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2010 Wisconsin Election Results for Governor and Senate Races

Ed Krassenstein — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:53:00 +0000

Wisconsin Election

Approximately 100% of the votes have been reported for the 2010 Wisconsin elections, and the results for the Governor race and Senate race are now known. Both races were extremely tight up until all the votes were in.

For the Wisconsin Gubernatorial race, Republican Scott Walker has defeated Democrat Tom Barrett to become Governor of the state.

2010 Wisconsin Gubernatorial Election Results:
Walker won with 52% of the votes, over Barret who got 47%. Well over 2 million people voted in the state of Wisconsin this year.

For the Senate race, which was also extremely tight up until the end, Republican Ron Johnson defeated Incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold to take over his senate seat.

2010 Wisconsin Senate Election Results:
Johnson won with 52% of the vote, over Feingold who had 47%.

Both major office seats have changed political parties. They previously were held by Democrats but now will be occupied by Republicans.

Minnesota Election Results Show Mark Dayton Barely Defeats Tom Emmer – Recount Coming?

Michael Ferrie — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:13:00 +0000

Minnestoa Election

The 2010 Minnesota Election results are now in for the Gubernatorial race in the state. With 99.9% of the votes counted, Democrat Mark Dayton has defeated Republican Tom Emmer. However, Dayton beat Emmer by only about 10,000 or fewer votes, thus there appears to be a very likely chance that there will be a recount. A recount for the election could drag on for quite some time. Tim Pawlenty, the current acting Governor of Minnesota has even said he will extend his term in office if a recount takes until after the new year to be decided.

The pre-election polls showed that Mark Dayton was favored for the majority of the time since the primaries. He led by as many as 14 percentage points in some polls. The most recent poll taken by Survey USA on October 29 only showed Dayton with a 1 percentage point lead over Emmer. It was expected that this year’s election in Minnesota for governor would be a close one, but no one knew it would come down to a few thousand votes.

On Wednesday, Dayton took time for a minor celebration, but he remained cautious over his victory.

Oregon Election Results for 2010 Governor & Senate Race

Timothy Warren — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:50:44 +0000

Oregon Election

The elections are over, and people in Oregon are awaiting the official 2010 Oregon Election results.

For the Oregon Senate Race, Democrat Ron Wyden looks to have defeated Republican Jim Huffman. With 95% of the election votes reported, Wyden leads Huffman with 56% of the vote to Huffman’s 40%. Ron Wyden will hold onto his current senate seat for another term.

In the Oregon Governor Race, things are a lot closer. CNN is reporting that Republican Chris Dudley is leading Democrat John Kitzhaber with 637,508 votes to Kitzhaber’s 622,952. These results are based on only 89% of the votes that have been reported. However Google is now reporting that 96% of the votes are in and Dudley leads Kitzhaber with 49% of the votes to Kitzhaber’s 48%. It still isn’t official, but it appears as though the Republican, Dudley will become the next Governor of Oregon.

Stay tuned to Thenewsoftoday for the latest 2010 Election Results as they come in.

2010 New York State Election Results for Senate & Governor Races

Noah Friedman — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:47:01 +0000

New York State

The 2010 New York Election results are all but official now. Prior to this year’s election, if you were to go by the polls, you would have guessed that Democrats Gillibrand and Schumer would be elected in the New York State Senate elections. As it turns out, these polls were pretty accurate.

For the New York U.S. Senate Seat, Incumbent Charles Schumer appears to have defeated Republican Jay Townsend with 65% of the votes to 33%. These reports only include 84% of reported votes, but are enough to project Schumer as the winner. Schumer won in all counties except for Hamilton, Wyoming, Allegany, and Tioga.

For the other New York Senate race, Incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand held onto her seat which was originally Hillary Clinton’s. Gillibrand defeated DioGuardi with 61% of the votes to 37%.

For the New York Governor’s race, recent polls had shown Democrat Andrew Cuomo leading Republican Carl Paladino with 58% of the votes to 33%. It turns out that these polls were pretty accurate as well. With 86% of votes reported, Cuomo is leading Paladino with 62% of the votes to Paladino’s 34%.

It appears as though the Democrats took the 3 major elections in New York State.

2010 Florida Governor Race Election Results – Rick Scott Wins

Jason Moore — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:05:07 +0000

Florida Governor

The 2010 Florida Governor Race has been a close one ever since the primaries ended. Polls showed Rick Scott and Alex Sink were running neck-and-neck the entire way. There was no reason to expect anything different on Election Day 2010.

The race ended up being even closer than the polls had shown. With 89% of the precincts reported, Republican Rick Scott lead Democrat Alex Sink by only 1 percentage point. Scott had 2,553,434 votes, while Sink had 2,500,510 as of 10:30 A.M. this morning. The exit polls didn’t show either candidate being heavily favored either. The only thing that could be noticed was the fact that 52% of independent voters supported Rick Scott, while only 42% supported Alex Sink.

Rick Scott has been declared the winner of the 2010 Florida Governor Race. Even though 100% of the election results had not yet been counted, Alex Sink conceded to Scott.

