Tuesday's Primary Results

Colorado CD 5
Doug Lamborn won the race to replace outgoing Congressman Joel Hefley (R) in this district, but only narrowly. He beat out Jeff Crank 27%-25%, and the story is that Lamborn picked up the win only after a wave of absentee ballots came in at about 11:00 pm, when Lamborn was trailing Crank by 1500 votes. Read about it here. Lamborn will now go on to face Democrat Jay Fawcett, but it sounds like a Fawcett win is a serious longshot, since this district has never elected a Democrat.

Colorado CD 7
Money spoke in this race as well, with Ed Perlmutter (D) outpacing Peggy Lamm 53%-37% and winning the nomination. He will go on to face Rick O'Donnell (R) in November, in this race to replace gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez (R).

Connecticut Senate
As if you didn't know...alright, fine. Lamont over Lieberman 52%-48%. And if you somehow didn't know that, I have no idea how you ended up at my blog.

Connecticut Governor
Connecticut Democrats just don't like the establishment this year. After sending Joe Lieberman a message by nominating Ned Lamont, they ignored the endorsement of the Democratic Party in Connecticut by nominating John DeStefano over Dan Malloy by the whisker-thin margin of 51%-49%. DeStefano now has an extremely uphill battle facing off against the very popular Republican Governor M. Jodi Rell.

Connecticut CD 1
Wow, a party-endorsed candidate actually won a race! Scott MacLean (R) beat out Miriam Masullo 63%-37% to pick up the nomination, and now will go on to lose to...er, I mean, face...Congressman John Larson (D) in November.

Georgia CD 4 (Runoff)
The other race you shouldn't need a reminder of. Crazy Congressman Cynthia McKinney (D) was dethroned last night by Hank Johnson, Jr. by the not-so-close total of 59%-41%. Good bye, Cynthia. Don't let the policemen frisk ya on the way out of your office...

Michigan Senate
Well, money didn't matter as much here. Michael Bouchard (R) had about $1 million less in the bank than did opponent Keith Butler, but won nonetheless. Bouchard now has the task of facing Senator Debbie Stabenow (D) in November, and while Stabenow should win, this might be a fairly close race.

Michigan CD 3
Jim Rinck (D) edged out opponent Pete Hickey, and will be cannon-fodder for Congressman Vernon Ehlers (R) in November.

Michigan CD 7
In the third stunner of the night, Congressman Joe Schwarz (R) lost his primary fight against Tim Walberg, 53%-47%. It will be interesting to see whether Sharon Reiner (D), who picked up 52% of the vote against 3 opponents in the Dem primary, will be able to take out Walberg, who is much more conservative than Schwarz.

Michigan CD 8
Congressman Mike Rogers (R) easily won his primary with 84% of the vote, and now faces Jim Marcinowski (D) in November.

Michigan CD 9
Congressman Joe Knollenberg (R) also won his primary, but received just 69% of the vote against Patricia Godchaux. That's a borderline serious primary challenge. Knollenberg now will have to prove that the 30% of his party who voted against him in this race will come back to him when he faces Nancy Skinner (D) in November.

Michigan CD 10
With 33% of the vote, Robert Denison edged out Rob Casey (who had 31%) to win the Democratic nomination. Denison now has to face Congressman Candice Miller (R) in November.

Missouri Senate
Both Jim Talent (R) and Claire McCaskill (D) easily won their respective primaries. I was a little surprised that McCaskill's opponent, Bill Clinton Young, picked up nearly 20% of the vote, as McCaskill was the clear choice. Despite the surprise, it's still a strong win for McCaskill, and I don't think there is any really bad sign here. Talent, for the record, picked up just under 89%. This is going to be a great race to watch in November, and is a must-win for the Dems if they want to take control of the Senate.

Missouri CD 1
Mark Byrne (R) defied the money and picked up the win, and by a longshot. He picked up 72% of the vote, but that's going to be the highlight of the election season for him, as he now has to face well-funded and popular Congressman William Clay, Jr. (D) in November.

Missouri CD 2
Congressman Todd Akin (R) easily survived his primary by picking up 88% of the vote. His opponent will be George Weber (D), who narrowly beat out his other opponents by receiving about 30% of the vote. John Hogan, who I had suggested was the favorite, finished last. Shows what I know.

Missouri CD 3
Congressman Russ Carnahan (D) received a surprisingly low 76% of the vote in winning his primary, but it's very doubtful that this means anything. He should still easily beat David Bertelsen (R) in November.

Missouri CD 4
Once again, the money deceived me. I said Glenn Conner (R) was the frontrunner, but he lost. At least he finished 2nd, with 27% of the vote. The winner was Jim Noland, who picked up nearly 50% of the vote. His prize is the chance to lose to Congressman Ike Skelton (D) in November.

Missouri CD 7
Congressman Roy Blunt (R), Majority Whip in the House, received 80% of the vote against 3 opponents. He will face Jack Truman (D) in November, after Truman received 46% of the vote against 2 mediocre challengers.

Missouri CD 8
Veronica Hambacker (D) stood up for the "money is victory" crowd by beating her opponents, receiving 40% of the vote. She will now face Congressman Jo Ann Emerson (R) in November.