It was a long cold rainy day and worth every minute of it. There are so many people who have worked so very, very hard for this day. Win or not, this has been an amazing experience and one I will not forget for the rest of my life.
Larry is up in Mecklenburg County and I'm checking the different counties. I'll post some stories from today in a bit. I need to check for some numbers.
9:41
In checking individual counties I can only find Stanly County results which typically goes for Hayes with 70% of the vote. He's at 62% with 24 of 28 precincts reporting.
Mecklenburg is only showing early voting numbers still.
Many of the counties do not have their own web sites, so it's a bit tough to find them all.
Typically, minority and smaller town boxes come in last and those should favor Larry. Don't get discouraged yet.
10:10
I'm having a hard time logging in. I will keep trying, but don't know how much patience I'll have.
Anson has reported in with 3370 for Kissell and 2119 for Hayes.
Stanly is reporting 26 of 28 precincts in with 6033 votes for Larry and 9452 for Hayes. It is a narrower margin that Hayes has enjoyed in the past in Stanly County.
Cumberland, Hoke and Scotland - can't find online results for them.
10:51
We're still waiting for a portion of Mecklenburg, but I don't know if the margin will be enough to close. Most of the smaller counties are not available online. I know that Union, Cabarrus and Stanly have all reported in and they are the Republican strongholds.
11:44
Wow. This is close. I can happily report that Robin Hayes will not win one - NOT ONE precinct in Mecklenburg County. I'm not sure the number of votes is there to make up for Stanly and Cabarrus. The precinct that I worked - 205 - is the only precinct that Hayes has won for the two cycles Meck has been part of the district. Larry Kissell won that precinct by a handful of votes. It makes the aches and chills worth it.
9:24am on Wednesday
More Kissell votes have been found. The difference between the two has narrowed to 346 votes. The totals at SBOE now stand at 61,168 for Hayes and 60,822 for Kissell. Let's count those provisionals!
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It's tight.
Which precincts will be late? Are they Larry's strong holds?
Good to see you.
51% in
Robin Hayes (i) (R) 35,625 52%
Larry Kissell (D) 32,342 48%
Precincts Reporting - 51%
Win or Lose,
Larry has renewed my excitement about politics. I get excited about policy, but almost never about candidates. Sure, I get a little misty-eyed thinking of the Big Dog's day, and I was a little high on Gore on my way out of An Inconvenient Truth, the Larry is the only candidate who has reduced me to sounding like a giddy kiddy.
agreed
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Jesus Swept ticked me off. Too short. I loved the characters and then POOF it was over.
-me
130 of 205 reporting
Hayes 52.32%
Kissell 47.68%
Larry will need a big late surge.
"If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind."-Kurt Vonnegut
Closer...
Robin Hayes (i) (R) 52,300 51%
Larry Kissell (D) 49,798 49%
Precincts Reporting - 82%
My poor fingernails
are bitten off. At least they called NC-11 for Shuler. That's one in the bag.
Still about 2,500 votes with 86% in
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Down 2,228 with 90% reporting (184 of 205)
n/t
I am so proud of Heath Shuler
and all of the people who helped elect him. There were a lot of Republicans crossing over tonight.
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.
if meck goes strong.../
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Jesus Swept ticked me off. Too short. I loved the characters and then POOF it was over.
-me
We may have Robin Hayes to kick around
Meck is 3/4 in, and has been going about 2:1 for Larry. Cumberland county is about 3/5 in, and has been going about 2:1 for Hayes. The other counties are all in. I don't know much about the relative populations, but there would have to be a hell of a lot of votes coming in from Meck in the end count to get Larry over the hump. I'd really like to be wrong about this.
I misread the Cumberland numbers before
Hayes' margin there is much lower. Cumberland's nearly all in, and Larry needs to find 2,200 more votes than Hayes in that last 25% of Meck.
1,574
Robin Hayes (i) (R) 56,200 51%
Larry Kissell (D) 54,626 49%
Precincts Reporting - 90%
1,967
U.S. House (District 8)
Robin Hayes (R) * 58704
Larry Kissell (D) 56737
194 of 205 precincts reporting
Who knows what the recount rules are?
n/t
I don't know them for
I don't know them for certain, but if it stays within one percentage point, then I'm sure that regardless of who comes out on top after all precincts report tonight, there'll be a recount.
US House NC District 8 200
US House NC District 8
200 of 205 (98%) precincts reporting (updated: 11:42pm)
Win Name Party Incumb Votes %
ROBIN HAYES GOP 58,704 51%
LARRY KISSELL DEM 56,737 49%
Actually, technically that
Actually, technically that should read as 50% to 49%, no?
