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[JaneyVee]

1. McAuliffe already flipped some Romney counties.

[lostincalifornia]

2. good.

[cilla4progress]

3. Chris Hayes

shows it closer than expected?

[hooverville29]

6. I just commented on that. Might not be a cakewalk after all.

[JaneyVee]

7. I don't think it was ever a cakewalk. Isn't McAuliffe only polling up 6?

This was always close. Cooch was leading in the beginning and McAuliffe only recently made gains.

[hooverville29]

4. Looking at Northern VA voting volume, this one might wind up closer than some thought

[lostincalifornia]

10. Actually I am starting to get nervous now

[Nay]

25. Yeah, me too. I never thought McA would run away with it, but damn, what

on earth is making this election close??? Cooch is a raving maniac who took bribes, and Jackson is a frothing bible thumper who has already been caught in a hundred lies. And there's a libertarian candidate to take votes away from Cooch! What if it had been only a two-way race???

[chillfactor]

5. latest figures I have seen...

with 30% reporting McAuliffe still down by 10%

http://www.nytimes.com/news/election-2013/

[lostincalifornia]

8. 50.1% kenny boy, 42.7 Terry. We will see cuccinelli drop below 50% very soon

[hooverville29]

14. With Sarvis pulling 8%, ultimate winner doesn't have to get 50+% -- and probably won't

[cilla4progress]

9. I recall from 2012

that urban areas come in slower, so, that could be the case here.

In any case, never good to count one's chickens too soon!

[lostincalifornia]

11. You are right

[ShadowLiberal]

12. Indeed, in 2006, hours after the polls closed, it was all blue areas that still hadn't reported

That was when we were declared the winner then I remember, and got back control of the senate.

It's definitely bad to be down by 8 points with almost 40% of the vote in though, I'm getting very nervous. I wish Nate Silver was live blogging somewhere about this.

[lostincalifornia]

15. I think anyone who is looking at this on DU is nervous. I sure am /nt

[cilla4progress]

18. Do you know what Nate's projection were

about this race?

[Grateful for Hope]

30. Yes - I don't remember exactly, but I think Nate projects a Dem win at about 2.4%

[hooverville29]

13. Comparing to 2012, 2 factors weigh heavily now, not present in 2012. We can discuss later.

--and that's beyond the fact that the GOP is running candidates like Cooch/Jackson.

[MoonRiver]

16. McAuliffe now just down by 3.

Really nerve wracking, but I think Terry will pull it off.

[hooverville29]

22. Yep, some projections are going that way.

[Robbins]

17. Update

down to 3 now.Plus democrat Is down by 5 only In AG race.SLowly dem votes are coming in.

[lostincalifornia]

19. Thanks

[lanlady]

20. No. Virginia and Charlottesville are usually last with results

And they are rich with Democratic voters.

[hooverville29]

21. Their votes are being counted & reported, but lots still remain to go

[LittleBlue]

23. I cannot believe it's even this close

Now that the election is over, I feel free to ask why we couldn't find anyone better than McAuliffe.

His opponent is an anti-choice whackjob Teabagger. This shouldn't even be in question.

[Arugula Latte]

24. It's pathetic, really.

I say this as a woman: Any female who voted for that scumbag Cuccinelli should turn in her ovaries.

[backscatter712]

29. Chickens voting for Col. Sanders... n/t

[chillfactor]

26. McAuliffe only down by 1% now..n/t

[StrictlyRockers]

27. Wow, McAuliffe just made up some big ground on the last update, he's down by only 1.3% now.

9:02 PM ET 0:09
CANDIDATE PARTY VOTES PCT.
Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II Rep. 813,397 47.2%
Terry McAuliffe Dem. 790,594 45.9
Robert Sarvis Lib. 118,459 6.9
81% reporting

Terry only needs to make up 23,000 votes now, and he is closing fast. I think he's actually going to win this thing, and I was pretty skeptical for a while there.

[Grateful for Hope]

28. Of course

Urban votes are coming in

[StrictlyRockers]

32. Cooch lead is down to 1.2% and McA needs to make up only 21,000 votes with 82% reporting.

I think he's going to win. This is so close right now...

[StrictlyRockers]

34. If he continues to gain 0.1% for every additional 1% of precincts that report...

McAuliffe will win by .5%.

And, in fact, as I typed this he just made up another 0.1% when another 1% of precints reported their results.

This is from NYT website:
http://www.nytimes.com/projects/elections/2013/general/virginia/map.html

WAIT, whoa, hold the presses...I couldn't type fast enough!

Terry is down only .4% now that another 2% reported!!

Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II Rep. 848,330 46.8%
Terry McAuliffe Dem. 841,546 46.4
Robert Sarvis Lib. 123,643 6.8
85% reporting

[Borgnine]

33. This always happens here in VA.

It all comes down to the wire at around the 10 PM hour when the Democrat comes out ahead thanks to the northern part of the state.

Everyone relax.

[Lex]

35. That's where the big blue numbers are.

[StrictlyRockers]

36. It sure looks like you know what you are talking about...

And I really hope you are right!!

[Neurotica]

38. As a VA resident (NoVa), I know this is true but it's still nail-biting time

Really want Mark Herring to beat Obenshain.

[nadinbrzezinski]

40. MacCauliffe just pulled ahead

46.31 for Cuchinelli
46.71 for MaCauliffe

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. Latest

46.31 for Cuchinelli
46.71 for MaCauliffe

[StrictlyRockers]

39. Cuccinelli just made up some ground, he's up .6% now

But, I think McAuliffe may still have this. I'm going to keep watching. What a nail-biter...

That's only 10,000 votes!

[StrictlyRockers]

41. Oh god, it's so close now. Cooch has only a 0.2% lead. 88% of precincts reporting.

That's only 3,000 votes! McAuliffe looks like a winner to me if I read the map correctly. Lots of deep blue Norfolk has not reported yet. Those are big precincts...

[StrictlyRockers]

42. ANNND...McAuliffe takes the lead!!

Results

9:38 PM ET 0:49
CANDIDATE PARTY VOTES PCT.
Terry McAuliffe Dem. 911,726 46.8%
Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II Rep. 906,841 46.5
Robert Sarvis Lib. 131,544 6.7
91% reporting

Terry is up .3% according to the NYT.

Terry is up .4% according to the Virginia Board of Elections site.

Both say 91% reporting.

[StrictlyRockers]

43. McAuliffe's lead is 18,000 votes and growing.

The networks have all started calling the race for McA. We won one!!!