Toady is election day - Rand up for another 6 yrs in Senate! [Update: Rand wins!!!]

[jct74]

Post your predictions, observations, election day experiences here, where we will track the final results. :toady:



[edit] election info here:


Kentucky Senate
-Polls close at 6 pm or 7 pm ET
-Kentucky State Board of Elections results: http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/KY/64180/179802/Web01/en/summary.html
-Politico results: http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/senate/kentucky/


update: Rand win!


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[CPUd]

Paul +11

[luctor-et-emergo]

Paul +11

RANDSLIDE!

[Natural Citizen]

He'll skate.

[luctor-et-emergo]

Paul +11

From RCP

(Nov1)
Kentucky Senate - Paul vs. Gray Western Kentucky Univ. Paul 55, Gray 39 Paul +16

2010 election outcome was; 55.69% - 44.22%..

So it seems he's likely to win with a similar lead as his first race..

[Theocrat]

Make sure you get out to vote for Sen. Rand Paul. Make it the first thing you do this morning! No morning sex, no coffee and bagels, no shower and shave, no kissing the wife and kids before leaving for work until you've cast your ballot for Sen. Paul!

That's an order, soldiers! :D

[Tywysog Cymru]

Already voted for Rand! KY has more registered Dems than Republicans, so I'm still slightly worried. He'll probably win though.

[CaptUSA]

My prediction = He'll only serve 4 of those 6 years.

[Jordan Liberty]

^We can only hope. The only silver lining of an inevitable Clinton presidency is the potential for Rand to challenge her re-election. The GOP allowing him to do so is another story..

[eleganz]

^We can only hope. The only silver lining of an inevitable Clinton presidency is the potential for Rand to challenge her re-election. The GOP allowing him to do so is another story..

Thanks to the email hacks, Rand can now make a relatively solid case that he deserves their support. Whether or not they want to..another story.

[Krugminator2]

I see there was a last minute poll showing the race closer at 50-46. That same poll also showed Rubio losing in Florida. Both of those seem unlikely.

The Louisville paper noted Rand took Sunday off from campaigning, so I am going to guess he is pretty confident in the outcome.

[CPUd]

I think on Sunday they told Rand he has already seen every voter in KY and won over more than enough to win. He never really slowed down from his POTUS campaign, he just moved all his events to KY.

[CPUd]

first returns (Laurel County):

Kentucky

0% Reporting

Polls Closing: 6:00 PM ET
R R. Paul (i) 71.8% 1,898
D J. Gray 28.2% 744

[CPUd]

0.1% Reporting

Polls Closing: 6:00 PM ET
R R. Paul (i) 65.6% 6,531
D J. Gray 34.4% 3,422

[Krugminator2]

Wow. Jesus. Rand REALLY underperforming Trump in this Fayette county.



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[CPUd]

Wow. Jesus. Rand REALLY underperforming Trump in this Fayette county.



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That is Lexington, Gray is expected to do well there.

[Tywysog Cymru]

Wow. Jesus. Rand REALLY underperforming Trump in this Fayette county.

That's where Lexington is, where Jim Gray is mayor.

[Krugminator2]

That is Lexington, Gray is expected to do well there.

That makes more sense because Gray is the mayor there. I didn't consider that.

He is down 19k votes there and McConnell only lost by 6k.

[nikcers]

Wow. Jesus. Rand REALLY underperforming Trump in this Fayette county.

That's by design Gray campaigned as Trump lite- he even slipped it into the debate and said "i'm like Trump" let someone else in there to shake things up. Trump never really advocated for down ballot races, and especially in Kentucky- he even created Gray's talking point against Rand by attacking Rand in the GOP presidential primaries for running for two offices. This talking point of course resonated with some Trump supporters, and Trump never really disavowed those remarks.

[CPUd]

I think when the rest of the Fayette County comes in they will start calling it for Rand.

[William Tell]

4.4% Reporting



Polls Closing: 6:00 PM ET



R. Paul (i)

62.4%
70,076


D J. Gray
37.6%
42,198



http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/senate

[Krugminator2]

796140470632153088 Ballgame. AP just called the race

[kahless]

Congratulations Rand!

[Tywysog Cymru]

NYT calls race for Rand!

[CPUd]

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/688985999515500544/HUmov4Hp_400x400.jpg

[Crashland]

And people were actually worried about Rand keeping his seat. Easy win :)

[Brett85]

Awesome! I don't like that Trump is outperforming Rand by so much, but I'll still take it.

[Brian4Liberty]

CNN calls it for Rand!

[phill4paul]

Outstanding. He needs to start campaigning for POTUS 2020...tomorrow.

[juleswin]

I still do not understand how Kentucky has more registered dems than rep and they still vote for republican senate candidates multiple decades in a row. I am just saying that if I am a conservative that tend to vote for republican type candidates, I would register as a republican.

Regardless, good for him. At least there is a small silver lining after all in this election.

[Brian4Liberty]

This is a Toady election! :toady:

[CPUd]

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https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/796142756410298368

[CaptUSA]

Randslide!

[jct74]

15.4% Reporting

R. Paul (i)
58.3%
192,090

J. Gray
41.7%
137,654



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[brandon]

Congrats to Rand. Even though I've disagreed with some of the compromises you've made in the last couple years, I'm glad you're going to be serving another term.

[Nye]

Congrats to Rand!! :)

[Anti Federalist]

About the only good news I'll hear tonight.

Good for you Rand, congratulations.

[Xenliad]

I'm glad to start off the night with some good news. I hope to see his name on my own ballot eventually.

[PursuePeace]

Congrats Rand! :)

[phill4paul]

The frowning Ron header was a wonderful thought. But after Rand's victory perhaps....


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[jct74]

or this one


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[phill4paul]

1!
or this one


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Even better!

[jct74]

1!

Even better!


I don't think Bryan will change the header, but I'll put it on the front page. Officially a Randslide now BTW.


81% Reporting

R. Paul (i)
57.3%
863,386

J. Gray
42.7%
644,613

http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/senate/kentucky/

[Champ]

Awesome. Grats buddy!

[Jordan Liberty]

Congrats Senator Paul!

[CPUd]

Been waiting for this one:

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[helenpaul]

Glad to see PAUL Will be in the majority. If reps work with tRUMP ALot cant get done.

[Seraphim]

Awesome.

[Aratus]

Today or toady...

[Aratus]

Actually, I must wait almost four years before I can do a timely "bump" on this thread...

A fellow poster has not seen the toadies take over threads. Evidently. Perhaps. Maybe.

[Aratus]

This is a Toady election! :toady:

Even our moderator is into this eclectic fad!