The Vote 2006 - Senate

[Nbadan]

Post in this thread when you have a credible source for one of the toss-up Senate races being called. All calls must be verifiable.


SENATE 2006 ELECTION-NIGHT TALLY

DEMOCRATS

51 seats needed to take Senate
27 seats held by Dems are not up for election this year
15 seats (numbered 28 through 42 below) are considered Solid Dem or Likely Dem

28. CA Dianne Feinstein Inc. (D)
29. CT Ned Lamont (D) or Joe Lieberman Inc. (I)
30. DE Tom Carper Inc. (D)
31. FL Bill Nelson Inc. (D)
32. HI Daniel Akaka Inc. (D)
33. MA Ted Kennedy Inc. (D)
34. MN Amy Klobuchar (D)
35. ND Kent Conrad Inc. (D)
36. NE Ben Nelson Inc. (D)
37. NM Jeff Bingaman Inc. (D)
38. NY Hillary Clinton Inc. (D)
39. VT Bernie Sanders (I)
40 WA Maria Cantwell Inc. (D)
41. WI Herb Kohl Inc. (D)
42. WV Robert Byrd Inc. (D)


REPUBLICANS

50 seats needed to hold Senate
40 seats held by Reps are not up for election this year
7 seats (numbered 41 through 47 below) are considered Solid Rep or Likely Rep

41. IN Richard Lugar Inc. (R)
42. ME Olympia Snowe Inc. (R)
43. MS Trent Lott Inc. (R)
44. NV John Ensign Inc. (R)
45. TX Kay Bailey Hutchison Inc. (R)
46. UT Orrin Hatch Inc. (R)
47. WY Craig Thomas Inc. (R)
48.

NO RESULT YET: LEANERS AND TOSS UPS

11 seats are considered Leaners or Toss Ups: 8 Rep / 3 Dem
LDem = Leans Democratic; LRep = Leans Republican; Toss = Toss Up; Inc. = Incumbent

AZ (LRep) Jim Pederson (D) v. Jon Kyl Inc. (R)
MD (Toss) OPEN (Sarbanes-D) Ben Cardin (D) v. Michael Steele (R)
MI (LDem) Debbie Stabenow Inc. (D) v. Mike Bouchard (R)
MO (Toss) Claire McCaskill (D) v. James Talent Inc. (R)
MT (Toss) John Tester (D) v. Conrad Burns Inc. (R)
NJ (Toss) Robert Menendez Inc. (D) v. Tom Kean, Jr. (R)
OH (LDem) Sherrod Brown (D) v. Mike DeWine Inc. (R)
PA (LDem) Bob Casey (D) v. Rick Santorum Inc. (R)
RI (Toss) Sheldon Whitehouse (D) v. Lincoln Chafee Inc. (R)
TN (Toss) OPEN (Frist-R) Harold Ford (D) v. Bob Corker (R)
VA (Toss) Jim Webb (D) v. George Allen Inc. (R)


CURRENT SENATE LINEUP/2006 SEATS IN PLAY

Pre-election Senate Lineup: 55 Rep / 45 Dem (includes 1 Ind and Liberman)
33 seats are in play

[Nbadan]

West Virginia loves Byrd, no matter his controversial past...

MSNBC has called the race for Robert Byrd.


42. WV Robert Byrd Inc. (D)

_ per MSNBC TV

No real surprise.

[xrayzebra]

Do we have to? Can I just keep it to myself. Or are you being a bit bossy?

[Ocotillo]

MSNBC has called Lugar in Indiana and Sanders in Vermont. No suprises there.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15611389/

Three Senate races already decided
Winners: Sanders, Lugar, Byrd; key Virginia race too early to call

[Ocotillo]

MSNBC has Bill Nelson defeating Katherine Harris.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Lott, Miss.
Kennedy, Mass.
Snowe, Maine

MSNBC Results ticker @ 8:00 p.m. EST

[PixelPusher]

MSNBC says Nelson defeats Katherine Harris. All the posters on this board who think she's "hot"...she'll need some consoling...

[Ocotillo]

Snowe in Maine, Carper in Delaware and Lott in Mississippi will win according to MSNBC.

[Nbadan]

CBS is projecting Sherrod Brown to defeat Mike Dewine in the first real Senate toss-up to be called tonight by a M$M organization...


