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What Went Down On Election Night 2017
In a rare loss for Democrats, independent Ben Walsh has defeated Democrat Juanita Perez Williams in the Syracuse mayoral race. He’s up 53 percent to 39 percent, with 84 percent of precincts reporting.
Virginia’s Democratic delegate success meter
The 25 most vulnerable Republican seats in the House of Delegates
| Pickup opportunities for Democrats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAST RESULTS | TONIGHT’S RETURNS | ||||
| DISTRICT | 2013 GOVERNOR | 2014 SENATE | 2016 PRESIDENT | MARGIN | % REPORTING |
| 2nd | McAuliffe +11 | Warner +6 | Clinton +17 | D+25.3 | 95.7% |
| 31st | McAuliffe +3 | Gillespie +2 | Clinton +7 | D+9.0 | 96.2% |
| 32nd | McAuliffe +7 | Warner +2 | Clinton +19 | D+17.1 | 100.0% |
| 42nd | McAuliffe +6 | Warner +2 | Clinton +20 | D+22.0 | 94.7% |
| 67th | McAuliffe +8 | Warner +6 | Clinton +22 | D+15.9 | 100.0% |
| Toss ups | |||||
| PAST RESULTS | TONIGHT’S RETURNS | ||||
| DISTRICT | 2013 GOVERNOR | 2014 SENATE | 2016 PRESIDENT | MARGIN | % REPORTING |
| 12th | McAuliffe +6 | Warner +8 | Clinton +2 | D+7.2 | 97.1% |
| 13th | McAuliffe +1 | Gillespie +4 | Clinton +14 | D+9.2 | 95.0% |
| 21st | McAuliffe +4 | Warner +3 | Clinton +4 | D+5.5 | 95.0% |
| 72nd | Cuccinelli +5 | Gillespie +6 | Clinton +4 | D+5.6 | 100.0% |
| 94th | McAuliffe +3 | Warner +2 | Clinton +5 | R+0.1 | 100.0% |
| Reaches | |||||
| PAST RESULTS | TONIGHT’S RETURNS | ||||
| DISTRICT | 2013 GOVERNOR | 2014 SENATE | 2016 PRESIDENT | MARGIN | % REPORTING |
| 10th | Cuccinelli +3 | Gillespie +8 | Clinton +4 | D+3.9 | 100.0% |
| 40th | Cuccinelli +7 | Gillespie +11 | Clinton +8 | D+0.6 | 95.7% |
| 50th | Cuccinelli +1 | Gillespie +3 | Clinton +12 | D+9.1 | 93.8% |
| 51st | Cuccinelli +1 | Gillespie +7 | Clinton +6 | D+6.0 | 95.5% |
| 68th | Cuccinelli +2 | Gillespie +4 | Clinton +10 | D+1.2 | 96.6% |
| 73rd | Cuccinelli +5 | Gillespie +5 | Clinton +7 | D+2.8 | 100.0% |
| 85th | Cuccinelli +2 | Gillespie +3 | Trump +1 | D+2.0 | 94.4% |
| 100th | McAuliffe +2 | Warner +1 | Clinton +2 | R+4.5 | 100.0% |
| Wave territory | |||||
| PAST RESULTS | TONIGHT’S RETURNS | ||||
| DISTRICT | 2013 GOVERNOR | 2014 SENATE | 2016 PRESIDENT | MARGIN | % REPORTING |
| 26th | Cuccinelli +17 | Gillespie +20 | Trump +9 | R+9.2 | 100.0% |
| 27th | Cuccinelli +8 | Gillespie +8 | Trump +4 | R+0.5 | 95.5% |
| 28th | Cuccinelli +5 | Gillespie +9 | Trump +4 | R+0.4 | 100.0% |
| 33rd | Cuccinelli +15 | Gillespie +20 | Trump +16 | R+9.7 | 100.0% |
| 62nd | Cuccinelli +9 | Gillespie +7 | Trump +6 | R+3.6 | 92.6% |
| 83rd | Cuccinelli +4 | Gillespie +9 | Trump +8 | R+12.8 | 95.5% |
| 84th | Cuccinelli +1 | Gillespie +5 | Trump +5 | R+3.3 | 94.4% |
To bring the point home a bit, Democrats have won — or are leading in — literally every race that Daily Kos Elections decided to highlight on its scoreboard tonight, except the 45th state Senate District in Washington state, where polls are still open. Some of those wins are by large margins, and some are narrow — but it’s a pretty comprehensive sweep so far.