Post-Election Update on Early SoS Returns
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Election Day 2014 is now officially behind us (at least on the calendar) … with all the caveats and reminders that Election Night returns are preliminary and nothing is yet final, here is the lineup of apparent winners from Secretary of State and other chief state election official races from last night. [NOTE: I used official state sites except where they were missing or non-responsive]
Alabama: Republican John Merrill
Alaska: Independent Byron Mallott leads Republican Dan Sullivan by slightly over 3,000 votes with thousands of ballots left to count
Arizona: Republican Michele Reagan
Arkansas: Republican Mark Martin (re-elected)
California: Democrat Alex Padilla leads Republican Pete Peterson
Colorado: Republican Wayne Williams
Connecticut: Democrat Denise Merrill (incumbent) leads Republican Peter Lumaj
Georgia: Republican Brian Kemp (re-elected)
Idaho: Republican Lawerence Denney
Indiana: Republican Connie Lawson (re-elected)
Iowa: Republican Paul Pate
Kansas: Republican Kris Kobach (re-elected)
Massachusetts: Democrat William Galvin (re-elected)
Michigan: Republican Ruth Johnson (re-elected)
Minnesota: DFL Steve Simon
Nebraska: Republican John Gale (re-elected)
Nevada: Republican Barbara Cegavske
New Mexico: Republican Dianna Duran (re-elected)
North Dakota: Republican Al Jaeger (re-elected)
Ohio: Republican Jon Husted (re-elected)
Rhode Island: Democrat Nellie Gorbea
South Dakota: Republican Shantel Krebs
Vermont: Democrat Jim Condos (re-elected)
Wyoming: Republican Ed Murray
Congratulations to the winners and everyone who ran … we’ll have much more on what all this means in the weeks and months ahead! Stay tuned …