| Here we go, LiveBlog tonight (syndicated at dkos and mydd as needed).
Let's see how the numbers pan out:
Dallas County Election site. SOS website will have numbers, too. If you'd like to see a map of the district with precinct numbers, check this one out in pdf format.
Early Vote In with 3.6% turnout of 67,620 eligible voters.
(D) Katy Hubener 960 39.39%
(L) Gene Freeman 18 0.74%
(R) Kirk England 1,459 59.87%
(-) TOTAL 2,437 100.00%
8:54: No new numbers, but I called Byron in Dallas and he said Katy had over 100 people on the ground today and there was no Republican groundwork to be seen. They are waiting just like us down here.
Phil's update: I'll second that. I talked to some of the volunteers. They said they knocked on every door in their universe today, over the weekend, and made every call at least once. Everything that could have been done on the ground was done.
9:20 From Ken Molberg on the ground in Dallas...
Returns in from all but one precinct. I show us down by just under 400 votes, subject to correction.
And I need to add that this is a tought district for many reasons. What this tells me, however, is that we can win it in November.
Everyone who worked this was tremendous.
If that's true, that means Katy did win the Election Day votes as it would narrow her margain. No actual numbers as of yet.
9:30 Final Results
(D) Katy Hubener 2,438 46.23%
(L) Gene Freeman 48 0.91%
(R) Kirk England 2,788 52.86%
(-) TOTAL 5,274 100.00%
Katy actually won the Election Day vote 1478 to 1328. Congrats to everyone who helped on the ground, we will win this in November! (There are report of 55 mail ballots still to be counted, but it's not enough to close the margin.) |
