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Tuesday Evening Election Results

by Adam L Silverman|  April 2, 201910:43 pm| 83 Comments

This post is in: America, Domestic Politics, Open Threads, Politics, Popular Culture, Post-racial America, Silverman on Security

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There were a few state and local elections today. The results are in for some, while the Wisconsin Supreme Court race still hasn’t finished. So I thought I’d put a thread up for some of the results.

First up, Chicago’s next mayor is Lori Lightfoot. Mayor-elect Lightfoot is the first African-American woman to serve as mayor and the second woman to serve in that position. She is also an out lesbian. So a lot of glass ceiling shards are currently littering Chicago. Congratulations Mayor-elect Lightfoot. Right now Rahm Emanuel is likely cursing up a storm. Bless his incompetent little heart!

BREAKING: WGN projects Lori Lightfoot to become Chicago's first black female mayor https://t.co/C9hp5fOu50 via @WGNNews

— Ben Bradley (@BenBradleyTV) April 3, 2019

In Pennsylvania the Democrats have flipped another state senate seat, that means they need to only flip three more next year to retake the chamber ahead of the next round of redistricting. Congratulations to state Senator-elect Iovino.

Breaking: Pam Iovino wins the special election for Pa.’s 37th Senatorial District. Raja camp confirms he conceded.

— Julian Routh (@julianrouth) April 3, 2019

A statement from Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Patton Mills on Iovino’s victory: pic.twitter.com/cv0i4TuWSB

— Julian Routh (@julianrouth) April 3, 2019

In Madison, Wisconsin Satya Rhodes-Conway defeated longtime incumbent Paul Songlin for mayor. And congratulations to Mayor-elect Rhodes-Conway.

BREAKING: @SatyaForMadison unseats longtime Madison Mayor Paul Soglin. Soglin has served on and off in the role for 22 years #news3now

— Keely Arthur (@news3keely) April 3, 2019

We’re still waiting for the results in the Wisconsin State Supreme Court race. Turnout is way up.

According to @WisVoter , turnout up over 2018 in both Dane and Waukesha Counties– both keys to the #SCOWIS race. #news3now #WIVote

— Jessica Arp (@news3jessica) April 3, 2019

WOW counties virtually all in, conservative vote margin is 67K plus, compared to just under 41K in 2018.
Dane is 96% precincts in: liberal vote margin is 87K plus, compared to 82.5K in 2018.
so again, these base counties performed well for each side.

— Craig Gilbert (@WisVoter) April 3, 2019

Albrecht said that the 3rd and 14th Districts (on the city's east side and Bay View) were extremely busy, adding that elections staff had to deliver additional ballots to more than 12 polling places in those 2 districts alone.

— Mary Spicuzza (@MSpicuzzaMJS) April 2, 2019

There is, of course, at least one hiccup in the counting:

Welp, this isn't gonna help anything tonight… #SCOWIS #news3now #WIVote https://t.co/3AdST8ZLcR

— Jessica Arp (@news3jessica) April 3, 2019

Speculation seems somewhat muted:

this seems right https://t.co/vgxIP3Iw6A

— Craig Gilbert (@WisVoter) April 3, 2019

I professedly didn't realize Brown county's #SCOWIS picker prowess over the last 18 years… #news3now https://t.co/vUscF1G3nO

— Jessica Arp (@news3jessica) April 3, 2019

Right now, according to Ballotpedia, Lisa Neubauer has a slight lead.

Hopefully our Wisconsin legal correspondent Omnes Omnibus will be checking in to keep us all informed and up to date in the comments…

Finally, the entire Madison, WI school board will now be all women!

The entire Madison School Board will now be women, too. https://t.co/POKIAzfU3R

— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) April 3, 2019

Can’t imagine what might be causing these types of elections results…

Update at 10:55 PM EDT

The Dane County liberal vote MARGIN with 98% in (88,000 vote margin) is bigger than '11 (much higher turnout race) and only topped in court races by 2016, which had pres primary turnout.
it is very big, almost as big as Kerry prez margin in 04.
Neubauer 118787
Hagedorn 30791

— Craig Gilbert (@WisVoter) April 3, 2019

Updated at 11:05 PM EDT

La Crosse County, 83 % of vote in:@JudgeNeubauer 60.56 %@judgehagedorn 39.38 %

In '16, Kloppenburg won 55.1 % here.

