I'm pulling for Murkowski... just to spite Palin.... HAR http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/congress-and-governor-races-732411.html WASHINGTON — Here are the congressional and gubernatorial races that remain uncalled after Tuesday's election:
More Nation & World stories » Court order blocks Okla. amendment on Islamic law FBI: 69 children, 99 pimps found in national bust Car bomb kills 5 in southern Iraqi city of Basra High court reviews Costco sale of Swiss watches Health Care Reform: News and resources ___ Senate Alaska — Write-in ballots accounted for 41 percent of the votes counted so far, with Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski the most prominent of some 160 registered write-in candidates. Republican Joe Miller trailed with 34.3 percent of the vote. Absentee and questioned ballots were being counted Friday and the counting of write-ins will begin Wednesday. ___ Governor Minnesota — Former Democratic Sen. Mark Dayton leads Republican Tom Emmer by less than 10,000 votes, well within the margin that would trigger an automatic recount under state law. Election officials are recanvassing county votes before the Nov. 23 certification deadline. ___ House Virginia District 11 — Rep. Gerald Connolly, a Democrat, led Republican Keith Fimian by less than the margin that could trigger a recount. Kentucky District 6 — Democratic Rep. Ben Chandler had a 600-vote lead over Republican Andy Barr, who has asked the state to recanvass the votes from the 16-county district. Illinois District 8 — Democrat Melissa Bean trailed Republican Joe Walsh by less than 600 votes. An unknown number of absentee and provisionals ballots remained to be counted. Texas District 27 — GOP challenger Blake Farenthold was about 800 votes ahead of Democratic Rep. Solomon Ortiz, who has indicated he will request a recount if the margin remains this close. New York District 25 — Tea party Republican Anne Marke Buerkle leads Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei led by 659 votes with all the precincts counted. An unknown number of absentee and provisional ballots remain to be counted. Washington District 2 — Democratic Rep. Rick Larsen leads Republican John Koster by just over 3,800 votes as the counting of mail ballots continues. Koster had led Larsen narrowly in the election night count. Washington counts mail ballots that arrive days after the election, as long as they are postmarked by Election Day. California District 11 — Democratic Rep. Jerry McNerney leads GOP challenger David Harmer by 441 votes as officials continue their post- election count of an estimated 20,000 absentee and provisional ballots. California District 20 — Republican Andy Vidak had an 1,091-vote lead over Democratic Rep. Jim Costa, as officials continue their post- election count of an estimated 20,000 absentee and provisional ballots. ___ November 08, 2010 01:10 PM EST -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