OH (LDem) Sherrod Brown (D) v. Mike DeWine Inc. (R)

-Per CBS News (http://election.cbsnews.com/campaign2006/state.shtml?state=OH)

[Nbadan]

Full list of projected winners per CBS News with close races highlighted:


• Democrat Thomas CARPER Wins Delaware U.S. Senate Race
• Republican Olympia SNOWE Wins Maine U.S. Senate Race
• Republican Trent LOTT Wins Mississippi U.S. Senate Race
• Democrat Edward KENNEDY Wins Massachusetts U.S. Senate Race
• Democrat Bob CASEY Wins Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Race
• Democrat Bill NELSON Wins Florida U.S. Senate Race
• Democrat Robert BYRD Wins West Virginia U.S. Senate Race
• Democrat Sherrod BROWN Wins Ohio U.S. Senate Race
• Other Bernie SANDERS Wins Vermont U.S. Senate Race
• Republican Richard LUGAR Wins Indiana U.S. Senate Race

CBS News (http://www.cbs.com/)

Did Rick Santorum really go down?

[MannyIsGod]

I don't think Ohio was a real tossup, but good news none the less

[MannyIsGod]

BTW, Although it can be a bit harder to navigate, the breakdown on info on CNN's site is by far the best.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Full list of projected winners per CBS News with close races highlighted:



CBS News (http://www.cbs.com/)

Did Rick Santorum really go down?

Do-wah-ditty-ditty-dum-ditty-do.

[PixelPusher]

MSNBC says Bob Menendez (D) beats Tom Kean, Jr.(R) in New Jersey

[Zunni]

CNN projects Menendez(D) in NJ as the winner.

[Nbadan]

It's official -

Gain for DEMOs - Bob Casey defeats Rick Santorum


PA (LDem) Bob Casey (D) v. Rick Santorum Inc. (R)

- Per FAUX news

:toast

[Nbadan]

CNN projects Menendez(D) in NJ as the winner.

FAUX News just called this race for Menendez

[MannyIsGod]

Everything looks awesome for the Democrats so far. Virginia is the place that is ridiculously close right now. That race is going to be huge.

[Zunni]

FAUX News just called this race for Menendez
So that makes 3 calls: CNN, Faux, MSNBC

[Nbadan]

The call for Menendez is official:


NJ (Toss) Robert Menendez Inc. (D) v. Tom Kean, Jr. (R)

FAUX News, MSNBC, and CNN

:toast

[PixelPusher]

MSNBC calls it for Sherrod Brown (D) over Mike DeWine (R) in Ohio

[Nbadan]

MSNBC calls it for Sherrod Brown (D) over Mike DeWine (R) in Ohio


Live Webshot from the WH

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/plastic_turkeys/1crybabybush.jpg

:lol

[George Gervin's Afro]

Santorum is done...... America will be a better place because of his loss

[PixelPusher]

Santorum is done...... America will be a better place because of his loss
I'm not so sure...without his moral leadership in the Senate, people everywhere might start marrying their dogs.

[MannyIsGod]

Damnit, Allen keeps holding a 10 thousand vote lead. Webb doesn't seem to be able to break through.

[Zunni]

CNN had a report that NoVA hasn't reported much yet. That's Webb country. They also said that exit polls stated that 36% of voters who identified as Evangelical voted for Webb. :santahat

[clambake]

Don't give up yet Manny.

[MannyIsGod]

I'm not, its just almost halftime and we're down in a huge state.

[clambake]

Manny's cool. Two days ago he was afraid of jinxing this thing, and now he's on fire!!

[Melmart1]

Virginia is a craaazy place. Go South and you got the repubs and it gets a little less conservative the further North you go. If the North hasnt reported, you could see a HUUUUGE swing in the totals once they do.

[Nbadan]

No a real surprise, but let's make it official: CBS News calls it for Nelson over Katherine Harris in Florida:

Note: There is no need to refresh this page, data updates automatically. Numbers in red indicate the newly updated data.
U.S. Senate
(1555 of 6950 Precincts Reporting)




Katherine HARRIS
Party Candidate Votes V%
D Bill NELSON 807,658 60
R Katherine HARRIS 530,856 39
I Floyd FRAZIER 4,624 0
I Brian MOORE 5,452 0
I Belinda NOAH 6,450 1
I Roy TANNER 4,051 0

CBS News (http://election.cbsnews.com/campaign2006/state.shtml?state=FL)

[PixelPusher]

MSNBC calls Hillary Clinton (D) over... "some guy" (R)

[George Gervin's Afro]

I'm not so sure...without his moral leadership in the Senate, people everywhere might start marrying their dogs.

oh the horror!

