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All of the results in the Northfield area are reporting fully. Some races are set to go to a recount and were still waiting to hear more about what's going on in the State and Federal level. Here are some good websites to check out for more information:
State Results: https://elections.mpr.org/2022-11-08/
State Results: https://kstp.com/election-results/
National Results: https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2022-midterm-election/

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11/9/2022 - Front Page of the Star Tribune

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11/9/2022 - Front Page of the Star Tribune

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11/9/2022 - Front Page of the New York Times 

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11/9/2022 - Front Page of the New York Times 

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Ben Miller has been elected to the School Board

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Ben Miller has been elected to the School Board

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Jeff Quinnell reelected to the School Board

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Jeff Quinnell reelected to the School Board

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Jenny Nelson Elected to the School Board

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Jenny Nelson Elected to the School Board

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Brian Mortenson narrowly wins County Attorney 

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Brian Mortenson narrowly wins County Attorney 

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With barely a 100 vote lead Brian Mortenson has won the Rice County Attorney seat, this race will likely go to a recount.

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State Attorney Generals Race to Close to Call

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State Attorney Generals Race to Close to Call

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https://elections.mpr.org/2022-11-08/

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The person in charge of Minnesota's elections has been reelected. https://elections.mpr.org/2022-11-08/

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Bill Lieske Elected to the State Senate 

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Bill Lieske Elected to the State Senate 

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With all the results in, Bill Lieske has been elected to the State Senate for District 58.

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With 51% of the vote Angie Craig is reelected to the US House. https://elections.mpr.org/2022-11-08/

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Happy Post Election Day,
All the results are in for the Northfield area, stand by as the vote counters are updated below

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2022 Midterm Races Summary

State Races:

Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan won reelection

Kristi Pursell won the MN House seat for District 58A

Dundas Mayor:

Uncontested, Glenn Switzer won reelection

Dundas City Council:

Ashley Gallagher was elected

Grant Modory won reelection

Northfield City Council:

Jessica Peterson White won reelection in Ward 4

Kathleen Holmes was elected to represent Ward 1, filling Suzie Nakasian’s seat

Davin Sokup was elected as Councilor At Large

Northfield School District Levies:

Question 1 passed

Question 2 is likely to pass, but not called yet

Rice County:

Jesse Thomas was reelected as Rice County Sheriff

Races still to close to call:

Rice County Attorney

Northfield School Board

State Senate 58

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We're nearing the end of our time hosting this live blog, at 11pm we are going to stop and get some sleep, both Cait and I have to be up early tomorrow morning.
At 11pm, the vote counters below will be frozen and not update again till tomorrow morning. At which point we should expect to have most of the results in. Expect the results to be update between 6:30am and 7am.

Thank you everyone for joining us.

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Who is more likely to win the House and Senate? 

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Who is more likely to win the House and Senate? 

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Here is the latest update from the New York Times' needle. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-needle-forecast.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=election-results&context=election_recirc&region=NavBar

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The latest Results from MN's 2nd Congressional District. 

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The latest Results from MN's 2nd Congressional District. 

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Stacey Abrams lost Georgia gubernatorial race

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Stacey Abrams lost Georgia gubernatorial race

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ATLANTA - Stacey Abrams has conceded to Brian Kemp, the Republican governor of Georgia, Mr. Kemp's campaign said late Tuesday, ending a bitter, high-profile rematch of their 2018 contest.

The Associated Press has not yet called the race.

Mr. Kemp, who led the state while his party controlled both chambers of Georgia's General Assembly, campaigned on the conservative policy wins of his last four years, including forgoing public health guidance to keep Georgia businesses open during the Covid-19 pandemic and passing legislation that would allow state residents to purchase a firearm without a permit. He also highlighted his suspension of the state's gas tax and proposed using a budget surplus of more than $6 billion to fund further tax breaks for residents.

Residual effects of the 2020 presidential election loomed over the race from the start.

Former President Donald J. Trump recruited David Perdue, the former Republican senator, to challenge Mr. Kemp in the primary as retribution for Mr. Kemp's certifying of Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s crucial win in the state. But Mr. Kemp defeated Mr. Perdue by more than 50 points, and Georgia conservatives quickly coalesced around his general election campaign.

