All good things must come to an end. After six months, 19 election days and seven live blogs, it’s time to say goodbye to primary season. But before you grieve, a parting gift: three consecutive nights of electiony goodness. On Tuesday, New Hampshire goes to the polls; on Wednesday, Rhode Island follows suit; and on Thursday, New York picks its nominees for state office.1I leave you with this thought: This is the last primary preview you’ll read until the 2020 Iowa caucuses….
More @ FiveThirtyEight….
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https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-last-2018-primary-briefing-new-hampshire-rhode-island-and-new-york/
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BREAKING: Former state Sen. Molly Kelly has won New Hampshire’s Democratic gubernatorial nomination to challenge Republican Gov. Chris Sununu in November.
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BREAKING: In an uncontested race, Chris Sununu wins Republican nomination for governor in New Hampshire primary election. #APracecall at 8:00 p.m. EDT. #Election2018 #NHprimary
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BREAKING: Executive Councilor Chris Pappas has defeated 10 opponents, including Levi Sanders, to win the Democratic nomination in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District. Sanders is the son of Sen. Bernie Sanders.
twitter….
Bernie Sanders son has no joy…..
RHODE ISLAND PRIMARY ELECTION RETURNS
https://www.ri.gov/election/results/2018/statewide_primary/
(updated every 5-10 minutes)
Statewide summary
Unofficial results: Updated September 12, 2018 09:36 PM
382 of 416 precincts reporting (91%)
Senator in Congress
Candidate Total votes Pct
Sheldon Whitehouse* (DEM) 77565 76.4%
Patricia J. Fontes (DEM) 23932 23.6%
Representative in Congress District 1
Candidate Total votes Pct
David N. Cicilline* (DEM) 39871 77.0%
Christopher Young (DEM) 11934 23.0%
Representative in Congress District 2
Candidate Total votes Pct
James R. Langevin* (DEM) 40497 100.0%
Governor
Candidate Total votes Pct
Gina M. Raimondo* (DEM) 57978 56.2%
Matthew A. Brown (DEM) 35242 34.2%
Spencer E. Dickinson (DEM) 9886 9.6%
Lieutenant Governor
Candidate Total votes Pct
Daniel J. McKee* (DEM) 50523 50.8%
J. Aaron Regunberg (DEM) 48839 49.2%
Secretary of State
Candidate Total votes Pct
Nellie M. Gorbea* (DEM) 83421 100.0%
Attorney General
Candidate Total votes Pct
Peter F. Neronha* (DEM) 80200 100.0%
General Treasurer
Candidate Total votes Pct
Seth Magaziner* (DEM) 82567 100.0%
Senator in Congress
Candidate Total votes Pct
Robert G. Flanders, Jr.* (REP) 24401 87.7%
Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente (REP) 3424 12.3%
Representative in Congress District 1
Candidate Total votes Pct
Patrick J. Donovan (REP) 6903 78.4%
Frederick Wysocki (REP) 1900 21.6%
Representative in Congress District 2
Candidate Total votes Pct
Salvatore G. Caiozzo* (REP) 14222 100.0%
Governor
Candidate Total votes Pct
Allan W. Fung* (REP) 17141 56.3%
Patricia L. Morgan (REP) 12256 40.3%
Giovanni Feroce (REP) 1041 3.4%
Lieutenant Governor
Candidate Total votes Pct
Paul E. Pence (REP) 23335 100.0%
Secretary of State
Candidate Total votes Pct
Pat V. Cortellessa* (REP) 23048 100.0%
General Treasurer
Candidate Total votes Pct
Michael G. Riley* (REP) 23614 100.0%
* Party-Endorsed Candidate
The results posted are preliminary and subject to certification by the Board of Elections. Please note that write-in ballot results are not included in the totals that appear. If you are interested in this information, please contact the local board of canvassers. Mail Ballot results will be blank for a race until results are available. Candidates receiving no mail ballot votes will have a “0” displayed in the mail ballot results.
New York state offices primary today…..
With a 6.5% of precincts reporting 13 minutes after polls close in New York state:
Cuomo* 49,011 68.0%
Nixon 23,096 32.0%
Attorney General
Democratic primary
Candidate Votes Pct.
Letitia James 34,122 49.2%
Zephyr Teachout 18,671 26.9%
Sean Patrick Maloney 14,881 21.5%
Leecia Eve 1,614 2.3%
https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/new-york/
Right now?
Nixon is doing MUCH Better than the polling would have indicated…..
Letitia James will carry the NYC vote…..
Maloney is running for Congress also….
The Washington Post has called the NY Democratic gubernatorial primary for Andrew Cuomo.
With nearly 30% of precincts reporting:
Cuomo* 365,715 66.5%
Nixon 184,594 33.5%
The only substantial county returns (82% reporting) are from Queens (82% reporting), where Cuomo has 72.5%, and Manhattan (75%) where he has 58.4%
Attorney General
Democratic primary
Candidate Votes Pct.
Letitia James 294,556 50.5%
Zephyr Teachout 169,236 29.0%
Sean Patrick Maloney 106,340 18.2%
Leecia Eve 12,994 2.2%
31.5% of precincts reporting
New York City returns
1 CYNTHIA E. NIXON Democratic 223550 33.76 %
2 ANDREW M. CUOMO Democratic 436481 65.92 %
3 WRITE-IN 2073 0.31 %
TOTAL 662104
Percentage of Scanners Reported: 77.55 %