[MannyIsGod]

Webb is within 6k in votes at ATM. GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO

[Nbadan]

CBS and MSNBC projecting Lieberman defeats Lamont

[George W Bush]

I don't listen to polls.

[MannyIsGod]

CBS and MSNBC projecting Lieberman defeats LamontCNN too.

[Nbadan]

MD (Toss) OPEN (Sarbanes-D) Ben Cardin (D) v. Michael Steele (R)

-- Faux News has just called this for Ben Cardin in a hold for the DEMOs

[MannyIsGod]

Maryland called for the Democrats. Steele Democrat my ass!

[Crookshanks]

CNN projects Menendez(D) in NJ as the winner.

Only 1% of the returns are in and Menendez is trailing by 11% - how in the heck can they call him the winner already?

[MannyIsGod]

Only 1% of the returns are in and Menendez is trailing by 11% - how in the heck can they call him the winner already?Obviously because its rigged.

[MannyIsGod]

Whitehouse wins in RI to give Democrats their 3rd pickup in the Senate. They are halfway there.

[Nbadan]

In other toss-up win for DEMOs Whitehouse wins in RI...


RI (Toss) Sheldon Whitehouse (D) v. Lincoln Chafee Inc. (R)

Faux News just called this another victory for Demos!

[PixelPusher]

Obviously because its rigged.
:lol

be kind. the projections are based on exit polling, not he actuall tallies from the precincts.

[PixelPusher]

MSNBC proj. Sheldon Whitehouse(D) def. Lincoln Chafee(R) in Rhode Island

[Zunni]

Only 1% of the returns are in and Menendez is trailing by 11% - how in the heck can they call him the winner already?
They have complete exit poll data from the East. I don't think they'd call it if it weren't an asskicking number.

[Yonivore]

WTF? ABC News giving the race to Cardin even though, so far, Steele is beating him 52% to 46%?

Wow!

[Nbadan]

Stabenow defeats Bouchard..


MI (LDem) Debbie Stabenow Inc. (D) v. Mike Bouchard (R)

- Per FAUX News

So far DEMOs have held onto all their contested seats

[Zunni]

WTF? ABC News giving the race to Cardin even though, so far, Steele is beating him 52% to 46%?

Wow!
EXIT POLLS. That's East Coast, and the polls have been closed for almost 2 hours. Those percentages you quoted were from a VERY low vote totals. After 2000, networks aren't going to call any race, unless the EP numbers are ASSKICKING high.

[Nbadan]

AZ (LRep) Jim Pederson (D) v. Jon Kyl Inc. (R)

DAMN! :madrun

Kyl won in AZ.

Thanks tb.

[Nbadan]

The official Senate count at 10:00pm central ST stands at:

Reps 47
Demos 45
Independent 2

[Trainwreck2100]

I don't think Dems gonna win this one

[Nbadan]

44. NV John Ensign Inc. (R)

Wins in Arizona per MSNBC

[Nbadan]

32. HI Daniel Akaka Inc. (D)

Wins in Hawaii per MSNBC

[Nbadan]

The official Senate count at 1042 pm central ST stands at:

Reps 48 (-3)
Demos 46 (+2)
Independent 2 (+1)

4 Seats still to be decided

Tennesse
Missouri
Montana
Virginia

[Nbadan]

Washington Senate seat goes to Cantwell as expected:


U.S. Senate | EXIT POLLS | COUNTY RESULTS
Candidate Votes % of votes
Maria Cantwell (DEM)* 316,214 54%
Mike McGavick (REP) 250,509 43%
Bruce Guthrie (LIB) 7,937 1%
Aaron Dixon (GRN) 4,710 1%

MSNBC (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14188269/)

[Nbadan]

The official Senate count at 12:00am central ST stands at:

Reps 49 (-3)
Demos 46 (+2)
Independent 2 (+1)

3 Seats still to be decided

Missouri
Montana
Virginia

[Nbadan]

The official Senate count at 1:10am central ST stands at:

Reps 49 (-4)
Demos 47 (+3)
Independent 2 (+1)

2 Seats still to be decided


Montana
Virginia

[Nbadan]

The official Senate count at 11:50am central ST stands at:

Reps 49 (-5)
Demos 48 (+4)
Independent 2 (+1)

1 Seat still to be decided

Virginia (Macaca)