Mr. Kemp frequently stumped alongside several national party figures who have kept the former president at arm's length - or alienated themselves from him altogether. Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia visited Georgia on Mr. Kemp's behalf, as did Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona and former Vice President Mike Pence.

But Mr. Kemp kept his distance from other Georgia Republicans, namely Herschel Walker, the Senate nominee who faced a slew of negative stories about his professional and personal life, and the lieutenant governor candidate Burt Jones, who had joined a slate of fake electors for Mr. Trump after the 2020 election.

Ms. Abrams, his Democratic challenger, sought to turn the race into a referendum on Mr. Kemp's last four years, saying that Mr. Kemp's leadership had hurt low-income Georgians and people of color in the state. And after the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Ms. Abrams's campaign zeroed in on her rival's support for a bill - now law - that outlaws abortions in Georgia after six weeks of pregnancy.

But her struggles with key constituencies - particularly swing voters in conservative-leaning suburban communities - were a drag on her campaign. Her consistent outreach to Black men, a voting bloc she said would be core to her winning Georgia, was often criticized as pandering.

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Stacey Abrams Concedes to Gov. Brian Kemp in Georgia

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ATLANTA - Stacey Abrams has conceded to Brian Kemp, the Republican governor of Georgia, Mr. Kemp's campaign said late Tuesday, ending a bitter, high-profile rematch of their 2018 contest. The Associated Press has not yet called the race.

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In House 58A, 15 of the 18 Precincts are reporting and there are very few votes left in those precincts. However in Senate 58 only 19 of 46 precincts have reported so far, it's likely that as more township votes come in, Clarice Grabau's lead will decrease.

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No seats have flipped in the US Senate yet.

https://abcnews.go.com/elections

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Tim Walz & Peggy Flanagan have been reelected 

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Tim Walz & Peggy Flanagan have been reelected 

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The AP has projected that Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan have been reelected the Governor and Lt. Governor of Minnesota. https://elections.mpr.org/2022-11-08/

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Something interesting to note, in 2020 a few candidates for school board gained very clear leads early on in the night. But tonight we saw all of the candidates in a much closer race, will have to wait for each vote to come in before making a call.

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The Latest Results in the Minnesota Secretary of State race

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The Latest Results in the Minnesota Secretary of State race

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https://elections.mpr.org/2022-11-08/

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With 15 of 18 precincts reporting Pursell has won 55% of the vote while her opponent, Gary Bruggentheis won 45% of the vote. We project that Kristi Pursell has won the MN State House 58A seat.

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The latest in Attorney General Election Results 

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The latest in Attorney General Election Results 

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Inflation top of mind for voters according to exit polls

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Inflation top of mind for voters according to exit polls

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Exit polls: What voters are thinking as America goes to the polls | CNN Politics

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Voters in this year's midterm elections are broadly unhappy with the state of the nation and hold largely negative views of President Joe Biden, according to the preliminary national results of the exit poll conducted for CNN and other news networks by Edison Research.

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Brian Mortenson has taken the lead in the County Attorney Race

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Brian Mortenson has taken the lead in the County Attorney Race

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Still 4 precincts  left to report and it will come down to every vote.

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With 13 of 25 precincts reporting, 73% of votes favor Question 1 while 27% of votes rejected it. KYMN projects Question 1 wins.

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Republicans have flipped 5 US House seats

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Republicans have flipped 5 US House seats

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Republicans have made some gains in the US House, but control of the House is yet to be determined.

https://abcnews.go.com/elections

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So far, Republicans and Democrats have held on to their respective seats in the US Senate.

https://abcnews.go.com/elections

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Where were still waiting for results from

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Where were still waiting for results from

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At the moment in the School Board and County Elections we're primarily waiting for votes to come in from the townships. In the townships there are usually only a few hundred votes but they can make all the difference in some close elections.

