Local Elections

[6souls]

Minneapolis, MN Primary Turnouts are already Setting Records

https://twitter.com/laura_yuen/statu...38164841230336

This was as of noon today.

[archibaldcrane]

Jesus.

Apparently having multiple scandals among prominent Democratic challengers drives up turnout lol

[Cail]

CT having our primaries today as well. One of the Democrats running for governor is a convicted felon. I'm worried about the fall election though, as the Democratic governor is hated by everyone and CT has had no issue voting republican for Governor in the past

[archibaldcrane]

I saw that there's a chance that come January the entirety of the congressional delegation from all of New England will be Democrats except for Susan Collins.

[Cail]

I saw that there's a chance that come January the entirety of the congressional delegation from all of New England will be Democrats except for Susan Collins.

CT House District 5 (my district) apparently has a chance to flip to R from what I've heard

[archibaldcrane]

There's a couple tossups in there, including the rural Maine district too.

Actually just one according to the Elliott Morris model - just the Maine district (Connecticut looks extremely solid). Currently all but the Maine district are already blue so I guess it's not that much of a surprise.

http://www.thecrosstab.com/2018-midterms-forecast/

[6souls]

Minneapolis, MN Primary Turnouts are already Setting Records

https://twitter.com/laura_yuen/statu...38164841230336

This was as of noon today.

https://twitter.com/VoteMpls/status/1029508110166228993

60k+ as of 6 PM CT (not counting absentee).

More Minneapolis numbers;

https://twitter.com/VoteMpls/status/1029486072659623936

[Byrthnoth]

Did the laws change or something? Is the election at a different time?

The turnout difference is unreal

[archibaldcrane]

Here's Wisconsin's absentee turnout:

[archibaldcrane]

Pretty wild to have more absentee ballots this year vs. the 2016 presidential primary, which was relatively competitive for the Dems and very competitive for the Republicans.

[Fiye]

Kobach won the nomination for Kansas Republican Governor holeeee shit.

[6souls]

Turnout was so high in St Paul & the Iron Range (most of Northern MN) that many poll places ran out of ballots.

[Cail]

CT having our primaries today as well. One of the Democrats running for governor is a convicted felon. I'm worried about the fall election though, as the Democratic governor is hated by everyone and CT has had no issue voting republican for Governor in the past

AT least the felon didn't win the nomination

[Cail]

Also the Republican party backed candidate for governor lost

[Zealot]

The Nazi won in Oklahoma and Ellison won the AG nomination.

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[Fiye]

THE IRON STASH WON HIS PRIMARY WOOO!

Also dems had mores in their primary than Rs. FUCK YEAH HYPE TIME

Edit: Also Tim Pawlenty lost that's a shocker.

[kuronosan]

Kobach is up less than 100 votes in the Kansas Republican governor primary as the last absentees and provisional ballots trickle in.

He's also a conspiracy theorist about voter fraud and the sitting Attorney General so this should be fun.

https://twitter.com/APCentralRegion/...88198540013568

It's okay, nobody likes him here.

Chalk him winning up to western Kansas, which is basically Republican Trump whatever country.

Colyer, on the other hand, was calling fraud as early as July. Neither is popular with modern (young) folks.

[Fiye]

What I'm worried about is Greg Orman getting on the ballot in Kansas and basically spoiling the dem vote.

[6souls]

Edit: Also Tim Pawlenty lost that's a shocker.

[6souls]

MN Primary Results - https://elections.mpr.org/2018-primary/

Minnesota had the highest statewide primary turnout since 1994.

Did the laws change or something? Is the election at a different time?

The turnout difference is unreal

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/0...ongress-senate

However, it wasn't until 2014 that voters were allowed to cast their ballots early without having to provide an excuse.