10:52 PM: We’re coming up on our third hour of vote counting. And the picture is pretty clear: Republicans have all but certainly won three of the six races of the evening. To retake the state senate Dems have to win all three remaining races. And at the moment they’re leading in all three. Just not by big margins or with too little of the vote in to have a clear sense of the final result. Got that? Good.
10:57 PM: More news out of district 18. The Republican Hopper has just reclaimed a narrow 2 point lead, now with a big 79% reporting. However, all the remaining votes appear to be in a county the Democrat King has been winning. Simply too close to call.
11:22 PM: We’ve finally gotten the call for Olsen (R) in the 14th district. So GOP holds three or six.
11:06 PM: Dem King retakes nominal lead (just over 100 votes) in 18th district. It’s starting to look like district 18 is where this is all going to come down to.
11:07 PM: AP calls district 32 as Dem pick up.
11:13 PM: As noted above, looks like this comes down to district 18 — Hopper (R), King (D). Right now essentially tied with 87% reporting. But the remaining vote is in a county King has been winning.
11:21 PM: The race in District 8 has just tightened up big time. Now a two point race after a bunch chunk of Republican votes came in. But that county is now tapped out and the remaining votes are from counties where the race has been close.