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A Look at the Northfield City Council Results 

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A Look at the Northfield City Council Results 

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Not all of the results are in, the Dakota County part of Northfield has still not reported its results. But the vast majority of the cities results are in.

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County Attorney race is too close to call

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County Attorney race is too close to call

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https://www.startribune.com/2022-minnesota-election-results-congess-governor-attorney-general/600222056/

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At the moment results have slowed again, most of the results at the moment have come from Dundas and Northfield. Although not all races have been entirely counted, we are calling the winners when a candidate has a clear lead, and their are few votes left count.

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With 25 out of 32 precincts reporting Jesse Thomas has won 71% of the vote while his opponent, Ross Spicer, won only 28% of the vote. KYMN projects Jesse Thomas has won reelection as Rice County Sheriff.

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With 7 of 8 precincts reporting Sokup has 62% of the vote while his opponent, Thelmas Estrada has 37% of the vote. KYMN projects Davin Sokup has won election to the Northfield City Council.

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Uncontested, Holmes joins Northfield City Council

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Uncontested, Holmes joins Northfield City Council

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Kathleen Holmes will fill the Northfield City Council seat left vacant when Suzie Nakasian retired her position this summer.

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Jessica Peterson White has won reelection to the Northfield City Council.

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Grant Modory has won reelection to the Dundas City Council.

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Ashley Gallagher has won a seat on the Dundas City Council.

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Uncontested, Switzer remains Dundas mayor

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Uncontested, Switzer remains Dundas mayor

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Unsurprisingly Glenn Switzer has won his race to be reelected as Mayor of Dundas.

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A round of local results have just come in, please stand by as we update the vote counters below.

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Polls in Minnesota have been closed for an hour. Overall results are slowly coming in from across the state, but nothing from the Northfield area yet.

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Polls in the following states have closed:

Idaho (Mountain time)

Montana

Nevada

Oregon (Mountain time)

Utah

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https://www.startribune.com/2022-minnesota-election-results-congess-governor-attorney-general/600222056/

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The New York Times; House and Senate Predictions 

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The New York Times; House and Senate Predictions 

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-needle-forecast.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=election-results&context=election_recirc&region=NavBar

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Will let you know when they start coming in

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Normally I don’t like having this many tabs open on my computer but I make an exception for tonight. I have 21 tabs open for tonight's results!

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The Star Tribune has easy-to-read maps tracking important MN races.

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Polls closed about 30 minutes ago. In 2020 the first major results locally came in at 8:50 from Dundas, with Northfield right afterwards. A lot of results locally were in by 10pm.

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MN precincts have just begun to report their results.

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Precincts beginning to report MN results

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Precincts beginning to report MN results

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https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Select/MapCountyPrecinctsReporting/Index?ersElectionId=149

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Who Will Win in Senate 58 and House 58A? 

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Who Will Win in Senate 58 and House 58A? 

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No polling has been done on the local state elections however the Star Tribune looked at the Presidential Election Results in 2020, in State Senate and State House districts.

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Who Will Win in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District? 

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Who Will Win in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District? 

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Not much polling has been done on races in Minnesota, but here is the FiveThirtyEight prediction on the 2nd Congressional District: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/house/minnesota/2/

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270 To Win takes longer to call races, ABC also explains which states have elections and which don't. https://abcnews.go.com/Elections/

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https://www.270towin.com/2022-election-results-live/house/

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Polls in Minnesota closed minutes ago, voters still in line will still get a chance to vote. In recent years Dundas has generally been the fastest at counting and reporting all of its results, followed by the townships, and then Northfield. Results usually start arriving at 8:45pm. The Minnesota Secretary of State believes that nearly all results will be in by 1am. We will keep you updated as results arrive in the Northfield area and from around the state.

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https://www.270towin.com/2022-election-results-live/senate/

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Polls in the following states have now closed:

Arizona

Colorado

Iowa

Kansas (Mountain Time)

Louisiana

Michigan (Central Time)

Minnesota

Nebraska

New Mexico

New York

North Dakota (Mountain Time)

South Dakota (Mountain Time)

Texas (Mountain Time)

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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Minnesota's results should be clear tonight/tomorrow, not true elsewhere

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Minnesota's results should be clear tonight/tomorrow, not true elsewhere

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In an attempt to head off disputes, election officials in several major states with close elections are already warning voters and the news media that it is possible, and in some cases likely, that definitive election results won't be available on the night of the election.

