Charles Poindexter (R)

Can anyone who knows Southside look at the precincts yet to report and tell me if it's possible Danny Marshall could be upset?

[Not Chuck Robb]

NCR projection, 59th delegate district, 8:05pm:

Watkins Abbitt (I) defeats Connie Brennan (D)

I think you're gonna have to take that Vogel call back before the end of the night...

[dems4dems]

Why has Fairfax County reported 0 votes?

[dems4dems]

Why has Fairfax County reported 0 votes?

[notgretchenbulova]

Chap wins Villa, she goes from 58% in 2003 to 54% this time. JMDD is done.

dems4dems

Because they're reporting ballots manually instead of by modem this year

[notgretchenbulova]

Tomer looks to be a loser

Schultz took Winchester 56-39 (2,716 - 1,911 votes).

[Not Chuck Robb]

NCR projection, 34th delegate district, 8:18pm:

Margi Vanderhye (D) defeats Dave Hunt (R)

Dem PICKUP

[the poster formerly known as 147.]

Kaine won Henry County - why is Tomer not doing better there?

[Interested Observer]

Fairfax County hasn't reported votes yet because they have to do everything manually. The wireless technology they used before can't be used today, so they have to get manual readings from each machine in the precincts, add them by hand, and phone them in to the County Office. Then they get fat fingered into the computer system.

At least that is what their web page says.

[NoVAConservative]

56% for Schultz in Winchester CITY is not a big deal--I think she needed more there.

Frederick is coming in 57-37 for Vogel with a LOT more votes.

Key is Loudoun, though. Vogel underperformed in Fauquier some, though she is winning by 10.

[dems4dems]

It's ridiculous that it should take so long to add the numbers and make a phone call.

for comparison, Winchester had Bush/Kerry 57/42, Allen/Webb 50/48, and Wolf/Feder 60/38.

147 -- henry is split 3 ways for house districts

[Not Chuck Robb]

NCR projection, 52nd delegate district, 8:26pm:

Del. Jeff Frederick (R) defeats Chris Brown (D)

[the poster formerly known as 147.]

Ah, thanks for that 825.

I think we'll be up late for the 34th and 37th

Calling Vanderhye after 1 out of 19 precincts reported?

NCR, that looks like nothing more than wishful thinking.

[the poster formerly known as 147.]

scratch that - 39th and 37th.

[Sam]

This happened with Fairfax last year too, don't forget... remember, everyone was talking about Allen being way ahead most of the night, except Fairfax County hadn't reported at all... and then suddenly Webb was up?

[Interested Observer]

Cuccinelli just took Sideburn by 17 votes. That is way down from his margin in 2003 and Gerry Connolly did not take Sideburn in 2003, so that might tell you something about the flavor of the district (of course, Chap did take it...)

[Matt]

Has anyone looked at Sen. Nutter...does he have a lot of Republican precincts left..or is that number really close??? Also Pointdexter in the 9th Delegate seat and Bill Carrico in the 5th Delegate seat???

[proudvadem]

In the 87th with 15 out of 17 precincts, Paula Miller is winning- 54%- 46%!
Northam is looking strong in the 6th! Dem pickup!!
I am going to be a happy woman in Norfolk!!!

NOVA Conservative is right...Loudoun is key to Schultz/Vogel. Hold your breaths, cross your fingers, whatever...

How about this-

In both the Breiner/Smith race, AND the Pollard/Stuart race, the margin between the two is smaller than the number of write-in votes.

12 votes! 9 votes! This is getting exciting!

[notgretchenbulova]

Bouchard is going to win in VB.

2 real precincts out.

In 2005

One went to Kaine by about 10 votes, the other about 2-1.

I think Bouchard might win this.

[the poster formerly known as 147.]

Remaining precincts in the 1st look favorable to Miller; it will be close, but he should get it.

[dems4dems]

George Barker is mopping up in Fairfax County. He lost Old Bridge in PW by 230. Does anyone know whether that predicts a strong O'Brien pushback from PW?

[dems4dems]

Based on two precints, Janet has hit her numbers but with no room to spare. It's a real horse race.

olecek wins. outperforms london town by 7%

[the poster formerly known as 147.]

O'Brien won Old Bridge by 377 in 2003.

[Not Lurch]

From my sources:

Orange--

Cooch 802, Oleszek 735

Not Lurch out.

[Nina]

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[Nina]

Did Penny Gross win?

Montclair precinct just went to Colgan...time to call this one for Sen. Colgan.

[Johnny Longtorso]

Bouchard is down by 22 votes with a 61% Kaine precinct (and the absentees) left.

