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DSCC on VA and MT; Dems Win!

Both Jon Tester and Jim Webb have won their races in Montana and Virginia but want to make sure that every vote is counted. We expect to have official results soon but can happily declare today that Democrats have taken the majority in the U.S. Senate.

More on the flip.

Montana Vote Situation: Jon Tester leads Conrad Burns by approximately 1,700 votes (as of 11am EDT) and counting. In Silver Bow County (Butte), a Democratic stronghold, votes are still being counted but Tester is winning there with 66% of the vote. We expect to gain the majority of these uncounted votes and to add to Tester’s margin.

Montana Process: When the counting phase is completed, a canvass will verify the vote tallies. That process could take as long as 48 hours, and must begin within three days and end within seven. Unless the canvass shows the margin to be within ¼ of 1%, there is no recount. As the loser, Burns would have to request the recount. When the votes are all counted, we expect to be outside that recount margin.

Virginia Vote Situation: Jim Webb is up by approximately 8,000 votes and once the provisional ballots are counted, we expect Webb’s margin to increase. (Please note that VA absentees were included in the tallies from last night.)

Virginia Process: A canvass is underway to verify the results and we expect that process to finish within a day or so. To be in recount, the margin needs to be less than 1% and Allen (as the loser) would have to request it. Because of Virginia voting laws, the margin would have to be much tighter than it currently is to see any change in the outcome. Given the current margins, that is highly, highly unlikely.

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    only slightly OT (none / 0) (#1)
    by scribe on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 10:58:41 AM EST
    Can Repos be humble? (none / 0) (#2)
    by bicfor20 on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 11:37:02 AM EST
    Prolly not.....but those peacocks can choke on crow
    now!!!!!!!!

    WERE MOVIN ON UP GEORGE!!!

    Obvious Similarites Between Burns and Allen (none / 0) (#3)
    by MinorRipper on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 11:40:19 AM EST
    I really think it would be helpful if Americans were made aware of the glaring thing in common that Allen and Burns: they are both blatant racists.  I wrote what I think is an interesting peice on this at www.minor-ripper.blogspot.com

    you've no idea.......................... (none / 0) (#4)
    by cpinva on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:41:59 PM EST
    just how tickled i was, early this morning, when i turned on CNN, and saw webb was leading allen. when last i saw, in the late evening hours, it was 55-44 allen over webb. what gave me heart was the heavily dem precincts had yet to report in, but i was nervous.

    getting rid of "smirk boy" makes this whole election worthwhile. :)

    or, as Wonkette puts it: (none / 0) (#5)
    by scribe on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 03:14:29 PM EST