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All good things must come to an end 3 Dec 2010 | 06:37 am
This is the post I wrote on March 2nd 2010 to announce I was stopping nearly 3 years of daily blogging. But I then briefly took up blogging again in the fall of 2010 in the run-up to the midterms, so ...
What remains on the table 5 Nov 2010 | 03:04 am
The AP finally corrected its massive New Haven mistake, and Dan Malloy is now leading by 4,300 votes - a 12,000-vote swing since the AP’s evening numbers. With the remaining ten precincts all located ...
Confusion in Connecticut (Updated) 4 Nov 2010 | 02:07 pm
The AP had called Dan Malloy the winner of Connecticut’s gubernatorial race, but pulled back the call an hour ago. Its results now just Tom Foley leading by 8,500 votes with 99% of the vote reporting....
Results thread, part 2: Dems suffer staggering losses in House and legislatives races, limit damage in statewide races 3 Nov 2010 | 03:24 pm
5:30pm: All is not lost for Melissa Bean in IL-8, but it might take a few days to know the final results in a district few people had on their list. (It’s one of three districts I listed as “likely De...
Election Night results thread: Rep. Boucher’s fall first surprise of the night 3 Nov 2010 | 08:14 am
11pm: Reps. Ed Perlmutter, Jim Himes and Chris Murphy survive in CO-7, CT-4 and CT-5 - all of them good saves for Democrats. The party is headed towards gigantic House losses, so it’s hard to believe ...
Election night cheat sheet 3 Nov 2010 | 05:00 am
Here is guide to follow tonight’s results, with every race that will be worth calling tonight arranged by poll closing time. In addition to 37 Senates races, 37 gubernatorial contests and more than 1...
Final ratings: Democrats brace for historic losses 2 Nov 2010 | 12:04 pm
Democrats should go into Election Day with low expectations. It’s the only way they’ll be able to get through what is increasingly looking like it will be an atrocious night - and it will allow them t...
What to watch for down-ballot 1 Nov 2010 | 06:16 am
In switching from daily to weekly writing, I’ve concentrated on straightforward electoral assesments of congressional and gubernatorial races, but it goes without saying there are hundreds of other cr...
Heading into final week-end, House landscape again shifts towards GOP but remains unsettled 30 Oct 2010 | 08:13 am
Once again, House ratings shift in the GOP’s direction. With four days to go before Election Day, 28 Democratic-held seats are in the “lean Republican” or “likely Republican” columns - up from 23 ten ...
Senate landscape: The wild ride continues, with 5 races now in the toss-up column 27 Oct 2010 | 03:50 pm
Ten days ago, I wrote that the Senate battle was coming down to just four states: Illinois, Colorado, Nevada and West Virginia. But in the following week, the field of play looked like it was substant...