— JR Ross (@jrrosswrites) April 3, 2019

Marathon County in north central WI good example of conservative gains over April 2018. turnout went from 22K to almost 28K. Conservative pt margin from minus 1 to plus 18

— Craig Gilbert (@WisVoter) April 3, 2019

Updated at 11:12 PM EDT

this map of tonight's non partisan Supreme Court race is looking an awful lot like a lot of partisan WI election maps pic.twitter.com/68cUgmhmZE

— Craig Gilbert (@WisVoter) April 3, 2019

Anyone have a surprised face? #news3now #wivote https://t.co/4F4kX20zXx

— Jessica Arp (@news3jessica) April 3, 2019

Outagamie having IT problems is mostly still out. Cast 25k votes in 2018 Court race.

— Charles Franklin (@PollsAndVotes) April 3, 2019

Update at 11:25 PM EDT

TOO CLOSE TO CALL: The Wisconsin Supreme Court election is currently split 50/50. Follow the live election results here #news3nowhttps://t.co/WZFnhdMiLu pic.twitter.com/2E9Ha47Thk

— News 3 Now / Channel 3000 (@WISCTV_News3) April 3, 2019

Update at 11:37 PM EDT

Outagamie still looming out there as a decent-sized county with only 14% of precincts reporting so far. it voted for the liberal candidate by 11 pts in 2018, but it's obviously going to be a lot closer this time

— Craig Gilbert (@WisVoter) April 3, 2019

Updated at 12:00 AM EDT

Statement from @JudgeNeubauer campaign: #news3now pic.twitter.com/GUT2iOHinM

— Jessica Arp (@news3jessica) April 3, 2019

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  1. 1.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    April 2, 2019 at 10:48 pm

    To flip Wisconsin from the nightmare of the Koch ruled, ALEC, Snot Walker toilet, to the sunrise of Democracy.
    FORWARD

  2. 2.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 2, 2019 at 10:51 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee: There’s one more Wisconsin Supreme Court seat up for election next year. That election is the same day as the Democratic presidential primary, so today is the best chance for the Republicans to keep their majority.

  3. 3.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 2, 2019 at 10:52 pm

    Oh goody!

    For those eyeing the extremely close Wisconsin Supreme Court race, here's a refresher on the recount rules:

    The loser must be within 1 percentage point of the winner to request a recount

    There is no cost if the margin is within 0.25%

    — Scott Bauer (@sbauerAP) April 3, 2019

    As we all remember, that race went to a recount after initial unofficial returns showed Kloppenburg winning by around 200 votes

    But then, fueled by about 7,500 votes not originally counted in Waukesha County, Prosser went on to win

    — Scott Bauer (@sbauerAP) April 3, 2019

  4. 4.

    Mike in NC

    April 2, 2019 at 10:54 pm

    Haven’t been to Chicago in almost 20 years, but best of luck to the mayor-elect.

  5. 5.

    debbie

    April 2, 2019 at 10:57 pm

    I hope the results in Wisconsin eat Trump alive.

  6. 6.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 2, 2019 at 10:57 pm

    The Dane County liberal vote MARGIN with 98% in (88,000 vote margin) is bigger than '11 (much higher turnout race) and only topped in court races by 2016, which had pres primary turnout.
    it is very big, almost as big as Kerry prez margin in 04.
    Neubauer 118787
    Hagedorn 30791

    — Craig Gilbert (@WisVoter) April 3, 2019

  7. 7.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 2, 2019 at 11:00 pm

    President Normal, Very Stable Genius, Good Brain has thoughts…

    "Someone's going to leak this whole damn speech to the media," Trump tells NRCC in a speech that is being broadcast live by C-SPAN.

