What Went Down On Election Night 2017

Harry Enten

Atlantic City mayor is another race where control has flipped from Republican to Democratic.

Republican Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian concedes defeat https://t.co/ztbpcUEq33 pic.twitter.com/TwF9Ip7zxb
— News12NJ (@News12NJ) November 8, 2017

Harry Enten

10:47 pm

Question

So GA House 117 & 119 appear to have flipped – does that portend anything beyond the "environment", esp. AL senate. Rural, but with Watkinsville & Athens, respectively, and still in freaking Georgia.
— Jennifer, unrepentant fattie (@Thevelvetwhale) November 8, 2017

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Well, Bemused Redneck, these districts are not overwhelmingly Republican. Trump won 117 by 3 percentage points and 119 by 7 points. The flips there are obviously not bad news for Democrats; they are good news. But I don’t think they are particularly surprising. I think they fit with a national environment that is in the Democrats’ favor right now.

Harry Enten

10:39 pm

As I wait for the Nassau County website to reload (quite slowly), I can report that 20 percent of precincts have reported. The Republican candidate in the county executive contest, Jack Martins, is now up by 1 percentage point. This one will take a while to call, it seems.

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