The SD 10 Election Night Results and Open Thread

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on February 25, 2017

With polls closing soon, we await the results and, of course, the discussion.  We’ll update the results as they come in.  If any of you are at polling places, feel free to share info with us. And, of course, let’s hear what everybody thinks.

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  1. The 4th of the 9th has reported. 227 Hansen, 234 Marino.

    This is actually good news for Hansen, as Trump won this ED, 393 to 330. Feeling optimistic.

  2. I now feel confident that Hansen will win. She won the 6th of the 8th by a 426-366 margin. Clinton won this ED by only 11 votes. If the trend continues, Hansen should outperform Clinton’s 57-43 margin.

    BTW, the turnout is extraordinarily large for a Special Election

  3. RE Vanella says:

    Great title for a novel that. The 4th of the 9th.

  4. jason330 says:

    5190 to 3611. Hansen

  5. With 7 of the 16 polling places reporting, Hansen leads, 1957-1717. But nothing is in yet from the 25th or 27th RD’s, which should be her strongholds.

  6. Hansen leads, 2273-2218, as one of the Trump ED’s came in. Still nothing from the 25th or 27th. Only one more Trump ED to go. After that, it should all be Hansen territory.

  7. jason330 says:

    She won. 7431 to 4950

  8. The one remaining Trump ED went for Hansen, and the first ED from the 27th reported. Hansen leads, 3159 to 2771. That’s as close as it will be for the rest of the evening.

  9. jason330 says:

    I’m at the party it is all over. Marino Trounced

  10. Thanks, Jason. That’s a slaughter. I guess Lavelle will blame it all on those 17 year-olds who were schoolbused to the polls.

  11. Andy says:

    what’s the deal with Jason’s nonsense numbers?

  12. That’s a 60-40 win. Congrats especially to all the volunteers who knocked doors. You made a big difference.

  13. Jason must be at Hansen HQ. They get the results phoned into them before the DOE posts them.

  14. RE Vanella says:

    So the numerator is one million bucks (& change), plus a sliver of Biden’s street cred. Looks like that denominator is going to make this quite a spend, per vote.

  15. jason330 says:

    7119 Hansen 4850 Marino

  16. RE Vanella says:

    $135 per. Paltry sum. Will we get our quids worth? Will Ms Hansen live up to Mr Kowalko’s strong endorsement? Brace yourselves.

  17. Jason, ya think now would be a good time to ask her about raising the top bracket?

  18. RE Vanella says:

    Oh, the denominator is decreasing… Profit margins are so slim… Upwards of $140 per vote is killing me.

  19. Limecherrypie says:

    It is not over yet…..but it looks like Stephanie is in the lead.

    I am surprised. I thought the Democrats were going to botch this. However, I wish that everyone voted more. There are 35,000 eligible voters in SD 10. If Delaware and America wants to have a better democracy, there needs to be more voter turnout and political consciousness.

    http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtml

    On the side note: I kinda feel bad for the Libertarian candidate.

  20. About 1/3 of the eligible voters voted. Just about 12,000 out of 35,673 registered voters. That’s amazing for a Special Election.

    Without knowing for sure, I’d be surprised if ANY Delaware Special Election had a better turnout. In fact, I doubt if there’s one that’s even close to this.

  21. Anon says:

    I’m with Vanilla…as I said earlier the narrative will be Dems spent close to a million dollars to win one seat!

  22. mediawatch says:

    Where was Tom Kovach when the Republicans needed him?

  23. puck says:

    OK, now I can can say: Hansen lost me when I heard straight up Republican talking points from her during the WDEL debate:

    “One of the things we can’t do, right off the bat is we can’t raise taxes. ”

    and,

    “Charter schools are public schools!” (said with real firmness and conviction).

    At that point, for me it became a lesser-of-two-evils election. I’m happy at least the greater evil did not win.

  24. That (the money spent) will certainly be the R meme. But that assumes that Marino would otherwise have won. I don’t think so. Not when your campaign manager and volunteer coordinator quit less than two weeks out.

    Maybe Marino wins if the election is in December. But, as it played out, he performed far worse against Hansen than he did against Bethany Hall-Long. Seeing as how Hansen was indeed ‘the lesser of two evils’, I can only conclude that prolonged exposure to Marino did him no favors. A lot of R’s told me he was a total jerk.

  25. jason330 says:

    Hansen claims Democratic mandate in acceptance speech.

  26. jason330 says:

    “This win sends a message”. I hope Carney hears the message. This speech is a Democratic barn burner

  27. jason330 says:

    If she takes this vibe into the Senate she can be a Democratic firebrand

  28. jason330 says:

    Hansen has a sense of how this win fits into history. First wave of the backlash

  29. nemski says:

    We might have Hansen, but we still have Carney.

  30. Tim Bakerson says:

    Marino is a three time loser. All three times to women.

  31. Ben says:

    Now the real primary pressure on Carney needs to start.

  32. RE Vanella says:

    I’m pleasantly surprised to hear that was the tone of her remarks. Let’s see what a Democratic mandate means in this state.

  33. jason330 says:

    The theme was “working families” organized labor and no to discrimination in its many forms. We’ll see.

    I doubt she’ll buck the governors office on taxes, but she can present the Democratic case well on other issues.

  34. puck says:

    Sorry I missed the speech.

    I hope the “working families” theme means she will join the fight for a minimum wage increase. And she will fight AGAINST services cuts that aren’t paired with tax increases on the wealthy.

    “no to discrimination in its many forms”

    Well, at least we will all feel better about our slide into poverty.

  35. jason330 says:

    Lol. Check out this from the dkos coverage:

    “If Republicans had won the seat, they would have gained significant clout to dilute Democratic Gov. John Carney’s goals.”

  36. Carney fits Garry Trudeau’s description of George H. W. Bush: “He placed his manhood in a blind trust.”