Polls are now closed in both Colorado, where voters are deciding whether to recall Democratic state Sens. John Morse (SD-11) and Angela Giron (SD-03), and in New York City, where voters are choosing nominees in several races, including two high-profile Democratic primaries. For mayor, the front-runner, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, is hoping to reach 40 percent and avoid a runoff with either former city Comptroller Bill Thompson and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. And for comptroller, ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer is attempting a comeback against Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.
We'll be liveblogging all of these races and more below. For a more in-depth preview of all of these contests and several others, click here.
Results: CO (AP) | NY (AP) | NY (WNYC)
7:03 PM PT (Darth Jeff): 74 percent in Buffalo and Brown leads 65-35. This one's over.
7:04 PM PT: In NYC, we're finally up to 12% reporting. De Blasio leads Thompson 38-24, with Quinn a distant third at 16. Liu, amusingly, is beating Weiner, 10 to 6.
7:06 PM PT: One interesting downballot race is for Brooklyn District Attorney, where corrupt (not a word I use lightly) longtime incumbent Charles Hynes is facing a serious challenge from former prosecutor Kenneth Thompson. With 14% reporting, Thompson is up 54-46.
7:10 PM PT: The AP is reporting a tiny trickle of votes in the Giron recall, but the Pueblo County website still appears to be borked. And nothing new on Morse since that first batch of votes that had the recall succeeding 52-48.
7:13 PM PT: There were also two legislative special elections in Massachusetts tonight. Our correspondent Johnny Longtorso sends in an update:
Massachusetts House, 6th Bristol: This one was actually a close one. Democrat Carole Fiola held the seat for her party, defeating Republican David Steinhof by a 53-47 margin.
Massachusetts House, 16th Worcester: This one was not close. Democrat Dan Donahue defeated Republican Carol Claros by a 64-36 margin to keep the seat in the Democrats' column.
7:14 PM PT: We're up to 22% reporting in NYC, and Stringer is holding on to a 52-48 lead over Spitzer. It's still de Blasio 38, Thompson 25 in the mayor's race.
7:18 PM PT: In the GOP primary for mayor, polls had ex-MTA chief Joe Lhota way ahead of supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis, but with 26% reporting, Lhota only has a 50-43 lead.
7:18 PM PT (Darth Jeff): Two more Upstate New York Dem Mayors have won their primaries. In Rochester, Lovely Warren defeats Thomas Richards 58-42; she will only face a Green Party candidate in November. In Syracuse, Stephanie Miner prevails in a three-way race with 53 percent.
7:20 PM PT: This ganja break they're taking in Colorado is turning out to be a seriously extended one. See, people, this is what happens when you legalize it!
7:22 PM PT (Darth Jeff): Correction on Rochester: Mayor Richards loses to challenger Lovely Warren.
7:26 PM PT: We're up to 40% reporting citywide in NYC. For public advocate, state Sen. Dan Squadron and City Councilor Letitia James are battling it out for spots in the runoff with about a third of the vote apiece. Former Wall Street lawyer Reshma Saujani is a distance third with 15%.
7:26 PM PT (Darth Jeff): Toledo remains a close one. With 29 percent in, Collins continues to lead with 25.85. Bell is in second with 25.76. Lopez is third with 22.38, and McNamara continues to hold fourth at 22.10.
7:28 PM PT: De Blasio keeps edging closer to that magic 40% mark. With 45% reporting, he's at 39.2%. Thompson is at 25.8.
7:30 PM PT (Darth Jeff): With 39 percent in Toledo, little change. Bell now leads 26.30 percent, Collins with 25.41, Lopez at 22.92, McNamara 21.74. It would suck if Dems Lopez and McNamara were both locked out of the general by Independents Bell and Collins.
7:36 PM PT: So apparently there are 4,946 votes left to count in Morse's district. To eke out the narrowest of wins, Morse would have to carry those votes by a 56-44 margin.
7:38 PM PT: The AP has called a runoff in the public advocate's race, with Squadron and James separated by just a tenth of a percent. The runoff will take place Oct. 1.
7:39 PM PT (Darth Jeff): Toledo surges to almost 55 percent reporting, but the leads stay the same. Bell 26.56, Collins 24.43, Lopez 22.85, McNamara 22.48.
7:43 PM PT: At 64% reporting in NYC, de Blasio is still at 39.2%. Sooo close.
7:44 PM PT: Stringer, meanwhile, clings to a 3-point lead over Spitzer.
7:46 PM PT (Darth Jeff): Looks like former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi will get another shot at the office he lost four years ago. With 45 percent reporting, he leads his opponent Adam Haber 59-40 in the Democratic primary.
7:50 PM PT: The latest wave of NYT exit polls now puts de Blasio right at 40. This one looks like it'll go down to the wire.
7:59 PM PT: WNYC is calling the GOP mayoral primary for Joe Lhota. To put things in perspective, Lhota has about as many votes as Anthony Weiner, who has earned 5% in the Dem primary.
8:03 PM PT: The liveblog continues here.