Breaking: Live Election Returns

The polls close at 7:00 PM central time, and we will be watching election results to see how things are going both in Alabama and nationally. We will be watching several items, including the Governor's race, the AL-02 Congressional race between Bright and Roby, the overall number of seats won by each party in the Legislature, and the number of seats won by each party in Congress.

I will be updating this data regularly throughout the night once the polls close, so stay tuned.


Time: 9:15 PM
Okay, guys, that's it for this blogger. Heading to bed to get some sleep before work rolls around at such an unholy hour tomorrow. So we know that Bentley is our new Governor, Shelby got re-elected in the Senate, Folsom is leading for Lt. Governor, and the boondoggle that was Amendment #3 was defeated... soundly. No billion-dollar handout for our politicians THIS year, happily. As to Bright and Roby, they've been trading the lead all night long, so it looks like this one is going down to the wire. We'll see tomorrow.

Heading to bed, guys... have fun watching THIS nail-biter.

Time: 9:10 PM

Looks like Bright may pull this one out... unless Roby rallies again. We'll know in the morning.

To see the incumbents nationwide who are out, check here:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44576.html

Governor Results (30% reporting, 847/2811)
Bentley (R): 200,238 (52%) GOP WIN
Sparks (D): 181,600 (48%)

AL-02 Congressional (46% reporting, 210/454)
Bright (D): 48,370 (54%)
Roby (R): 41,969 (46%)

Amendment #3 (Spend $1 billion on roads) (13% reporting, 354/2811)
No: 79,566 (60%)
Yes: 52,988 (40%)

Congressional split between parties
House: +13 GOP
Senate: +3 GOP


Time: 9:00 PM

The Roby/Bright race keeps bouncing back and forth... see what I mean?

Governor Results (28% reporting, 684/2811)
Bentley (R): 164,847 (52%) GOP WIN
Sparks (D): 154,100 (48%)

AL-02 Congressional (36% reporting, 165454)
Bright (D): 39,742 (54%)
Roby (R): 33,923 (46%)

Amendment #3 (Spend $1 billion on roads) (9% reporting, 241/2811)
No: 52,217 (62%)
Yes: 32,370 (38%)

Congressional split between parties
House: +12 GOP
Senate: +3 GOP


Time: 8:50 PM

The Roby/Bright race keeps bouncing back and forth...

Governor Results (8% reporting, 224/2811)
Bentley (R): 55,097 (61%) GOP WIN
Sparks (D): 35,574 (39%)

AL-02 Congressional (20% reporting, 93/454)
Roby (R): 18,961 (53%)
Bright (D): 16,722 (47%)

Amendment #3 (Spend $1 billion on roads) (5% reporting, 132/2811)
No: 24,694 (59%)
Yes: 16,987 (41%)

Congressional split between parties
House: +11 GOP
Senate: +3 GOP

Time: 8:40 PM

Governor Results (4% reporting, 126/2811)
Bentley (R): 25,157 (60%) GOP WIN
Sparks (D): 17,078 (40%)

AL-02 Congressional (7% reporting, 31/454)
Roby (R): 6,927 (52%)
Bright (D): 6,374 (48%)

Amendment #3 (Spend $1 billion on roads) (3% reporting, 76/2811)
No: 12,713 (59%)
Yes: 8,688 (41%)

Congressional split between parties
House: +9 GOP
Senate: +3 GOP

Time: 8:30 PM

Louisiana is leaning Republican. Robert Bentley wins the Alabama Governor's race.

Governor Results (3% reporting, 78/2811)
Bentley (R): 16,539 (61%)
Sparks (D): 9,996 (39%)

AL-02 Congressional (4% reporting, 18/454)
Bright (D): 3,419 (50%)
Roby (R)): 3,373 (50%)

Amendment #3 (Spend $1 billion on roads) (2% reporting, 46/2811)
No: 7,107 (58%)
Yes: 5,135 (42%)

Congressional split between parties
House: +8 GOP
Senate: +3 GOP

Time: 8:20 PM

The Senate races in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Kansas have all gone to the GOP. So far, we have four confirmed Senate wins for Democrats, 14 confirmed Senate wins for Republicans, four states where early voting shows a Democrat lead, and three states where it shows a Republican lead. So the score so far seems to be Republicans 16, Democrats 8. Lots more races to go, however.

Governor Results (1% reporting, 35/2811)
Bentley (R): 6,502 (58%)
Sparks (D): 4,671 (42%)

AL-02 Congressional (2% reporting, 8/454)
Roby (R)): 2,166 (53%)
Bright (D): 1,883 (47%)

Amendment #3 (Spend $1 billion on roads) (1% reporting, 25/2811)No: 4,198 (59%)
Yes: 2,884 (41%)

Legislative split between parties
House: None reported
Senate: None reported

Congressional split between parties
House: +6 GOP
Senate: +2 GOP

Time: 8:10 PM

Does it seem to anyone else like the Alabama elections results are being posted very slowly? Hope it picks up soon. Nationally, the GOP is now six House seats and two Senate seats.