"I'd like to remind everyone - voters, candidates, members of the media and the general public - that we will not have unofficial results in every race on election night," Leigh Chapman, Pennsylvania's acting secretary of the commonwealth, told reporters last week. "The bottom line is election results will take several days."

Officials in other critical battleground states have mirrored that message. For example, an email from the Michigan department of state - with the subject line "key information to share with your community" - read "don't expect election results on election night." On Thursday, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson told reporters to expect unofficial results within 24 hours of polls closing.

Some of the delays are the result of decisions made by lawmakers in those states. Pennsylvania and Michigan allow for either no or extremely limited preprocessing of mail ballots, which means that election officials cannot get a jumpstart on the time-consuming process of taking ballots out of envelopes, validating them and preparing them for tabulation.

"I'm really trying to do my best to make sure that I'm setting and managing expectations around when the results will happen," Chapman said at her press conference.

Pennsylvania does not allow for any preprocessing of mail ballots. Michigan lawmakers this year allowed for two days of limited preprocessing, but the deal was reached so late in the year that only a few dozen of the state's jurisdictions plan on taking advantage of it this year.

When states require mail ballots to be in the hands of election officials matter as well. Most of the states that have big statewide contests this year require that ballots be in the possession of election officials by the time polls close regardless of when they were put in the mail. But California, for example, allows ballots that have a postmark from the U.S. Postal Service by the day of election but are received by officials afterward to be tallied, which means several competitive House races in the state could be up in the air for quite some time.

Even states that do allow for ballot preprocessing - like Georgia, Arizona or Nevada - could see the wait for results stretch on well past Election Day if the contests are even remotely close. States that are often held up as the gold standard of speedy ballot tabulation - like Florida, which dramatically overhauled its election processing rules after its vote-counting debacle in the 2000 presidential contest - show how close elections can often frustrate voters' insatiable demand for near-immediate results.

Craig Latimer, the supervisor of elections in Hillsborough County and former president of the Florida association of elections officials, noted that the state had several big recounts in 2018. That means that even in a state with a generous window for preprocessing ballots, media outlets couldn't declare a definitive winner because the margins were just so narrow. And with the country so polarized and evenly divided, more races are being decided by narrow margins.

Election officials have become increasingly concerned that bad actors are taking advantage of the lack of instantaneous results to spread misinformation - as Trump and his allies did so dramatically after the 2020 election.

"The longer it takes to count those mail-in ballots, the more of an opportunity there is for misinformation, to cast doubts on the results before all the votes are counted," said Al Schmidt, a former top Republican elections official in Philadelphia who now runs the civic group Committee of 70. "He and others have really exploited that disconnect between what voters were accustomed to in the past, and the reality of voting now."

Election officials are often frustrated by misinformation around the vote count, saying that no matter how hard they try to reach voters, some will just not listen. Richer, the Maricopa official, noted how chants of "stop the count" from Trump supporters outside of tabulation centers in his state in 2020 didn't even make any sense - because in the state, the later counted votes were more favorable to Trump and other Republicans than Democrats.

"It looked like a complete blue wave in Maricopa County on Tuesday, election night," he said. "The chant should have been, 'Keep counting please! Keep counting please! Let us know what we can get you! Anyone need coffee? Does anyone need donuts?'"

But beyond the constant irritation - and occasional bemusement - that misinformation causes, election officials are fearful that it could also trigger violence or intimidation tactics, either targeted toward voters during the voting process - or perhaps more dramatically, toward election officials and poll workers in the aftermath.

Several election officials who spoke to POLITICO have said they have not yet seen signs of widespread threats to voters or polling places, noting early voting went largely smoothly across the county. But many expressed concerns about the situation in Arizona, where a group of Trump supporters carrying guns had been staking out ballot drop boxes and yelling at people. (A judge ordered the group to stop openly carrying guns and stay further away from the drop boxes earlier this month in an ongoing suit.)

