Arizona 8th District Special Election NYT link

[BritVic]

First results due at 11.05 (Eastern)

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/24/us/elections/results-arizona-house-special-election.html

[Adrahil]

1. Don't think we have the juice for this one. Hope I'm wrong. NT

[a kennedy]

2. Just that they had to spend millions on this race is a win for the Dems.......

JMHO.

[Adrahil]

3. Agreed....

One commentator was remarking that though she did not think Democrats had enough to take this very R district, it was remarkable that we were even considering the possibility.

[LBM20]

5. VERY red district, but I bet we shift it at least 10 points. That bodes well in the big picture.

[Matthew28]

4. The wave

might be too small to put us across the line here.

It would have to be 10 miles high to beat the republican cheating machine.

[LBM20]

6. No cheating here. Just VERY VERY red.

[marybourg]

7. Here's a link for the AZ Secretary of State's Office

for official results beginning with a download of mail-in ballots at 8P.M. local, 11 P.M. Eastern as an alternative to the NYT. I think we'll make a good showing. We've worked hard, with more enthusiasm than I've seen in the quarter century I've lived in the district.

http://results.arizona.vote/#/featured/6/0

[marybourg]

10. Initial results CLOSE. See my link above.

[kimbutgar]

8. My mother in law who lives in that district said the rethug will win

A lot of old fart retirees who watch fox all day in their recliner chairs. Their big activity is voting against those damn liberals.

[Legends303]

9. Yeah not surprising this district was a long shot

it would send shock waves if Tipirneni won, Lesko is a wingnut she fits this district.

[Stallion]

11. She's Down by 5 With Most of Vote

155,000 votes-they were supposed to drop 80% of vote-so good showing but not looking good--about a 20 point Democratic shift though

[grantcart]

12. we don't know how many people voted today and it is expected to be heavily Democratic

So this should be Lesko's biggest lead, don't know how much is left to count

we could win this

edited to add

NYT calls it for Lesko so apparently there isn't a lot of vote left

[grantcart]

13. Times has called it for Lesko by about 5%

[grantcart]

14. Sec of State showing 100% of ballots counted

http://results.arizona.vote/#/featured/6/0

[DesertRat]

18. Tipirneni is not conceding tonight, says she's waiting for results tomorrow.

Link to tweet

[grantcart]

19. Yep

[BritVic]

15. Hearing this result in the UK

It seems amazing to me that a party would spend millions on an electorate of less than 500,000, of whom only 33% turned out. And a 15 point swing to the Dems - that has to be encouraging, hasn't it?

Correction - I just saw that Trump took this by 28, so a 22 point swing - is that right?

[Blue_true]

16. Trump took it by 21%. Very conservative district.

Last edited Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:41 AM - Edit history (1)

From what someone from the area wrote last week. All in all, good showing by the Dem.

Corrected the 28% to 21%.

[Garrett78]

17. I know it was a good showing for our side, but at the same time...

...it continues to depress me that so many people support nutjobs.

[Blue_true]

21. A lot who voted for her claim that it was the fence that made them vote for her.

The fence is a fantasy. It is always tough to disprove a fantasy. Some of the people who voted for Lesko claimed that immigrants were taking jobs from recent high school grads, maybe if those grads are willing to work long hard days in hot sun for minimal pay, then yes, but I doubt ex high schoolers would want those jobs, nor would they want to sweat in a hot assed restaurant kitchen for 8 hours with almost no break.

[Garrett78]

22. How about creating new jobs.

Such as in alternative energy production.

And what about considering a universal basic income and universal health care.

No, much better to foster and exploit racism, talk about building a wall and promote school vouchers.

[Blue_true]

23. Unfortunately, in our country and lots of countries, racism is a easier sell than vision.

Worldwide populism and especially the populism here in the USA has an extensive underbelly of racism and fear of the "other" about it.