No, Hayes has about 50.85% of the collected vote
under these numbers. This is very sad.
The state board can order a recount whenever they want
In addition:
Larry would need to make a formal request before 5:00pm tomorrow. Linky
We're at about 1.7% right now.
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97% of Meck
I think we're just waiting on the last 3% of Mecklenburg. We've hit almost 70% there, but we wont pick up the roughly 1,600 we need.
CNN says...
CNN says:
Hayes by 468 votes with 100% reporting!
Holy shit. QUITE the
Holy shit. QUITE the development.
Holy shit, indeed!
Do we have anyone at Kissell HQ? If not, do we have a phone number?
I think cell service is
I think cell service is somewhat shotty out there, but I'm sure we'll have info soon. Surprisingly, News14 has been popping in on the HQ every now and again.
468 votes apart!
From the N&O
U.S. House (District 8)
Robin Hayes (R) * 60500
Larry Kissell (D) 60032
205 of 205 precincts reporting
Final count
U.S. House (District 8)
Robin Hayes (R) * 60500
Larry Kissell (D) 60032
205 of 205 precincts reporting
This is within 0.5%, the typical recount level.
Unbelievable
...but I'm not in to moral victories.
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.
Is < 0.5% difference an automatic
recount? It is, isn't it?
Anybody else need malox?
"They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum Then they charged the people a dollar 'n a half just to see 'em. Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."
1% in nonstatewide race
nt
Old Man Hayes
is on NC14 now, making the worst jokes ever. Now we calculate provisionals? I know of at least 10 provisional votes alone for Larry here in Cabarrus. Not that it's much...
12:50 AM
1700 provisional ballots in Mecklenberg Co to count tommorrow
Well then I am going to bed.
It's kind of amazing, but the thought that Larry might not win is enough to dampen my joy at all the other Dem wins tonight.
I will be up
keep sending updates.
1700 in Mecklenburg sounds
1700 in Mecklenburg sounds delicious.
This old man
is turning in. Looks like a few important recounts over the next few days, so I'm gong to rest up. :)
But before I go, I'd just like to say a few things:
James
PS. I also want to offer my condolences to the Puppetmaster. He flushed hundreds of thousands down the toilet in an arrogant effort to divide and conquer our state, and all he has to show for it is a Hairdresser in the legislature. Mr. Pope and his extremist politics have been flat-out rejected. Again.
We should send a card?
I wonder if Hallmark has one that's appropriate.
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.
So, that's it? No more ballots?
Now we fight the recount battle?
CountryCrats - my thoughts, my blog.

Jesus Swept ticked me off. Too short. I loved the characters and then POOF it was over.
-me
Who decides when and if
provisionals are counted? Does that come before recounts? I'm all questions and no answers tonight.
"They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum Then they charged the people a dollar 'n a half just to see 'em. Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."
FAQ on provisionals
It looks like the counties have their time to count them. Do not expect anything tonight.
More votes found for Kissell
I updated this post. They found some votes somewhere. SBOE just updated about 40 minutes ago and the total is Hayes 61,168 to Kissell 60,822 for a difference of 346.
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Kissell!
You will be happy to know, SD, that there were Kissell stickers on the front desk at the NCDP State HQ last night at the Victory Party. (Of course, I put one on!)
I talked with several Edwards supporters about how Edwards campaigned for Kissell and said, "Larry is not just the son of a millworker, he IS a millworker!" lol. Everyone was rooting for him.
Soooo....close!
I had one on my sweater next to my scribbled BlueNC name tag.
CountryCrats - my thoughts, my blog.

Jesus Swept ticked me off. Too short. I loved the characters and then POOF it was over.
-me
NCDem
I was there too. I wish I had known who you were.
Lovex7
Spread the word
I don't think that the national media outlets or bloggers have noticed that this race isn't over. The Blogometer today lists Larry as an "L". Maybe it's time to send a few emails?
So is it possible for us to
So is it possible for us to get a list of who filed provisional ballots, and where? Can we not take the next step and ask folks to go down and make sure their provisional ballots are counted? I'm not content with just sitting around and waiting. I need something to do.
Just received a press release from the NCDP
They have their lawyers working on making sure every vote is counted. I'm not sure there's anything we can do. It's tough to have to sit and wait.
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.
Thanks for the update, SD!
I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Thanks again for all of the good work you've done!
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