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longship

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52. Legally the election isn't called until it's certified.

Reply to graham4anything (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 09:53 PM

Jun 2013

That won't happen for a day or two, or more depending on absentees, etc.

When a candidate concedes, that's not binding. If Al Gore conceded in 2000 but the FL Secy of State certified FL for Al Gore, he would still have been elected president of the US in spite of his concession.

A concession means nothing. It's polite to do so, however.

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MARKEY WINS. Election called. [View all] graham4anything Jun 2013 OP

This is more important than many know. Please, indeed. Keep us updated, MA DUers! freshwest Jun 2013 #1

Not a peep on either MSNBC or CNN yet. gateley Jun 2013 #7

Updates, elleng Jun 2013 #2

Eek! I'm almost sorry I looked -- where are the people?? gateley Jun 2013 #4

Don't know where are the people, gate. elleng Jun 2013 #5

Thank you! I just came by to see if anyone had posted any info. I'm hoping gateley Jun 2013 #3

Yeah, it seems like repubs everywhere have a certain # voters, and the all vote graham4anything Jun 2013 #6

shoot, is it even close flamingdem Jun 2013 #8

I did my duty boston bean Jun 2013 #9

Thank you! MA Dem also did. And I'm sure Sheshe will help keep us up to date, too. freshwest Jun 2013 #13

site I have up shows only 20 out of 2172 districts, Markey49 Gomez 50 graham4anything Jun 2013 #10

32 districts, Markey 53-47 graham4anything Jun 2013 #11

112 precincts out of 2172 Markey 48 Gomez 52, very early still graham4anything Jun 2013 #12

Have Boston votes been counted yet? freshwest Jun 2013 #14

NO votes from Boston yet, here is the latest... graham4anything Jun 2013 #15

Worcester should give markey a lot of votes. boston bean Jun 2013 #16

latest on Worcester (only 1 out of 50 counted), nothing on Boston yet. graham4anything Jun 2013 #18

Huffington post has an interactive live map - again keep refreshing.. Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #17

23% in (this works better from the link from huffpost, editing OP) graham4anything Jun 2013 #19

Getting tighter with 28% reporting graham4anything Jun 2013 #20

32% in Markey closer 49.5 to 50.1 NO votes yet in Boston...should we be breathing easier??? graham4anything Jun 2013 #21

Markey in lead graham4anything Jun 2013 #22

Brookline just partially reported; put Markey ahead Recursion Jun 2013 #23

Markey just pulled ahead name not needed Jun 2013 #24

43% counted Markey leads by 1% graham4anything Jun 2013 #25

56%in- 51.8 to 47.8 Markey up by 4 graham4anything Jun 2013 #26

Did the GOP pour a lot of money into this race? Politicub Jun 2013 #27

WHAT???? it's not 80%/20%?????? MNBrewer Jun 2013 #28

you misunderstood what I meant by that. I hope you are happy that Markey is in the lead. graham4anything Jun 2013 #30

TO be fair MNBrewer Jun 2013 #32

61% in. Markey up by 4.2 graham4anything Jun 2013 #29

63% in Up by 5.6 graham4anything Jun 2013 #31

Are Boston and the towns around Boston in yet? How about Springfield and Worcester? RBInMaine Jun 2013 #33

Boston 50% graham4anything Jun 2013 #36

If there are mostly big cities and town yet to report, especially in eastern MA, Gomez is toast. RBInMaine Jun 2013 #34

75% in up by 7, Boston 50% in graham4anything Jun 2013 #35

I bet Markey takes it by 8% to 9% in the end. Maybe 10%. Whaddayathink? RBInMaine Jun 2013 #37

looking good graham4anything Jun 2013 #39

An 8%-10% win isn't bad for a special election with generally lower and hard-to-gauge turnout. RBInMaine Jun 2013 #41

78% in. Markey now up by 7.4% Gomez is toast. So long swiftboater. RBInMaine Jun 2013 #40

78% 53.5 to 46.1 a 7.4% lead, Boston 56% in graham4anything Jun 2013 #38

DONE DEAL ! Called for Markey. 82% in. Markey up by almost 9%. Bye bye asshat Gomez ! RBInMaine Jun 2013 #43

Election called for Markey according to HuffPost graph graham4anything Jun 2013 #42

GOOD ONE ! I bet Markey goes 10% or better. So much for the TeaPub Asshat. RBInMaine Jun 2013 #46

Can you post a link to a live MA tv feed for Markey's victory speech? Thanks. RBInMaine Jun 2013 #49

Yeah!!!! LeftInTX Jun 2013 #44

Markey is up by 80,000 with his big districts still to come in. nt bluestate10 Jun 2013 #45

Take that, McShame! nt ecstatic Jun 2013 #47

Congrats all malaise Jun 2013 #48

Thanks, Massachusetts! freshwest Jun 2013 #50

Great news! n-t Logical Jun 2013 #51

Legally the election isn't called until it's certified. longship Jun 2013 #52

Excellent!! K&R johnnyreb Jun 2013 #53