"We don't have open carry in Florida, which I'm grateful for as both a former law enforcement officer and now an elections official," said Latimer. "So we're not seeing some of the situations that are occurring around the country."

Officials frequently grumble that election results have never been official on election night, with media outlets filling the void by projecting winners and losers based on unofficial returns, along with exit polling, historical voter trends and other data. The actual official election results - those that formally send candidates to the halls of Congress or the statehouse - are usually certified days if not weeks after the election.

But they acknowledge Americans - both regular voters and the media - still have an expectation they will know winners on election night, after years where that generally was the case.

And many expressed concern about potential violence or threats targeting election officials and rank-and-file workers during the tabulation process, especially in that interregnum period between when polls close and when election results are conclusive.

Neal Kelley, the former registrar of voters in Orange County, Calif., said he was "definitely" more concerned about post-election threats and violence than ones that may happen during the election. Kelley now chairs the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections, a group of election experts and law enforcement officers who are trying to build partnerships between the two communities, which also includes Schmidt and Latimer.

"We're in the middle of early voting right now across the country, and it's fairly quiet. There's pockets of issues here and there," he said last week. "But I think what remains to be seen is what are the outcomes on election night? And then what is the response post-election?"

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'Don't expect election results on election night'

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Secretary of State Races more important than normal

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Secretary of State Races more important than normal

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More eyes are on Secretary of State races across the country as threats to democracy from election deniers are on the rise.

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Here are the results of all races for secretary of state in 2022

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Twenty-seven states have elections for secretary of state, a role that’s emerged from relative obscurity amid baseless claims of widespread election fraud.

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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D) is projected to be the next governor of the state. The victory will make her one of the two first openly lesbian governors in American history, should Oregon gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek (D) also win.

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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D) is projected to be the next governor of the state. The victory will make her one of the two first openly lesbian governors in American history, should Oregon gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek (D) also win.

Pelosi says Dems have chance to hold House, insists Biden not a drag New York Times advises voters to 'breathe like a baby' to ease election night stress

The Associated Press called the race for her at 8 p.m. ET.

Healey defeated former Massachusetts state Rep. Geoff Diehl (R), a Trump-backed candidate who has repeated the former president's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Incumbent Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, who has served since 2015 and chose to not run for reelection, refused to endorse Diehl.

Polls showed Healey with large leads over Diehl, and the Cook Political Report rated the race as "solid Democratic." Healey will also be the first female governor of Massachusetts.

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Healey prevails in Massachusetts governor's race, dealing historic win for LGBT community

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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D) is projected to be the next governor of the state. The victory will make her one of the two first openly lesbian governors in American history, should Oregon gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek (D) also win. The Associated Press called the race for her at 8 p.m.

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Front Page of the New York Times on Election Day

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Ron DeSantis Reelected Governor of Florida 

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Ron DeSantis Reelected Governor of Florida 

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2022 US Governor Election Results: Live Map

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Gun rights reform and social justice activist Maxwell Alejandro Frost won his election for a Florida U.S. House seat.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost has defeated Republican Calvin Wimbish for a Florida U.S. House seat, making him the first member of Generation Z to win a seat in Congress.

Frost, a 25-year-old gun reform and social justice activist, ran in a heavily blue Orlando-area district being relinquished by Democratic Rep. Val Demings, who challenged Republican Sen. Marco Rubio this year.

Frost is a former March For Our Lives organizer seeking stricter gun control laws and has stressed opposition to restrictions on abortion rights. Generation Z generally refers to those born between the late 1990s to early 2010s. To become a member of Congress, candidates must be at least 25 years old.

Wimbish is a 72-year-old former Army Green Beret who called himself a "Christian, conservative, constitutionalist" candidate for office.
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Frost is among at least six newcomers to the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday's vote from Florida as Republicans try to take advantage of an aggressively redrawn congressional map spearheaded by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

In the wake of the 2020 census, DeSantis had ordered the GOP-controlled legislature to adopt a map devised to maximize Republican gains - vetoing the initial GOP-backed map which largely kept intact two seats held by Black Democratic members of Congress.