    — John Fritze (@jfritze) April 3, 2019

  8. 8.

    Jay

    April 2, 2019 at 11:02 pm

    “Money Talks, Big Time
    1% Politics and the Scandals of A New Gilded Age
    By Rajan Menon

    Despair about the state of our politics pervades the political spectrum, from left to right. One source of it, the narrative of fairness offered in basic civics textbooks — we all have an equal opportunity to succeed if we work hard and play by the rules; citizens can truly shape our politics — no longer rings true to most Americans. Recent surveys indicate that substantial numbers of them believe that the economy and political system are both rigged. They also think that money has an outsized influence on politics. Ninety percent of Democrats hold this view, but so do 80% of Republicans. And careful studies confirm what the public believes.”

    http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176546/tomgram%3A_rajan_menon%2C_whose_money_not_yours/

  9. 9.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 2, 2019 at 11:05 pm

    La Crosse County, 83 % of vote in:@JudgeNeubauer 60.56 %@judgehagedorn 39.38 %

    In '16, Kloppenburg won 55.1 % here.

    — JR Ross (@jrrosswrites) April 3, 2019

    And

    Marathon County in north central WI good example of conservative gains over April 2018. turnout went from 22K to almost 28K. Conservative pt margin from minus 1 to plus 18

    — Craig Gilbert (@WisVoter) April 3, 2019

  10. 10.

    Jay

    April 2, 2019 at 11:10 pm

    World Nut Daily’s on it’s deathbed.

    One RWNJ Factory almost done, 1,798 more to go,

    https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/02/inside-the-decline-of-the-once-powerful-world-net-daily/

    “A decade later that realm is being sucked into a tornado of unpaid bills, pink-slipped employees, chaotic accounting, declining revenue and diminishing readership, according to interviews with more than 25 former employees, shareholders, company insiders and authors associated with the firm’s flailing publishing units, as well as a review of hundreds of internal documents, including emails and financial statements obtained by The Washington Post.”

  11. 11.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 2, 2019 at 11:11 pm

    Hagedorn was Walker’s first chief legal counsel. I don’t think I need to say anything else. Riffing off of Joe Handrick’s tweet – if Wausau and Green Bay go Dem, it bodes very well for Wisconsin rejoining the living next year.

    I voted for Soglin for mayor, but the nice thing about that race is that whoever won was going to be good.

  12. 12.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    April 2, 2019 at 11:11 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Hakeem Jeffries @ RepJeffries
    “Billionaire”, but no tax returns.

    “Stable genius”, but no grades.

    “Exonerated”, but no #MuellerReport.

    “Party of Healthcare”, but no plan.

    The American people are being hustled straight out of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. #FACTS

  13. 13.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 2, 2019 at 11:15 pm

    SOMEONE GET THOSE PEOPLE A GOOD MODEM!! :) https://t.co/Kvv8DiZuzW

    — Jessica Arp (@news3jessica) April 3, 2019

  14. 14.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 2, 2019 at 11:16 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Thanks. Please keep us up to date as things unfold this evening.

  15. 15.

    dmsilev

    April 2, 2019 at 11:20 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Clearly, the entire White House press office is filled with Deep State leakers. Maybe he’ll blame Sarah Sanders.

  16. 16.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 2, 2019 at 11:22 pm

    91% of precincts reporting in Wisconsin…

    Brian Hagedorn (Nonp) 546,927
    50.1%

    Lisa Neubauer (Nonp) 545,274
    49.9%https://t.co/okxmcionci

    — Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) April 3, 2019

  17. 17.

    PsiFighter37

    April 2, 2019 at 11:24 pm

    If WI doesn’t fuck this up, I will be surprised.

