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Reflections on the elections
The Reaction — ... In Oregon, incumbent Republican Gordon Smith, an Obama-friendly moderate, maintains a 48-46 edge over challenger Jeff Merkley. ...

Will Sen. Franken Be the Final Indignity?
Weekly Standard Blog — ... On the brighter side, the Oregon senate race is extremely close, with Republican Gordon Smith leading by a hair, but only 45 percent of precincts are reporting. ...

Minnesota, Oregon and Alaska Senate Update
The Corner on National Review Online — [image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Wednesday, November 05, 2008 [image] Minnesota, Oregon and Alaska Senate Update Minnesota: Recount . Alaska: 40,000 absentee ballots left to count . Oregon: Still counting . 11/05 09:57 AM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us ...

Senate Race Update: Four Seats Still Up In The Air
Firedoglake — ... The AP has called the race for Coleman but there will be a recount. According to CNN, Oregon has only heard from 76% of precincts. Pach reports that Alaska is still countin' their absentee ballots up there in that area.  I really, really want Saxby to go down. I'll take a runoff.

Reflections on the Elections
The Moderate Voice — ... In Oregon, incumbent Republican Gordon Smith, an Obama-friendly moderate, maintains a slight edge over challenger Jeff Merkley with 72 percent reporting — it’s actually 47-47. ...

Dec. 2, 2008 -- a Huge Day in American Politics?
The Volokh Conspiracy — ... ahead of Democrat Al Franken, and Republican Sen. Gordon Smith less than 1000 votes ahead of Democrat Jeff Merkley. Convicted Republican Sen. Ted Stevens has a bit greater lead than his challenger, Democrat Mark Begich -- a bit over 3000 votes, out of over 200,000 votes cast -- but it still seems too close to call. This leaves Georgia, and apparently Georgia is one of the few states that requires a majority to win rather than a plurality. Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss now seems to be at ...

Merkley pulls ahead
The Reality-Based Community — ... That would made 57. Minnesota is going to a recount, Georgia to a runoff. Assuming Stevens wins but isn't seated, there would be a fresh election there; I have no reason to think a Democrat could win it. Update Merkley wins. Franken going to a recount; if the provisionals haven't been counted, that's probably good news. Chambliss/Martin goes to a runoff, which will be the first test of whether the Obama machine can elect anyone not named "Obama." Fishy odor emerging from Alaska's vote count. Not likely, but we could get to 60 yet.

Merkeley pulls ahead
The Reality-Based Community — ... That would made 57. Minnesota is going to a recount, Georgia to a runoff. Assuming Stevens wins but isn't seated, there would be a fresh election there; I have no reason to think a Democrat could win it. Posted at ...

Indiana, Missouri, and North Carolina (and my fairly accurate predictions)
The Reaction — ... . It's possible that the Democrats will win three of the four, but unlikely. At most, I think, they'll win two: Oregon and Alaska. In fact, it looks like they'll win Oregon, now that the votes are coming in from Portland and Merkley has overtaken Smith. ...

Merkley defeats Smith
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings The Oregonian is projecting that Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley has beaten Republican incumbent Gordon Smith in Oregon's closely contested Senate race. Smith was ahead on election night, and into yesterday, but late-counted votes from Multnomah (Portland) and Lane (Eugene) counties put Merkley over the top. It is currently 49 to 46 for Merkley, with 82 percent reporting. This brings the Democratic total to ...

Post-Election Picture Clears a Tad More
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — First, it would appear that Democrats will pick up the Oregon Senate seat. Second, it is now official: Emanuel will take the Chief of Staff job.