February 6, 2008

• The big day is here!  Super Tuesday…hope you all voted!

  I’ll edit this post with new results periodically.  To make it simple, I will just mark the candidate who is leading, listing the second place person and percentages if it is within 5%.  “X” denotes a primary (or caucus) called for that candidate.  Comments below.  The results are per CNN’s election coverage (and their website), just because that is the channel I happened to turn on.

  Democratic contests:

  Alabama:  Barack Obama  X
  Alaska:  Barack Obama  X
  Arizona:  Hillary Clinton  X
  Arkansas:  Hillary Clinton  X
  California:  Hillary Clinton  X
  Colorado:  Barack Obama  X
  Connecticut:  Barack Obama  X
  Delaware:  Barack Obama  X
  Georgia:  Barack Obama  X
  Idaho:  Barack Obama  X
  Illinois:  Barack Obama  X
  Kansas:  Barack Obama  X
  Massachusetts:  Hillary Clinton  X
  Minnesota:  Barack Obama  X
  Missouri:  Barack Obama  X
  New Jersey:  Hillary Clinton  X
  New Mexico:  Barack Obama (49), Hillary Clinton (47)
  New York:  Hillary Clinton  X
  North Dakota:  Barack Obama  X
  Oklahoma:  Hillary Clinton  X
  Tennessee:  Hillary Clinton  X
  Utah:  Barack Obama  X

  Republican contests:

  Alabama:  Mike Huckabee  X
  Alaska:  Mitt Romney  X
  Arizona:  John McCain  X
  Arkansas:  Mike Huckabee  X
  California:  John McCain  X
  Colorado:  Mitt Romney  X
  Connecticut:  John McCain  X
  Delaware:  John McCain  X
  Georgia:  Mike Huckabee  X
  Illinois:  John McCain  X
  Massachusetts:  Mitt Romney  X
  Minnesota:  Mitt Romney  X
  Missouri:  John McCain  X
  Montana:  Mitt Romney  X
  New Jersey:  John McCain  X
  New York:  John McCain  X
  Oklahoma:  John McCain  X
  Tennessee:  Mike Huckabee  X
  Utah:  Mitt Romney  X
  West Virginia:  Mike Huckabee  X

  Comments:
  
  (21:00 CDT)Dead heat for the Democrats, though I have to give the slight edge to Hillary so far.  She is taking the northeast pretty easily, as expected, and Obama is taking the south pretty easily, as expected (with the exception of Arkansas – Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas, though).  John McCain is solidifying his advantage on the Republican side, though Mike Huckabee is having a very solid showing in the South.  Romney continues to have problems.  Polls now closing in some more states.  Oklahoma called for McCain, Utah called for Romney.

  (21:19 CDT)Gonna watch some Star Trek.  More updates after 10:00.

  (23:00 CDT)Sorry to take so long.  Got talking with Pops on the phone.  Idaho called for Obama, Minnesota called for Obama, Kansas called for Obama, Connecticut called for Obama, Colorado called for Obama.  Minnesota called for Romney, Alabama called for Huckabee, Georgia called for Huckabee, Arizona called for McCain, North Dakota called for Romney, Montana called for Romney, Tennessee called for Huckabee.  Missouri too close to call on both sides.  California results are coming in, McCain and Hillary are leading.  Sorry about the bad order…I’ll alphabetize it in a few minutes.

  (23:15 CDT)Alphabetized the list.  Arizona called for Hillary.  Obama just pulled ahead in Missouri, and it looks like McCain is going to win for the Republicans.

  (23:40 CDT)Missouri and California called for McCain, Colorado called for Romney.  California called for Hillary, Utah called for Obama.  Missouri has not been called for the Democrats yet.  Obama still leads though.  Obama and Hillary are still close, and while Hillary has more delegates, Obama is still looking good.  McCain didn’t clean up as much as I thought (though he did win California), and Huckabee has done surprisingly well.  Romney is in trouble; he won five states tonight, but three of these were Montana (small state), Utah (small Mormon state), and Massachusetts (where he used to be governor).  I think Huckabee is going to be the GOP VP candidate behind McCain.

  (23:47 CDT)Alaska called for Obama.  Woohoo.

  (0:57 CDT)Sorry, decided to play a little Guitar Hero.  Missouri called for Obama, Utah called for Obama.  Everything has been called except New Mexico for the Dems and Alaska for the Reps.  Romney is still in second on delegates, but his position is very precarious.  Hillary leads on the Democratic side, but Obama is still close, and he has some big states that could go in his favor very soon.  Still a close race on the Democratic side, though I think McCain has pretty much sewn up the Republican nomination.

  (3:25 CDT)Watched Mr. Brooks while waiting for the last results to come through.  Still no winner in New Mexico between Hillary and Obama, though Obama is leading.  Alaska has been called for Romney – big whoop.  If New Mexico goes to Obama, he has won 14 of the 22 Democratic primaries up for grabs tonight, and although Hillary won more delegates, Obama has proven his popularity.  McCain didn’t wrap up his bid, but it looks like it is pretty much impossible to knock him out of the driver’s seat now.  Huckabee is still behind Romney in delegates, but I think he has shown himself to be the more viable candidate and will be the VP candidate behind McCain.  All in all, an interesting night.

  EDIT:  I realized that I didn’t specify, but these are not all primaries that took place today.  There were some caucuses too.  However, since there were so many contests going on, I decided not to split them apart.

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