Governor Results
Bentley (R): 3,445 (59%)
Sparks (D): 2,390 (41%)

AL-02 Congressional
Roby (R)): 923 (60%)
Bright (D): 603 (40%)

Amendment #3 (Spend $1 billion on roads)
No: 1,531 (59%)
Yes: 1,044 (41%)

Legislative split between parties
House: None reported
Senate: None reported

Congressional split between parties
House: +6 GOP
Senate: +2 GOP

Time: 8:00 PM

Results are trickling in, unfortunately. I hope the pace will accelerate over the next hour or so.

Governor Results
Bentley (R): 1,831 (60%)
Sparks (D): 1,226 (40%)

AL-02 Congressional
Roby (R)): 923 (60%)
Bright (D): 603 (40%)

Amendment #3 (Spend $1 billion on roads)
No: 1,477 (60%)
Yes: 980 (40%)

Legislative split between parties
House: None reported
Senate: None reported

Congressional split between parties
House: +3 GOP
Senate: +2 GOP

Time: 7:50 PM

The Oklahoma, Arizona, and Georgia Senate seats have all gone GOP. In Kansas, Missouri, and North Dakota, the Senate races are leaning that way in early results. Illinois is looking like a Senate victory for the Democrat right now.

Governor Results
Bentley (R): 1,831 (60%)
Sparks (D): 1,226 (40%)

AL-02 Congressional
Roby (R)): 923 (60%)
Bright (D): 603 (40%)

Amendment #3 (Spend $1 billion on roads)
No: 1,477 (60%)
Yes: 980 (40%)

Legislative split between parties
House: None reported
Senate: None reported

Congressional split between parties
House: +3 GOP
Senate: +2 GOP

Time: 7:40 PM

So far the national tally looks predictable. The Republicans are taking the Senate seats in southern and central races such as Alabama, Ohio, and Kentucky. Meanwhile, the east coast is seeing Democrats win in Vermont, Delaware, and Maryland. The west coast won't check in for a few more hours, so it's going to be a long night.

Governor Results
Bentley (R): 1,815 (65%)
Sparks (D): 966 (35%)

AL-02 Congressional
Roby (R)): 923 (60%)
Bright (D): 603 (40%)

Amendment #3 (Spend $1 billion on roads)
No: 265 (58%)
Yes: 190 (42%)

Legislative split between parties
House: None reported
Senate: None reported

Congressional split between parties
House: +1 GOP
Senate: +1 GOP

Time: 7:30 PM

Governor Results
Bentley (R): 407 (72%)
Sparks (D): 156 (28%)

AL-02 Congressional
Roby (R)): 247 (63%)
Bright (D): 144 *37%)

Amendment #3 (Spend $1 billion on roads)
No: 60%
Yes: 40%

Legislative split between parties
House: None reported
Senate: None reported

Congressional split between parties
House: -1 GOP
Senate: +1 GOP

Time: 7:20 PM

Marco Rubio (R) is called as the winner in Florida. Also projected to win based on current results are Kelly Ayotte (R) in New Hampshire and Chris Coons (D) in Delaware. Christine O'Donnell is projected to lose that race.

Governor Results
Bentley (R): 294 (75%)
Sparks (D): 99 (25%)

AL-02 Congressional
Roby (R)): 247 (63%)
Bright (D): 144 *37%)

Legislative split between parties
House: None reported
Senate: None reported

Congressional split between parties
House: None reported
Senate: +1 GOP

Time: 7:10 PM

Governor Results
Bentley (R): 294 (75%)
Sparks (D): 99 (25%)

AL-02 Congressional
Roby (R)): 247 (63%)
Bright (D): 144 *37%)

Legislative split between parties
House: None reported
Senate: None reported

Congressional split between parties
House: None reported
Senate: +1 GOP

Time: 6:45 PM
With early voting results in, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia are all trending GOP. The night is still young, but early results show a strong red color on the map.

Time: 6:23 PM
Rand Paul is leading the wave tonight as he is declared the winner in Kentucky. Following right behind him was Dan Coats, who has been declared the winner in Indiana. This is two GOP victories in the Senate.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44561.html

Time: 6:06 PM
Some early results are in. With 4.7% reporting in Indiana, Dan Coats leads Democrat Brad Elsworth 55% - 39.5%. With 5.8% reporting in Kentucky, Rand Paul leads Democrat Jack Conway 52.2% - 47.8%.