    PF37 +too much to count while on the biz road

  18. 18.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 2, 2019 at 11:25 pm

    TOO CLOSE TO CALL: The Wisconsin Supreme Court election is currently split 50/50. Follow the live election results here #news3nowhttps://t.co/WZFnhdMiLu pic.twitter.com/2E9Ha47Thk

    — News 3 Now / Channel 3000 (@WISCTV_News3) April 3, 2019

  19. 19.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 2, 2019 at 11:26 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: The little blue area east of Wausau and northwest of Green Bay is Menominee County which is co-terminous with the Menominee Reservation. It is always solid blue, but only about 4000 people live there. When I worked for the agency that supervises WI’s elections, I conducted an accessibility audit of their polling places. Everything was perfect meeting or exceeding standards on everything. Well, except for one thing. As the county clerk said to me, “I son’t set up the voting machines. Everyone here will use a paper ballot. I don’t trust you guys that much.” I told her that, given history, I couldn’t really argue with her.

  20. 20.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 2, 2019 at 11:27 pm

    @dmsilev: He sure as hell won’t blame Colonel Sanders.

  21. 21.

    sdhays

    April 2, 2019 at 11:29 pm

    Does Outagamie County normally tilt Democrat or Republican? Or is it swingy?

  22. 22.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 2, 2019 at 11:33 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Makes sense to me.

    Over/under on this being within 1% and going to a recount?

    Over/under on Waukesha County suddenly finding enough votes sometime in the five or six hours after they reported their results to put Hagedorn so far ahead that the election goes to him?

  23. 23.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 2, 2019 at 11:34 pm

    @sdhays: It has gone for the GOP candidate in 12 out of the last 15 presidential elections.

  24. 24.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 2, 2019 at 11:37 pm

    @sdhays:

    Outagamie still looming out there as a decent-sized county with only 14% of precincts reporting so far. it voted for the liberal candidate by 11 pts in 2018, but it's obviously going to be a lot closer this time

    — Craig Gilbert (@WisVoter) April 3, 2019

  25. 25.

    NotMax

    April 2, 2019 at 11:38 pm

    Cheeseheads, cheeseheads
    Go to poll-y cheeseheads
    Cheeseheads, cheeseheads
    Vote ’em out, yum

  26. 26.

    sdhays

    April 2, 2019 at 11:39 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Thanks.
    @Adam L Silverman: Interesting. It really is all up in the air.

  27. 27.

    Amir Khalid

    April 2, 2019 at 11:39 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:
    I bet that if you told Trump a Colonel Harland Sanders was on the White House staff, Trump would find something to blame him for. Do you know anyone who could attempt the experiment?

  28. 28.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 2, 2019 at 11:42 pm

    First up, Chicago’s next mayor is Lori Lightfoot.

    Yay.

  29. 29.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 2, 2019 at 11:43 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Over/under on this being within 1% and going to a recount?

    Easily possible.

    Over/under on Waukesha County suddenly finding enough votes sometime in the five or six hours after they reported their results to put Hagedorn so far ahead that the election goes to him?

    Urban myth. I have posted the links to the results of the GAB investigation and the independent outside investigation many, many times. The “missing votes” were from Brookfield and were reported by a local paper’s website earlier that evening. The Waukesha county clerk’s office accidentally copied a blank form and submitted it. They later corrected it. Incompetence, not malice. As a result of the investigation, the county clerk recused herself from involvement in tabulating results for future elections and turned over that job to one of her deputies.

  30. 30.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 2, 2019 at 11:43 pm

    @Amir Khalid: No I don’t.

  31. 31.

    Mary G

    April 2, 2019 at 11:47 pm

    WaPo has a rage-inducing article about makers of a defective running stroller, costing $400-$600, where the front wheel could fly off with no notice. Children and parents hurt. One guy running with twin babies, wheel came off, babies dumped onto sidewalk while dad went head overheels and landed on top of the babies. Obama regulators did investigation and asked manufacturer to do a voluntary recall. They said no. Company stalled a subpoena with bullshit. Once Obama people were gone, Trump people allowed company to post a YouTube video explaining how to avoid problem and closed the case. Video has been viewed all of 195 times.

    Adler and Kaye, who voted against the deal, wrote a dissent that questioned why Britax felt so strongly about avoiding the term “recall.” They also worried the agreement would become a model for settling future product disputes.