The Republican Scott will take over for current incumbent Governor Charlie Crist who lost the Florida Senate election to Republican Marco Rubio.

2010 Alaska Senate Race Election Results – Joe Miller Done?

Noah Friedman — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:45:38 +0000

Alaska Senate Race

Everyone has been watching the Alaska Senate race since it was announced that Joe Miller would be running up against Scott McAdams and Incumbent Lisa Murkowski. As of now 76% of the Alaska Senate Election Results have been reported, and it is looking more and more like Lisa Murkowski will be the winner. Murkowski, who assumed office in 2002, looks to hold for another term.

Joe Miller defeated Lisa Murkowski in the primaries but Murkowski was running a write-in campaign.

So far here are the election results for the Alaska Senate Race:

- Joe Miller has 68,288 votes, which make up 34% of the votes that have been reported.
- Scott McAdams has 47,414 votes, which make up 24% of the votes that have been reported.
- There have been 81,876 write in votes, which are mostly expected to be for Lisa Murkowski, make up 41% of the votes that have been reported.

As it stands now it looks as though Joe Miller may lose the race to Lisa Murkowski if the vast majority of the write-in votes are indeed for Murkowski. The counting of the write-in ballot names won’t begin until November 18.

2010 Washington Election Results – Patty Murray & Dino Rossi

Jason Moore — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:19:35 +0000

Washington Election

So far in Washington State, 65% of the election results are in. As of right now, Incumbent Democrat Patty Murray has a very slight lead over Republican Dino Rossi in a race that will not be decided until the final couple thousand of votes are in. Even the Washington exit polls did not show a decided leader.

As of right now – 7:08 AM Local time in Washington State, here are the Election results for U.S. Senate:

- Democrat Patty Murray is leading with approximately 50% of the votes with a total of 722,396.

- Republican Dino Rossi is barely trailing Murray with approximately 50% of the votes with a total of 708,391.

There are currently only 65% of the votes in so this race will come down to the wire.

As for the Washington exit polls, 46% of males supported Murray, while 52% supported Rossi. 55% of females supported Murray, while only 44% supported Rossi.

Democrats in the exit polls supported Murray 96% of the time, whereas Republicans favored Rossi 95% of the time. Where the race may be won is with the independents. The exit polls show that independent voters supported Rossi 57% of the time, whereas they only supported Murray 40% of the time.

Who will win this years U.S. Senate Seat in Washington? Stay tuned to TheNewsofToday for more election results as they come in.

2010 Utah Election Results Begin Coming in – Mike Lee Projected to Win

Megan Stanton — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 02:57:28 +0000

Utah Election

15% of the Utah Election Results have officially come in, and so far Mike Lee is in the lead over Sam Granato. According to exit polls, and the results that have been tabulated so far, CNN is projecting Republican Mike Lee to win the U.S. Senate seat in the state of Utah.

Out of the 15% of the results that have thus far been reported for the Utah Senate election, here are the statistics:

- Republican Mike Lee – 50% of the Votes with 44,520 votes Leads.
- Democrat Sam Granato – 46% of the Votes with 41,169 votes is in second.

Lee is looking to take over for the incumbent Bob Bennett who was defeated at the Republican State convention in May. As of now, it looks as though the 39-year-old Lee will win the seat.

2010 Ohio Election Results – Predictions based on Exit Polls

Noah Friedman — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:49:05 +0000

Ohio Election Results

CNN has predicted that Republican Rob Portman will defeat Democrat Lee Fisher for the senate seat in the 2010 Ohio Election. Even though the official results have not yet been calculated, the exit polls are showing that Portman had a commanding lead over Fisher

The exit polls show that 57% of male voters said they voted for Portman, while 51% of females voted for the Republican candidate in the 2010 Ohio Elections.

88% of Democrats voted for Lee Fisher, while only 11% selected Portman on their ballots. Of the Republican voters, 94% of voters said they chose Portman, while only 5% selected Fisher. Of the independent voters, 63% favored the Republican, Porter, while only 33% supported Fisher.

These are only exit polls, so they can not officially determine the Ohio Election results. However, they are quite reliable when the margins of votes in exit polls are so great. The official results should be coming in very shortly.

Latest 2010 Florida Election Results show Marco Rubio Dominating Charlie Crist

Ed Krassenstein — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:17:39 +0000

Charlie Crist Trailing

So far, there have been 1% of the votes reported in the state of Florida for the U.S. Senate seat. The battle had been between Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist for much of the race.

Crist led Rubio in the race for much of the pre-election, and only recently fell behind him in August according to the polls. There are no exit polls in yet, but 4% of the official votes have now been counted.

Here are the latest 2010 Florida Election results for U.S. Senate
- Republican Marco Rubio – 94,565 Votes – 43%
- Independent Charlie Crist – 84,596 Votes – 39%
- Democrat Kendrick Meek – 35,049 Votes – 16%

Again, you must realize that only 4% of the total votes are only currently in, so these number could easily change by quite a bit. Stay tuned for further updates.