Like I said yesterday, Loupassi in a cake walk.
Double-digit win, as expected.

[Doug]

Again, for anyone asking about a person winning:

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2007/196E44FA-8B19-4240-9A44-737216DAA55D/Unofficial/7_s.shtml

Those are the official unofficial numbers that all other sites get their unofficial numbers from.

[Interested Observer]

Looking at some of the (initial) Fairfax precincts coming in, it looks like the Democrats are picking up around 10 points across the board in the competitive races. A lot of that seems based on turnout alone.

Look at Chap, Barker, and Janet O for examples. Even Dave Hunt is off more than 5 points from 2003 (and that will be enough for him to be gone).

[Not Chuck Robb]

NCR projection, 83rd delegate district, 8:53pm:

Joe Bouchard (D) defeats Chris Stolle (R)

Dem PICKUP

[Nina]

I am really going to be mad if Supervisor Gross loses.

CALL OLECEK!

Jay Donahue wins the first precinct over Rust!

[Chris from ASL]

Woo hoo! Poquoson will be represented by a Dem in the VA Senate! I like that!

[the poster formerly known as 147.]

1 more seat to a blue State Senate!

[ZB]

I think it's safe to say Paula Miller has been re-elected.

[Gavin from Seattle]

I just saw on WaPo that Roscoe Reynolds (D) beat Jeff Evans (R-Inc) in Sen. District 20. Kind of a shocker from what I hear...

[Nina]

It would seem strange for Penny Gross to lose among all these wins.

[notgretchenbulova]

Looks like a Blue Senate.

[Interested Observer]

With two precincts counted, McClanahan is beating Herrity 917-0.

BLOW OUT!!!!

Who predicted that one????

What the heck is with the numbers in Springfield and Providence Districts in Fairfax County?

[dems4dems]

If not Lurch is right about Orange, Janet cut Cooch' margin from 219 four years ago to 67 tonight. She's running 99 votes better than 4 years ago in London Towne West and is 101 better than last time in Sideburn. She needs an average gain of 56 per precint.

[Doug]

Awe, too bad, Mike Briener gave it a great run for a very Republican drawn seat. If he's close at all, that says a whole bunch about what a boob smith is. Also how stupid it is to bring ollie north into politic for you.

Actually, Reynolds is the incumbent, so not that shocking

[Hans Bader]

Not a lot of ticket-splitting is going on.

Moderate Republicans with broad name recognition are getting hammered by the blue wave just like conservative Republicans.

[Nina]

I hear Penny pulled through.

[KateinNoVa]

Come on Janet......

[Gavin from Seattle]

sorry about that. Washington Post must've screwed it up and colored the district wrong. My bad.

[the poster formerly known as 147.]

things aren't looking great for Pollard, Janet and George look much more promising

[Not Lurch]

Not Lurch is always right, noob.

Not Lurch out.

[Doug]

You can call Barker to win- look at the precincts in.

HOLY @#!@#!@ 37% write in against Dave Albo in Lorton Precinct!

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2007/196E44FA-8B19-4240-9A44-737216DAA55D/Unofficial/00_p_059_A7D0BF67-5BA1-4DD7-AA3D-2414A303BCB0.shtml

[GOPer08]

Let this be a lesson for us in the 2008 general, we need a strong leader who can prevent Hillary from pushing Virgina into the Democrat column.

Bad night to be Phil Cox. Rerras loss completes an 0 for year for he and his clients.

[Doug]

GOPero8- maybe Larry Craig will move here like Tom Delay. That should do it. Ed Gillespie will give them a "hand" so they don't stall in working it out.

[Doug]

From what I read, Barker is about to pull away big time in the Fairfax.

[T.C.]

What's with the Herring race and no results yet? I just want to know his margin of victory.

Dost my eyes deceive me, or did NOT A SINGLE PERSON so far vote for Pat Herrity?

t WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPS

[LAS]

Yes, anon at 9:11, and that write-in campaign basically started this past weekend. It's for Werkheiser, btw, the last Dem challenger to Albo.

We were fools not to have a candidate in Albo's district this year. You have a LOT of voters down in Lorton who are pissed off about the abuser fees and they ALL know that it's Albo's baby.

[the poster formerly known as 147.]

GOP 08er,

Hillary would not win Virginia, but you guys aren't going to nominate a strong leader either

TC, no Loudoun votes are in yet...

[Doug]

Ok, for the big marbles, here's how the last three will come out:

SEN- Richard Stuart (R)
SEN- Janet Oleszek (D)
SEN- George Barker (D)

That's 22 for the Senate. Whew, that was not expected.

[t]

Shut up Doug