Tonight we're liveblogging primary results in four states: Michigan (polls close at 8pm ET), Missouri (8pm), Kansas (9pm), and Washington (11pm). Our writeup of all the key federal and statewide races can be found
here. For an excellent, comprehensive summary of the key state Senate races in Kansas, check out
ptgkc's post.
Results: Kansas | Michigan | Missouri | Washington
7:14 PM PT: Yow: Check out MI-14 (D). Hansen Clarke just pulled a lot closer, trailing Gary Peters just 45-39 now, with 43% reporting.
7:21 PM PT: It's all tied at 42 apiece now between Peters and Clarke, with 52% reporting. Peters has an edge of just some 50 votes.
7:24 PM PT: Come on, Todd, hold together! Now Akin's lead's been cut to 34-32 over Steelman, with 44% reporting.
7:25 PM PT (Steve Singiser): Meanwhile, in Mizzou, it appears that having one of the more disastrous aborted gubernatorial runs in modern history did not agree with Peter Kinder. He elected to run for re-election as Lt. Governor, and is currently in a coin flip with Brad Lager. At present, Lager leads by less than a percent (1200 votes).
7:29 PM PT: MI-14 (D) is making my head spin. Must have just been a big dump of votes from Oakland County, because Gary Peters is now back to a 51-34 lead.
7:38 PM PT: In MI-03 (D), with 56% reporting, Steve Pestka retains his 56-44 lead over Trevor Thomas.
7:39 PM PT: The AP has called MI-14 (D) for Rep. John Conyers.
7:41 PM PT: Sorry, I meant MI-13 for Conyers. In the end, none of his opponents were close. I figured that no one really thought they could beat the old man but were all just jockeying for position when Conyers decides to retire. It turns out the real winner of that meta-race was... anyone who decided not to run this cycle, because everyone who did comes off looking ultra-feeble. The next-highest take after the incumbent's 57% is just 13%.
7:43 PM PT: Now it seems like it'll be a lot harder for Clarke to make up the gap: With 72% reporting, Peters leads 51-33.
7:46 PM PT (David Jarman): Here's some county-level details in the MO-Sen primary: Akin is winning big on his own turf (45-17 over Steelman in St. Louis Co., 48-18 in St. Charles) but also beating her on her own turf (40-30 in heavily evangelical Greene, where Springfield is). Steelman's staying competitive by running up the score in the rural southeast.
7:49 PM PT (David Jarman): And we've gotten another big ballot dump in the MO-Sen Republican primary. With 67% reporting, it's still a mid-single-digit lead for Todd Akin though: he's at 35 to 30 for Sarah Steelman and 29 for John Brunner, whose $7 million in self-funding is not looking like such a good investment right now.
7:51 PM PT (David Jarman): Finally seeing some signs of progess in MO-01's Dem primary, where we're at 20% reporting now. As expected, Lacy Clay leads the member-vs-member battle, up 55-42 over Russ Carnahan.
7:54 PM PT (David Jarman): Now 69% reporting in MO-Sen, and we're getting closer to see our dreams turn into reality: the hard-right, incoherent Todd Akin as GOP nominee against Claire McCaskill. He's up to 36, with Brunner nosing into 2nd at 30 and Steelman at 29.
7:59 PM PT (David Jarman): You couldn't ask for a closer primary than the R side in Missouri's Lt. Governor race. Incumbent Peter Kinder, whom you may recall from his little gubernatorial race implosion/stripper problem, leads Brad Lager 147,437 to 147,362 (43-43). Meanwhile, on the Dem side, it's been called for ex-state Auditor Susan Montee, who beats Judy Baker (our 2008 MO-09 nominee).
8:01 PM PT (David Jarman): More movement in MO-01, which has been lagging the rest of the state. It's up to 50% now, and Lacy Clay is leading Russ Carnahan by a big ol' 61-36 margin.
8:02 PM PT (David Jarman): Polls have just closed in the state of Washington. We'll know who wins the Dem slot in WA-01 around... oh, let's say around 4 pm Friday.
8:04 PM PT: The liveblog continues here.