A crappy Election Day won't take away hard-fought wins on the minimum wage—in fact, this Election Day will raise the minimum wage in some places, thanks to ballot measures.
Tue Nov 04, 2014 at 9:16 PM PT (Steve Singiser): KS-Gov: I'd love to say that there's better news, but the bad news continues—according to the AP, Democrat Paul Davis has conceded this close-fought election to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.
Tue Nov 04, 2014 at 9:20 PM PT (Steve Singiser): CT-Gov: One bit of non-disastrous news—it looks like Democratic Gov. Dan Malloy has eked back ahead by less than 1400 votes. He had been trailing for the past couple of hours.
Tue Nov 04, 2014 at 9:25 PM PT (Steve Singiser): House: We live in an electoral reality, folks, where, at present, the guy who came within 1 point of losing in 2012 (AZ-02's Ron Barber) is up 4, but a guy who won easily in a 54-percent Obama district (NV-04's Steve Horsford) is trailing by one.
Tue Nov 04, 2014 at 9:26 PM PT (Steve Singiser): IA-01: A huge disappointment. Republican Rod Blum has claimed the seat left vacant by Bruce Braley.
Tue Nov 04, 2014 at 9:29 PM PT (Steve Singiser): New York: A little late, but some recriminations for Cuomo:
Oh my! WFP attacks @NYGovCuomo: "Governor Cuomo promised to take back the State Senate. Instead, he squandered millions on a fake party."
— @gblainnydn
Tue Nov 04, 2014 at 9:31 PM PT (Steve Singiser): CT-04: At long last, CNN calls for Democratic Rep. Jim Himes, who had a closer-than-expected contest.
Tue Nov 04, 2014 at 9:38 PM PT (Steve Singiser): CO-Gov: With over 80 percent counted, Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper still trailing by a hair in his battle with Republican Bob Beauprez. The margin is one point, or 16,000 votes.
Tue Nov 04, 2014 at 9:41 PM PT (Steve Singiser): OR-Gov: CNN calls the race for Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber, who was re-elected over GOP state legislator Dennis Richardson.
Tue Nov 04, 2014 at 9:47 PM PT (Barbara Morrill): New thread here.