Update: Florida is also holding a local House of Representatives special election in one of the counties that involve our Congressional special election, that Republican candidate received 66% of the vote in that county; good news for the Lynch campaign as we await more results.
Update: Some are calling this election for Deutch, even though the Florida website hasn't been updated for over an hour and only 43% of precincts have reported. That's not enough for me.
Update: I keep reading that the Democrat candidate; Ted Deutch has won the special election 61.7 to 35.4% over Edward Lynch, however, I have been searching the entire Internet: Why cannot I not find the official results? This is pissing me off; I'm sure that Deutch is the winner, but can we see some stats?
For those who are unaware: Florida's 19th congressional district held a special election to replace Congressman Wexler today, a little known fact to most members of the Conservative coalition, considering our thoughts have been focused on Washington, instead of Democrat dominated districts, perhaps a fatal mistake when looking back on Scott Brown in Massachusetts.
Jumping in Pools hasn't forgotten about this special election, as I interviewed the Republican candidate, Edward Lynch Jr. a few months ago about his campaign, and I have been following this election; without writing too much about it, but the Republican candidate could win this evening, in a district that supported Obama two-to-one in 2008.
Here are the latest results from the Florida Department of State Division of Elections:
Ted Deutch (D) - 7,342 - 53.8%.
Edward Lynch (R) - 5,837 - 42.8%.
Jim McCormick (I) - 458 - 3.4%
Wexler (D) won this district with 66.2% of the vote in November of 2008, and the current Democrat is leading a little known Republican with just 53.8% of the vote in a D + 15 congressional district? It doesn't take Karl Rove to realize our electoral hopes in 2010 are looking real good.
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