Polls close at 7:30 PM ET in West Virginia and 9:00 PM ET in Nebraska. Our
guide to tonight's races can be found here. We'll be bringing you the results as they come in.
Results: Nebraska | West Virginia
6:23 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-02: It's awfully early, but we might have our first "whoa" moment of the night. With about one-fifth of the vote in, veteran incumbent Republican Rep. Lee Terry only has a 54-46 lead over challenger Dan Frei. In terms of raw vote, that's a margin of 1200 votes. On the Democratic side, state Sen. Brad Ashford is in cruise mode, up 81-19 over Mark Aupperle.
6:24 PM PT (David Nir): WV-02: The AP calls the Dem primary for Nick Casey. He's still waiting to find out who is GOP opponent will be, though with 41% reporting, Alex Mooney's widened out to a 35-21 lead on Ken Reed.
6:27 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-Gov: Thus far, Magellan's late poll here is looking pretty sound. They saw a pure tossup on the GOP gubernatorial side between businessman Pete Ricketts and state Attorney General Jon Bruning. That has come to pass: Ricketts leads early (5 percent reporting) by just a 30-27 margin over Bruning. State Auditor Mike Foley (19 percent) and state Sen. Beau McCoy (17 percent) languish quite a ways behind. On the Democratic side, former university regent Chuck Hassebrook is running unopposed.
6:29 PM PT (David Nir): Newark Mayor: Ras Baraka is claiming victory, and PolitickerNJ is calling the race for him over Shavar Jeffries. Gotta be a spirit, not a ghost.
6:44 PM PT (David Nir): WV-02: We're done in West Virginia, where former Maryland state GOP chair Alex Mooney has won the GOP nomination for Rep. Shelley Moore Capito's open seat. With 57% reporting, Mooney has 33% while Ken Reed and Charlotte Lane are back at 20 apiece. Mooney will face Democrat Nick Casey in November, in a seat Democrats would very much like to try picking up.
6:46 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-Sen: Meanwhile, the vote count is progressing at a ... relaxed ... pace in Nebraska. The AP has already declared Dave Domina as the Democratic nominee, while Ben Sasse is still cruising (45-25) over Sid Dinsdale on the GOP side. Still just 10 percent of precincts reporting, though.
6:59 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-Sen: AP didn't need a ton of time to be convinced: they have called the GOP Senate primary for Ben Sasse. He will face Democratic attorney Dave Domina in November.
7:03 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-Gov: Meanwhile, even though we are now up to 12 percent reporting in the GOP gubernatorial primary, there has been virtually no movement. Pete Ricketts still leads state Attorney General Jon Bruning, and by the exact same three-point margin (30-27). The only movement of note (if it is even of note): state Sen. Beau McCoy has passed state Auditor Mike Foley for third place.
7:10 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-02: No movement is good movement for incumbent GOP Rep. Lee Terry, even if he still has to be feeling some heat. We are now up to 41 percent reporting in the Omaha-based district, and he still only leads Dan Frei in the GOP primary by a 54-46 margin. The AP, meanwhile, called the Democratic primary for state Sen. Brad Ashford.
7:26 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-Gov: The Nebraska S.O.S. website is a tiny bit ahead of the AP right now, and they have Ricketts now leading Bruning by a mere 800 votes, or a 28-27 margin.
7:41 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-Gov: 36 percent of precincts are now in, and the margin between Pete Ricketts and Jon Bruning is down to 393 votes. Looks like this one will be an all-nighter, folks.
7:46 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-02: The AP isn't saying so, at least not yet. But the Omaha World-Herald is apparently convinced:
7:56 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-Gov: Now nearing half of the vote, and the margin between Pete Ricketts and Jon Bruning on the GOP side has scarcely budged—it is still a 700-vote Ricketts lead. However, there has been a little overall movement. Both men have slid back a little (to roughly 27 percent), while state Sen. Beau McCoy has crept up to 21 percent.
8:02 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-Gov: We are now at 52 percent reporting in Nebraska, and the margin between Pete Ricketts and Jon Bruning stands at 373 votes. Out of roughly 137,000 votes.
Close elections are gloriously fun.
8:04 PM PT (Steve Singiser): WV-Lege: Speaking of close elections ... holy crap. In the Democratic primary in WV-HD-47, Tamula Stemple, with all precincts in, has beat primary opponent Ken Auvil. By one vote. Out of 1403 votes cast.
8:16 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-Gov: There are now 59 percent of precincts reporting, and the margin is still in the 300-vote range between Pete Ricketts and Jon Bruning.
8:19 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-Gov: And another handful of precincts report in, and the Ricketts lead is at its lowest point of the night: a mere 165 votes. This may not be done tonight, at the rate it is progressing. However, there were some early indications that the candidates had their own geographic pockets of strength, which might mean WHERE the votes are coming from is as important as HOW MANY votes are left to tally.
8:22 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-02: Lee Terry is apparently claiming victory, but according to the state SOS website, his margin is actually narrowing. His lead is down to 53-47, though the raw vote edge is still around 2400 votes.
8:28 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-Gov: Two-thirds of the vote is now in, and Pete Ricketts is finally getting a sliver of daylight. His lead over Jon Bruning is up to 1033 votes, or roughly one percent of the vote. Beau McCoy continues to creep upward (now at 22 percent), but it seems, for the moment, unlikely that he can make this a legit three-way battle.
8:34 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-02: Despite the lack of movement, the AP is apparently convinced: they call the GOP primary for Lee Terry. He will try to hold his seat against Democratic state Sen. Brad Ashford in November.
8:36 PM PT (David Nir): The liveblog continues here.
8:46 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NE-Gov: The precincts are piling up, and the margin is still super-tight. 81 percent of precincts are in, and Ricketts still leads. The margin over Bruning has edged down a tad—it currently stands at 711 votes. Foley-friendly Lancaster County has largely reported, and he is now right behind Beau McCoy (21 percent to 20 percent).