    Robinson, the former commissioner, said the deal was a sign of what Britax had anticipated all along.

    “The only way this can be explained,” she said, “is they knew they could do whatever they wanted once the majority changed.”

    Scum.

  32. 32.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 2, 2019 at 11:50 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Okay.

  33. 33.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 2, 2019 at 11:54 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: I wouldn’t have put it past that clerk to want to do something shady, but I sincerely doubt that she could have pulled it off. D. U. M. B.

    Edited to add a negative.

  34. 34.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 3, 2019 at 12:01 am

    Statement from @JudgeNeubauer campaign: #news3now pic.twitter.com/GUT2iOHinM

    — Jessica Arp (@news3jessica) April 3, 2019

  35. 35.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 3, 2019 at 12:02 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Tracking.

  36. 36.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 3, 2019 at 12:05 am

    Statement from campaign says they are "assuredly headed for a recount." #news3now #wivote https://t.co/dAC69ECrEd

    — Jessica Arp (@news3jessica) April 3, 2019

  37. 37.

    Mary G

    April 3, 2019 at 12:08 am

    @Adam L Silverman: Any thoughts on the Chinese lady who made it past multiple Secret Service checkpoints at Mar-ALago with malware until caught by a receptionist who probably makes $12/hour?

  38. 38.

    Raoul

    April 3, 2019 at 12:12 am

    I didn’t have any luck searching, but Hagedorn seems like an unusual name. MN unfortunately elected a Jim Hagedorn to the US House last year.
    Any connection beside conservative Midwesterner? Jim seems sort of wack, btw.

  39. 39.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 3, 2019 at 12:12 am

    @Adam L Silverman: Yeah, no way this gets called tonight. And my hometown is pissing me off.

  40. 40.

    Barbara

    April 3, 2019 at 12:13 am

    @Mary G: Here is where making something go viral on Facebook could actually be a great PSA. Britax is one of the pricier brands for baby products.

  41. 41.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 3, 2019 at 12:17 am

    @Raoul: It is German for hawthorn. And the WI one is sort of wack as well.

  42. 42.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 3, 2019 at 12:17 am

    @Mary G: This is why you don’t let elected or appointed officials not only maintain their business interests without 1) putting them in a blind trust, 2) divesting when the first option isn’t possible, and 3) leveraging their elected positions to generate profit from their businesses. Had that receptionist not been on the ball, this would have been a major breach. Of course, we now know that the Secret Service is not in charge of vetting access to Mar a Lago or any of the other of the President’s properties, especially those he goes and spends time at. Which means that they’ve already been infiltrated by paying for that access through purchasing a membership. It would not surprise me if this wasn’t a planned op to let someone get caught, thereby diverting attention from one or more people who have probably successfully infiltrate Mar a Lago, Trump Doral, Trump Bedminster, etc through other means.

  43. 43.

    NotMax

    April 3, 2019 at 12:18 am

    @Raoul

    When was living in St. Paul came into contact with at least a half dozen families with that name. Not all that unusual, regionally.

  44. 44.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 3, 2019 at 12:19 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Since it’s going to a recount, despite what Hagedorn’s people are saying, I’m gonna go watch some TV, rub some doggie bellies, and rack out.

  45. 45.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 3, 2019 at 12:23 am

    Fucking Hagedorn seems to holding at about a 3000 vote lead. I don’t really think that Milwaukee County is pulling its weight. 62-38? Come on. I will be interested in seeing some analysis of how many Milwaukeeans were not allowed to vote this time around. Although they did kick a Walker appointed judge to the curb tonight. A black woman who supported the Walker recall just beat a Walker appointed white dude.

  46. 46.

    NotMax

    April 3, 2019 at 12:24 am

    @NotMax

    Heck, thinking back, had three students in one class I taught whose first name was Trygve.

  47. 47.

    Mike J

    April 3, 2019 at 12:24 am

    Why are the tweets at the bottom of the post so huge? Or is it just me?

    When the NZ nutjob’s manifesto was released it was also 5 times larger than anything else on the page and Adam misunderstood my complaint.

