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Live Blog for Election Day

We will be live blogging from the DCRP Headquarters and, later in the evening, DCRP Watch Party.

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Nov 09 01:25 PM

Republicans Fall Short in Five Local Texas Legislature Races


We came up short In five Texas Legislature races. Yes, these hurt, but we applaud our fine candidates for standing up to run.

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Nov 09 01:10 PM

Tan Parker Wins As State Senator, District 12


Tan Parker wins re-election as State Senator, District 12.

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Nov 09 01:04 PM

Bob Hall Wins As Texas State Senator, District 2


Bob Hall wins re-election as Texas State Senator, District 2.

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Nov 09 01:00 PM

Republicans Fall Short In Three US House Races


We came up short in three US House of Representatives races. Yes, these hurt, but we applaud our fine candidates for standing up to run.

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Nov 09 12:40 PM

Wayne Christian Wins Railroad Commissioner Race


Wayne Christian wins Railroad Commissioner race with over a million vote margin.

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Nov 09 12:25 PM

Lance Gooden Wins U. S. Representative District 5


Lance Gooden wins re-election to U. S. Representative District 5 and returns to his seat in Congress.

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Nov 09 12:20 PM

Beth Van Duyne Wins U. S. Representative District 24


Beth Van Duyne wins re-election to U.S. House 24th Congressional District.

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Nov 09 12:18 PM

Republicans Fall Short In Important Dallas County Races


We came up short In some important Dallas County races. Yes, these hurt, but we applaud our fine candidates for standing up to run.

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Nov 09 12:00 PM

Jake Ellzey Wins U. S. Representative District 6


Jake Ellzey wins re-election to U. S. Representative District 6 to return to Congress.

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Nov 09 11:47 AM

Angie Chen Button Wins Her Texas House District 112 Seat


Angie Chen Button wins her Texas House District 112 seat. She has represented District 112 since 2009 in the Texas House of Representatives since first elected to office.

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Nov 09 11:30 AM

We Don't Yet Have All the Local Results But Should Later Today


We don't yet have all the local results but should later this morning. DCED is still showing their report from 5 am.  There are a few races that have been called and I will post those shortly.

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Nov 08 11:58 PM

Sid Miller Wins As Agriculture Commissioner


Sid Miller wins as Agriculture Commissioner with over a million vote lead.

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Nov 08 08:48 PM

Herschel Walker Takes the Lead In Georgia


In a close back-and-forth lead change, Herschel Walker has taken the lead In the Georgia US Sensate race.

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Nov 08 05:50 PM

Relocating To the DCRP Watch Party


I'm going offline in about 10 minutes for 45 minutes to relocate the live blog to the DCRP Watch Party.

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Nov 08 05:35 PM

The Last 90 Minutes of Voting


There are about 90 minutes of voting remaining before the polls close. Many people vote at this time on the way home from work.

Operations are still smooth with low wait times.

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Nov 08 05:20 PM

For the Most Part, A Drama-Free Day


At 4:56 pm, Dallas County Elections Administrator Michael Scarpello commented to Wes Bowen, DCRP Election Integrity Chair, "Man, I just can't believe that today has been so drama-free!"

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Nov 08 04:44 PM

Almost No Legit Poll Watcher Complaints


The only complaints that have come into the Elections Integrity Committee from the Hot Line war-room ops are from mostly Democrat Election Judges that don't understand the law or actively usurping it and are complaining about watchers doing exactly what the code provides for them to do. The previous mindset in Dallas County was that the Democrats could generally do whatever they chose with little or no fear of retaliation or retribution.

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Nov 08 04:32 PM

Status of Write-In Count


We have finished the counting of all of the write-in votes from Early Voting. The counting of Election Day votes will start at about 8 pm tonight and go all night. We hope that all are counted by 2 pm tomorrow.

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Nov 08 04:20 PM

Observation: We Are Having Way Too Many Equipment Failures


Observation of our Election Integrity Committee running our Poll Watcher organization: We are having way too many equipment failures in Dallas County for relatively new equipment!

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Nov 08 04:00 PM

We're Getting Ready for a Watch Party!


The first wave of "venue decorators" departed HQ a while ago to get up at Smoky Rose. The second wave just left. We're getting ready for a party!

Yes, I confirmed, there will be bunting! Can't be a Watch Party without bunting.

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Nov 08 03:20 PM

Voting Center Operations at 3:20 pm


The vast majority of Dallas County Voting Centers have wait-times of 0-15 minutes.

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Nov 08 03:03 PM

Turn-Out Report: 97,229 Votes by 2pm


The DCRP has received a report that Dallas County has voted 97,299 Election Day voters by 2 pm today.

The majority of voters today are 25-55 years of age.

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Nov 08 02:42 PM

Set Up In HQ Command Center


I have relocated and am all set up at DCRP HQ "command center."

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Nov 08 12:27 PM

Relocating the Live Blog to DallasGOP.org Headquarters


The live blog will be offline for about an hour as I relocate from my precinct to Dallas County Republican Party headquarters where I will operate for the rest of the afternoon until the polls close.

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