Primary Night: First Update

I'll be posting several updates to this original post over the course of the evening as the returns come in. At this point, despite the polls having been closed in Alabama, Mississippi, and New Jersey for well over an hour, there isn't all that much of interest to report.

In New Jersey, Thomas Kean (R) and Robert Menendez (D) have, as expected, emerged as the Senate candidates for their respective parties.

In Alabama, Roy Moore (R) is pulling in reasonable support (well over 10%), but appears to have no chance of beating Governor Bob Riley (R). Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, former Governor Bob Siegelman (D) is currently trailing Lucy Baxley (D) by 12 points, so it looks as if he won't get a chance to hold that office again (at least not this year).

That's really all there is so far, folks, except for reporting that Viola Thomas-Hughes (D) is walloping her opponent in New Jersey CD 5, and will be the Democratic challenger for Congressman Frank LoBiondo.

With the polls in New Mexico and South Dakota now having closed, with Montana and Iowa closing in 45 minutes or so, and California still to come in about 1:45, there is still plenty to talk about tonight. I'll post again after the polls have closed in California, or sooner if something big leaps out at me that I want to post individually.