  48. 48.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 3, 2019 at 12:27 am

    @Adam L Silverman: Yeah, I have a long day tomorrow so I am not going to be around for too much longer.

  49. 49.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 3, 2019 at 12:27 am

    @Mike J: I do not know. But I think I’ve fixed it.

    Also, the complaint department is open every third Thursday from 4 to 6 AM. Atlantic time.

  50. 50.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 3, 2019 at 12:29 am

    @Adam L Silverman: The hours doubled? That’s what I call customer service.

  51. 51.

    Raoul

    April 3, 2019 at 12:30 am

    @NotMax:
    Aha.
    Fewer Germanic folk on the Minneapolis side perhaps, as I haven’t met a Hagedorn in my 24 years over here.

  52. 52.

    Adam L Silverman

    April 3, 2019 at 12:32 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    Premu 2 por Esperanto!

  53. 53.

    NotMax

    April 3, 2019 at 12:32 am

    @Adam L. Silverman

    Hm. The only areas of the U.S. which observe Atlantic time are Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

    No portion of the continental United States currently uses Atlantic Time, although it is used by the territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A number of New England states are considering a regional change to Atlantic Standard Time year-round (with no observance of daylight saving time), even though only a small portion of Maine lies to the east of the 67.5°W theoretical extent of this zone. Florida is in the process of enacting a similar change; in both cases any changes will need to be approved by the United States Department of Transportation and the United States Congress. Source

  54. 54.

    Mike J

    April 3, 2019 at 12:33 am

    @Adam L Silverman: Is that when I get my money back?

  55. 55.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 3, 2019 at 12:35 am

    @Mike J: You’ll get nothing and like it.

  56. 56.

    Peter Desmond

    April 3, 2019 at 12:35 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    hawthorn (n.) catchy word!
    Old English hagaĂŸorn, earlier hĂŠguĂŸorn “hawthorn, white thorn,” from obsolete haw “hedge or encompassing fence” (see haw (n.)) + thorn. So called because it was used in hedges. A common Germanic compound: Middle Dutch hagedorn, German hagedorn, Swedish hagtorn, Old Norse hagĂŸorn.

  57. 57.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    April 3, 2019 at 12:35 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: It’s a full service blog.

  58. 58.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    April 3, 2019 at 12:38 am

    @Mike J: Don’t press your luck.

  59. 59.

    Bobby Thomson

    April 3, 2019 at 12:38 am

    This race will have a much bigger impact on the electoral college in 2020 than any damn visits.

  60. 60.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    April 3, 2019 at 12:40 am

    Just a reminder, a bunch of Congressional races here in California took a few weeks to finally arrive at a winner. Some were even called by the media for the Republican, when all the votes were counted the Democrat won.

  61. 61.

    PST

    April 3, 2019 at 12:42 am

    There is a huge margin in Chicago. The Tribune says:

    With roughly 97 percent of the city’s precincts reporting, Lightfoot had swept all 50 of Chicago’s wards, winning 74 percent of the unofficial vote to 26 percent for Preckwinkle, a 28-year officeholder who prior to her eight years as the county’s chief executive served 19 years as a Hyde Park alderman.

    Lightfoot was polling in the low single digits not that long ago. Funny how an unexpected outsider candidate can emerge from the pack in a 14-person race.

  62. 62.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    April 3, 2019 at 12:44 am

    @PST:

    Funny how an unexpected outsider candidate can emerge from the pack in a 14-person race.

    Trump did that, I am not amused.

  63. 63.

    Amir Khalid

    April 3, 2019 at 12:45 am

    @Peter Desmond:
    What’s a hawthorn? Wikipedia is taking forever to load.

  64. 64.

    NotMax

    April 3, 2019 at 12:49 am

    @BillinGlendaleCA

    BTW (different topic), you might find this of some interest.

  65. 65.

    Amir Khalid

    April 3, 2019 at 12:49 am

    @Amir Khalid:
    Actually, Wikipedia seems to be down.

