Tonight we're liveblogging the results of two special elections to the House:
NY-09: David Weprin (D) vs. Bob Turner (R)
NV-02: Kate Marshall (D) vs. Mark Amodei (R)
Poll closing times: New York: 9pm Eastern | Nevada: 10pm Eastern / 7pm Pacific
Results: New York | Nevada
7:43 PM PT (jeffmd): About 10% of the vote in now (or at least of precincts), Turner's got an 8-point or 400 vote lead. (New York does have a few empty precincts as well - in this district covering various parks and uninhabited islands in Jamaica Bay.)
7:45 PM PT (jeffmd): With some early votes across the district reporting in NV-02, Amodei's out to an early 61-34 lead. The more Democratic part of the district is in Washoe and Clark Counties, but Marshall trailing in Carson City is not a good sign.
7:47 PM PT (jeffmd): A big boost with 5% of the precincts to 15%; Weprin continues to trail narrowly in Queens...and getting utterly pasted in Brooklyn for a 55-45 deficit now.
7:51 PM PT (jeffmd): Looking downballot briefly for State Assembly, the Dems are holding their own in 4 of 6 ADs, with one having been called already. In Brooklyn, AD-54 is turning to be quite the show, with Darryl "son of Ed" Towns leading by 9 votes in a 35-33-32 circus. Concerningly, also in Queens, the Dem is trailing 51-49 in formerly Dem-held AD-23.
7:53 PM PT (jeffmd): Now at 20% reporting in NY-09, Weprin continues to trail narrowly in Queens in a troublesome sign, while getting hosed in Brooklyn. Not looking great.
7:55 PM PT (Steve Singiser): Now, ballots are starting to roll in NY-09. Now with 24% of ballots in, a mess of Queens ballots pushes Weprin up a bit, to a narrow lead in that borough. However, Turner's utter dominance in Brooklyn (72-28) has him up overall by a 51-49 margin.
7:59 PM PT (Steve Singiser): Meanwhile, out west, while the AP vote totals are coming in at a snail's pace, there is much more being thrown out via Twitter and other outlets. The gist of it is, as expected, less than good for Kate Marshall. Washoe just reported at 52-43 for Amodei. That, if true, would predict an easy double digit win for the GOP, given how enormous his edge will be in the outlying counties.
8:14 PM PT (jeffmd): Downballot, 3 of 6 ADs have been called for the Dems, including AD-23 which had been looking risky. The other Dems are looking good (unfortunately, including pandering crony Rafael Espinal in the Brooklyn-based AD-54...)
8:24 PM PT (jeffmd): 42% reporting, and the margin continues to narrow, as Weprin's lead in Queens becomes more substantial. Still not enough to overcome Turner's dominace in Brooklyn, which has more precincts outstanding...