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Too close to call: TheDC’s guide to the 3 messiest undecided races

11:22 AM 11/03/2010
Alexis Levinson
Political Reporter

Some races are still too close to call. Here’s The Daily Caller’s rundown of the 3 messiest races:

Washington Senate: The race for Senate between Republican Dino Rossi and Democratic incumbent Patty Murray has yet to be called. Murray currently holds about a 2 percentage point lead with 70 percent of the precincts reporting

Minnesota governor: This three-way race seems headed for a recount. Democrat Mark Dayton leads Republican Tom Emmer by just under 10,000 votes with 100 percent of the precincts reporting. The Minnesota GOP’s lawyer has held a press conference about the recount, and both sides are preparing for the ensuing legal battle. The independent candidate Tom Horner did fairly well, taking about 12 percent of the vote.

Alaska Senate: With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, write-in candidate Sen. Lisa Murkowski appears to be leading, with 41 percent of voters writing in their candidate of choice. The vast majority of write-in votes are presumed to be for  Murkowski, but it will likely take weeks for officials to read and validate the results. Tea Party-backed Republican nominee Joe Miller is in second place with 34 percent of the vote, and Democrat Scott McAdams trails with 24 percent.

Tags: California, California,United States, Candidate, Colorado Senate, Denver Post, Dino Rossi, Governor, Jim Costa, Ken Buck, Lawyer, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Dayton, Michael Bennett, Minnesota, Minnesota,United States, Patty Murray, Politics, Race, Republican Party, Senate, Tom Horner
  • pansycritter

    Murkowski does not have 41%. All write in votes are 41%. There are 160 write-in candidates. Murkowski’s count is not known yet. You have your story wrong.

  • adamincalifornia

    Bennet won.

    Washington will take forever. And if it is bad for Murray then there will be all the postmarks that will get challenged. The fixers in King County will fix it, so Murray will get it.

    Murkowski won and will caucus Republican (she isn’t stupid).

    Costa deserves to go down for what he has done to kill the AG jobs in his district. But California just had a coup d’etat wherein the public employee unions now control every aspect of state power. So he will “win”. Just gonna take a while to find the right opportunity while no one is looking.

    • killtruck

      I live in Washington, short version of WA politics? If you don’t live in King County then you’re King County’s b****.

      Even if there wasn’t a fraud issue, this mail-in only, handcount system is… well, there isn’t a word.

      There’s a way you’re allegedly supposed to be able to track your ballot on the state site to see if it’s been counted. Mine still hasn’t, and I sent it in well over a week before the election. That’s annoying. Then I notice one of my other ballots from prior years never seemed to make it. And my husband’s only lists three votes since 2005. That’s infuriating.

  • gringott

    Anyone know if this is final – KY US Representative, 6th Congressional District, Andy Barr, R, 199,304 – Evil Chandler, D, 199,923

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jasmine-Clark/1785223171 Jasmine Clark

    all these too-close-to-call races are so irritating! the waiting seems endless! ugh especially alaska, who knows when THAT race will be decided.

  • leilani

    Does anyone here know about TX-27? That’s the one in South Texas which looks like Blake Farenthold deposed the Democratic incumbent Ortiz, giving an unexpected flip to the R’s in a squeaker (800 votes). The CNN & NYT maps don’t show it as a win yet with 100% in as of last night. Is it being contested or what?

  • killtruck

    Half a million votes left to count in Washington.