“Duuuude…”
I shut everything off early as I was so disgusted by the Gundamentalists that I forget to check our Election Day wagers in real time. So how did we do?
Georgeduh
This was a pretty convincing smack-down for Hair Füror. Our Prediction: Georgia Pokes A Mango-Hued Shitgibbon was largely accurate:
- Prediction: Kemp will win over Perdue, no run-off needed. The only question is whether Kemp will lap Perdue. RESULT: Gov. Kemp lapped David Perdue 3X and some change: 73.7 to 21.8.
- Prediction: Raffensperger will win more votes than his challengers, but probably will face a run-off. The Trump-endorsed candidate is Jodi Hice, he’s likely a distant second. RESULT: Brad Raffensperger outright won by 20 point. Raffensperger, as you might recall refused Trump’s order to “find” him more than 11,000 votes to overturn Biden’s 2020 Goat Rodeo victory in Georgia; looks like Raffensberger found them. Heh.
- Herschel Walker is going to win. Prediction: this will be the one that Trump crows about while ignoring the embarrassing loses above. RESULT: Walker won, but I’ve not seen Lord Damp Nut crowing. Not yet, anyway.
- Prediction: Madge will not win out-right and this will go into a run-off. She will be nuts no matter what happens. RESULT: Well, Madge won decisively with 69.5% of the vote. But she’s still nuts, so we got this one partly correct
Sweet Home Alabama
- Prediction: Trump will try to claim that it was he himself who got Mo [Books] into being a contender. RESULT: He’s a contender! “Two months ago, the experts declared our campaign dead in the water. Today? Call me Lazarus!” Brooks said, gloating about how Trump left him for dead but he found a way to survive! We’ll take this as a win
- All the other races are pretty much interchangeable white dudes. Prediction: White Dude wins. RESULT: White dudes won.
Deep in the Heartless of Texas
- Prediction: Paxton (v. ¡JEB’s! kid George Pee Bush) in a landslide. RESULT: The Bush Dynasty is dead as Paxton lapped Pee 67.9% to 32.1%.
- The Democratic runoff in TX-28 between Rep. Henry Cuellar and Jessica Cisneros Prediction: Cuellar. “It’s Texas, Jake.” RESULT: Cuellar 50.2 to Cisneros 49.8. This will no doubt be recounted.
Overall, We did pretty well. I’d say that the only race we missed by a country mile was Rep. 3-Names. But she’s still nuts, so I’ll give that a partial win.
Mock Paper Scissors 
Cuellar…oh shit
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Cisneros is down 175 votes with around 1000 left to be counted. Doesn’t look great – she looks like a bit of a Longshot. However…
1) There will be a recount. Some precincts could easily change, especially in the “Special Reserve” that were released around 9:30 last night.
2) This is definitely Cuellar’s last term. Apart from the real possibility of a federal indictment, he’ll get swamped in an election year when the turnout will be closer to 75,000 than yesterday’s 45, 000. Texas has an open primary. Thousands of TX-28 Republicans pulled a D ballot to drag Cuellar over the finish line. That number won’t increase next time, but it will be less significant with more voters.
3) The flood of PAC money won’t be there next time – it has too many bases to cover.
There are other reasons. If you believe in our country and democracy, you accept a loss, such it up, and do better next time. If you’re a Republican, you put on the REAL Victim furry suit. Maybe this wasn’t the right candidate or the right year. We’ll get ’em next time.
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I read Huck’s spawn won an election of some sort. Just what we never needed was more of her.
w3ski
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