Remember Allen Boyd, the big and really the only big pro-Social Security phase-out Dem from back in 2005? Looks like he may have some trouble on his hands tonight. With 73% of the vote in in the Dem primary in FL-2, it’s Boyd 51%, Al Lawson 49%.
Late Update: Now it’s at 78% with the same margin. The remaining precincts outstanding don’t give a clear read on what remains.
Latter Update: Now 80%, same margin.
Holding out Hope Update: Sigh, 84% in and it moves to Boyd by 4.
Not Looking Good Update: 90% and Boyd’s 4 point margin is looking pretty solid.
Alas, it’s looking like Allen Boyd is going to hold on and beat Al Lawson in the FL-2 Dem primary. But, man, it was awfully close. More big news is what now appears to be the almost certain win of Rick Scott over longtime Republican officeholder Bill McCollum. Unconfirmed reports have McCollum preparing a concession.
Late Update: Or not. McCollumites now saying their go won’t be conceding. And AP calls it for Boyd.
Later Update: McCollum’s campaign is saying there’s no clear winner and we’ll have to wait for the morning — which may be a coded way of saying he’s coming out for marijuana legalization, or perhaps just that all the folks in his campaign are smoking some right now.
Even Later Update: AP says put away the bong guys, calls it for Rick Scott.
John McCain cruises to victory over J.D. Hayworth in Arizona’s Republican Senate primary.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is trailing her Republican primary opponent Joe Miller 51.5% to 48.6% with 84% of precincts reporting. The raw vote spread is a bit less than 3,000 votes.
Reports out of Alaska indicate that the final result may not be known until next month, as absentee ballots trickle in.
Miller’s viability, such as it was, seemed to come from a single source: the endorsement of former Gov. Sarah Palin. But as late as yesterday, Republican and Democratic observers expected Murkowski to trounce Miller.
Former Vice President Dan Quayle’s son Ben pulled it out and won the Republican nomination for the AZ-03 House seat, despite that whole nightclub reviews sordidness.
Latest poll of the Louisiana Senate race: David Vitter 51%, Charlie Melancon 41%.
Is Kendrick Meek’s primary win in Florida bad news for Charlie Crist?
Chris Matthews lays into NY governor candidate Rick Lazio over his lurid TV ad attacking the ‘Cordoba House’/mosque project. Watch it.
There’s some good joke in here about the ironies of Labor Zionism.
The Mossad may end up arranging hotels and other details of PM Netanyahu’s peace summit visit to Washington next week because the Israeli Foreign Ministry is on strike.
Report: NYC cabbie stabbed after passenger asks ‘Are You Muslim?’
The initial reports are sketchy. And it’s always important to remember the story of the backwards B. It’s not a matter of trying to raise doubts. But with such inflammatory stories it’s always important to look really closely at the details and take it one step at a time. We’re digging for more details. More soon.
Late Update: Our reporter Eric Lach just spoke to the NYPD. They confirmed the key details of the story and said the attack will be charged as 2nd degree attempted murder and a hate crime. The suspect in the case is Michael Enright, 21. Full report soon.