  66. 66.

    mrmoshpotato

    April 3, 2019 at 12:50 am

    @Jay: Oh no! World Nut Daily is dying?

    Everyone
    pour some out
    into a glass
    and drink it.

    Cheers!

  67. 67.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 3, 2019 at 12:52 am

    @Amir Khalid: Try this.

  68. 68.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 3, 2019 at 12:55 am

    It is 590,973 to 589,355 for Hagedorn with 99% of the precincts reporting.

  69. 69.

    NotMax

    April 3, 2019 at 1:09 am

    In case SiubhanDuinne is around, obscure flick co-starring Warren William, Living in Velvet, showing on TCM at 4:30 a.m. Eastern time. From the contemporaneous NYT review: “It is not the fault of the cast that the picture does not merit unqualified praise.”

  70. 70.

    Amir Khalid

    April 3, 2019 at 1:09 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    Oddly enough, Britannica online seems to be down too. I have a suspicion that these sites may have been blocked by the government here. Perhaps because the first case against Najib goes to trial today.

  71. 71.

    NotMax

    April 3, 2019 at 1:11 am

    @NotMax

    Whoopsie. Preposition trouble. Living on Velvet.

  72. 72.

    Jay

    April 3, 2019 at 1:11 am

    A British Social Media campaign, Led by Donkeys, has crowd funded and crowd sources all the “Brexit will be easy, painless, etc” tweets by Brexiteers, then and now, and has put them up on hundreds of billboards in southern England.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/bydonkeys?lang=en

  73. 73.

    Amir Khalid

    April 3, 2019 at 1:16 am

    @Amir Khalid:
    And Wikipedia nd Britannica are both accessible again. Hmm.

  74. 74.

    Jay

    April 3, 2019 at 1:20 am

    @Amir Khalid:

    Hawthorns are a shrubby deciduous bush/tree, with extensive branching, small red seedy fruits and inch long thich needle like thorns.

    Traditionally, they are planted close together, often on top of a 4 foot wide, 3 foot tall berm, sided with field stones. They are allowed or bent into growing into each other, and once established, pruned as a hedge.

    In this fashion, they act as livestock fencing, predator control, and fortifications.

  75. 75.

    NotMax

    April 3, 2019 at 1:21 am

    @Amir Khalid

    Google trick for finding definitions, type it as below (with no space after the colon) –

    define:hawthorn

  76. 76.

    Amir Khalid

    April 3, 2019 at 1:30 am

    @NotMax:
    Thanks. I’ll remember it for later.

  77. 77.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    April 3, 2019 at 1:41 am

    @NotMax: Yeah, I got a bunch of those apps. Star Walk 2, Sky Safari….

  78. 78.

    Sab

    April 3, 2019 at 1:42 am

    @NotMax: That’s a very cool google trick.

  79. 79.

    J R in WV

    April 3, 2019 at 5:28 am

    @Amir Khalid:

    Hawthorne is an apple-like bushy tree with long sharp thornes. The fruit is a tiny hard bitter ball like a crabapple only not as tasty. Real hard wood, used for walking stick and handles, not big enough for lumber or furniture. IIRC. We’ve got some on the farm, in a thicket, there’s no getting through it, so also good for fencing-type hedges.

  80. 80.

    Another Scott

    April 3, 2019 at 8:04 am

    @Peter Desmond: “hagĂŸorn” – I think that is the first time I’ve seen the “thorn” glyph here. It’s like it’s made to go in that word, eh?

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  81. 81.

    zhena gogolia

    April 3, 2019 at 8:04 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    OUTAGAMIE COUNTY IN DA NEWS

  82. 82.

    Peter Desmond

    April 3, 2019 at 10:58 am

    @Another Scott:
    by golly, a thorn in the word “thorn”!

  83. 83.

    Ol'Froth

    April 3, 2019 at 2:38 pm

    I’ll give credit to Allegheny County Republicans for nominating an immigrant person of color for the state Senate, but I have to wonder if the Republicans constant xenophobia and racism depressed Republican turnout in a senate district gerrymandered to give a republican the best chance of winning?

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