Obama taking election night losses well?
At least, that's what it looks like from this photo from the official White House Flickr account. Here he is talking with Speaker-Elect Republican John Boehner:
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
(via Talking Points Memo)
AP Reports California Election Results For First of 24,845 Precincts
The Associated Press reported the results of the first of California's 24,845 precincts. If the other 24,844 precincts follow this example...well, we'll know who won Lieutenant Governor.
1 of 24,845 precincts - 0 percent Gavin Newsom, Dem 12,456 - 55 percent Abel Maldonado, GOP (i) 8,151 - 36 percent Pamela Brown, Lib 1,050 - 5 percent Jim King, AIP 406 - 2 percent James Castillo, Grn 257 - 1 percent C.T. Weber, PFP 233 - 1 percent Secretary of State 0 of 24,845 precincts - 0 percent Debra Bowen, Dem (i) 0 - 0 percent Damon Dunn, GOP 0 - 0 percent Merton Short, AIP 0 - 0 percent Ann Menasche, Grn 0 - 0 percent Christina Tobin, Lib 0 - 0 percent Marylou Cabral, PFP 0 - 0 percent Controller 0 of 24,845 precincts - 0 percent John Chiang, Dem (i) 0 - 0 percent Tony Strickland, GOP 0 - 0 percent Lawrence Beliz, AIP 0 - 0 percent Ross Frankel, Grn 0 - 0 percent Andy Favor, Lib 0 - 0 percent Karen Martinez, PFP 0 - 0 percent Treasurer 0 of 24,845 precincts - 0 percent Bill Lockyer, Dem (i) 0 - 0 percent Mimi Walters, GOP 0 - 0 percent Robert Lauten, AIP 0 - 0 percent Kit Crittenden, Grn 0 - 0 percent Edward Teyssier, Lib 0 - 0 percent Debra Reiger, PFP 0 - 0 percent Attorney General 0 of 24,845 precincts - 0 percent Kamala Harris, Dem 0 - 0 percent Steve Cooley, GOP 0 - 0 percent Diane Templin, AIP 0 - 0 percent Peter Allen, Grn 0 - 0 percent Timothy Hannan, Lib 0 - 0 percent Robert Evans, PFP 0 - 0 percent Insurance Commissioner 0 of 24,845 precincts - 0 percent Dave Jones, Dem 0 - 0 percent Mike Villines, GOP 0 - 0 percent Clay Pedersen, AIP 0 - 0 percent William Balderston, Grn 0 - 0 percent Richard Bronstein, Lib 0 - 0 percent Dina Padilla, PFP 0 - 0 percent Supt Public Instruction 0 of 24,845 precincts - 0 percent Larry Aceves, NP 0 - 0 percent Tom Torlakson, NP 0 - 0 percent
California voters concerned about economy; Equally surprising: Sky blue
In one of the less surprising news stories of the night, exit polls show that the number one issue for voters in the California gubernatorial and Senate races is... the economy.
In slightly less unsurprising news, California voters aren't showing huge support for outsiders. While the anti-incumbent wave has been felt across the country, largely driven by the Tea Party, it seems to be having a smaller effect in California; business outsiders like Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman and Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina are both currently trailing in the latest result totals.
What issues other than the economy influenced your vote today?
Oklahoma bans judges from using Islamic law
While there's no record of a judge citing Islamic law for precedent, Oklahoma voters passed a proposition banning that from happening. It wasn't a squeaker, either; early results show it passing by a 40 point margin.
Republican Representative Rex Duncan said the law "will constitute a pre-emptive strike against Shariah law coming to Oklahoma." Duncan talked about the proposition on Sean Hannity's Fox News in June:
The law also banned judges referring to international law, as well as requiring all state business to be conducted in English.
What do you think of the law? Would you like to see a law like this in California, or would you oppose a similar proposition?
(via Salon)
Election night views from social media
Here you'll find the best of social media that our web team has curated, regarding elections from California and beyond.
We're looking through new sites, Twitter, Facebook and Flickr.
This post will be updated real-time so keep an eye on it.
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