Heading into this election year, Republicans held 16 seats and Democrats represented 11 from Florida in the House. Florida is gaining a 28th seat due to population growth.

The marquee races include a pair of incumbent House members - Republican Neal Dunn and Democrat Al Lawson - facing off against each other in a north Florida district that leans GOP. Lawson's majority-Black district was scrapped by the Republican-led Legislature, which adopted a congressional map pushed by DeSantis, prompting a lawsuit alleging unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.

Barring incumbent defeats, the new House members will come from six open seats. Those include the 13th District in Pinellas County, where Democrat Charlie Crist resigned to run for governor, and the Orlando-area seat Democratic Rep. Val Demings is leaving for her Senate campaign.

In addition, Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy chose not to run for reelection after her redrawn district in central Florida looked to lean more toward a Republican victory. And in South Florida, Democrat Ted Deutch's retirement opened the way for a likely Democratic successor in the 23rd District.
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One truly open seat, where no incumbent was involved, is the 15th District in the Tampa area, where Republican Laurel Lee - a former Florida secretary of state - and Democrat Alan Cohn, a former investigative journalist, are pitted against each other. The seat skews toward the GOP.

Among races with an incumbent, Miami-area 27th District is the most closely contested and has a history of flipping back and forth between Democrats and Republicans.

In that race, Democratic state Sen. Annette Taddeo is challenging first-term Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar. Polling has shown the race to be a tight one, although broader polling shows a potential uptick in Hispanic support for the GOP in historically Democratic Miami-Dade County as a whole.

Otherwise, most Florida incumbent U.S. House members appeared headed back to Washington, barring any upsets.

These include Republican Matt Gaetz, a top supporter of former President Donald Trump who is under federal investigation in a sex trafficking case; Democrat Kathy Castor in a Tampa-area seat; Republican Vern Buchanan, who could chair the powerful Ways and Means Committee in a GOP-led House; Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a former Democratic National Committee chair; and state delegation dean and Republican Mario Diaz-Balart, first elected in 2002.

One incumbent had no opposition Tuesday: GOP Rep. John Rutherford, a former Duval County sheriff, has already won another term in north Florida's 5th District.

The economy is weighing heavily on the minds of Florida voters. Three-quarters of them believe things in the country are heading in the wrong direction, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of more than 3,200 voters in Florida. About half rank the economy and jobs as the most important issues facing the country.

Almost 8 in 10 voters say the nation's economy is not so good or poor. When looking at their own family's financial situation, about half describe it as holding steady while almost 4 in 10 say they are falling behind. However, 6 in 10 voters say they are confident they can keep up with their expenses and find a good job if needed.

For a majority, inflation is the single most important factor in the election.

Meanwhile, nearly 7 in 10 voters say the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion is an important factor in the election.

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Florida Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost becomes first Gen Z candidate to win House seat

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost has defeated Republican Calvin Wimbish for a Florida U.S. House seat, making him the first member of Generation Z to win a seat in Congress. Frost, a 25-year-old gun reform and social justice activist, ran in a heavily blue Orlando-area district being relinquished by Democratic Rep.

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Polls in the following states have now closed:

Alabama

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida (Central Time)

Illinois

Kansas (Central Time)

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan (Eastern Time)

Mississippi

Missouri

New Hampshire

New Jersey

North Dakota (Central Time)

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Dakota (Central Time)

Tennessee

Texas (Central Time)

Washington, D.C.

Polls Have already been closed in:

Florida (Eastern Time)

Georgia

Indiana

Kentucky

South Carolina

Virginia

Vermont

North Carolina

Ohio

West Virginia

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Our live blogging has begun; follow us throughout the evening to get live election results.

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Good Evening Folks,
Thanks for joining the KYMN News Team on this Election Night. Polls close at 8pm in Minnesota, but they have already been closing across the country.
Below you will find all the results updating. Right here in the live blog we will be posting headlines and other important information as the night proceeds.