10:51 pm 94% of votes in
702 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 93.85%
Lamont, Ned Dem 134,942 51.65
Lieberman, Joe Dem 126,330 48.35
10:46 pm 89% of vote in
667 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 89.17%
Lamont, Ned Dem 127,786 51.60
Lieberman, Joe Dem 119,867 48.40
10: 42 pm: Fox's Carl Cameron is all but calling it a Lamont win.
651 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 87.03%
Lamont, Ned Dem 124,940 51.84
Lieberman, Joe (i) Dem 116,060 48.16
648 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 86.63%
Lamont, Ned Dem 124,528 51.82
Lieberman, Joe Dem 115,803 48.18
10:37 pm. Greta says it's a "cliff-hanger." How so? Lamont has kept a 4 point lead or better all night, he's almost 9,000 votes ahead with 87% of the vote in. 100 precincts to go.
10:32 pm: A few more precincts in.
627 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 83.82%
Lamont, Ned Dem 120,890 51.90
Lieberman, Joe Dem 112,060 48.10
10:29 pm: I'm almost ready to post the Lamont victory photo. Even though I called the race at 9:47 pm, see below, since the MSM hasn't, I'm waiting a little longer. Also the NY Times now says both candidates say it's too soon to call even with 80% of the vote in. No more results yet.
10:42 pm 87% of votes in
651 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 87.03%
Lamont, Ned Dem 124,940 51.84
Lieberman, Joe Dem 116,060 48.16
10:21 pm: Lamont keeps his lead.
625 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 83.56%
Lamont, Ned Dem 120,616 51.88
Lieberman, Joe Dem 111,887 48.12
10:16 pm : Lamont now leads by 8,500 votes with 82.62% in.
618 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 82.62%
Lamont, Ned Dem 119,100 51.83
Lieberman, Joe Dem 110,686 48.17
10:11 pm 81% of vote in
608 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 81.28%
Lamont, Ned Dem 116,387 51.71
Lieberman, Joe (i) Dem 108,683 48.29
10:07 pm. 80% of votes are in, Lamont keeps an 8,000 vote lead. Why arent' the networks calling it?
598 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 79.95%
Lamont, Ned Dem 114,165 51.75
Lieberman, Joe Dem 106,428 48.25
10:01 pm: 77% of the vote in, Lamont's lead is widening. I called the race for him at 9:47 pm (see below.) The tv networks are being more cautious, none have declared a winner.
575 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 76.87%
Lamont, Ned Dem 109,239 51.76
Lieberman, Joe Dem 101,818 48.24
9:58 pm
551 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 73.66%
Lamont, Ned Dem 103,145 51.73
Lieberman, Joe Dem 96,235 48.27
9:52 pm I think it's way over and Lieberman is history. 72% of the vote is in
U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
537 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 71.79%
Lamont, Ned Dem 100,425 51.61
Lieberman, Joe Dem 94,148 48.39
I'm calling the race for Lamont at 9:47 pm with 65% of the vote tallied:
9:47 pm
U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
484 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 64.71%
Lamont, Ned Dem 89,814 51.60
Lieberman, Joe Dem 84,231 48.40
9:37 pm 54% of vote is in
U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
404 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 54.01%
Lamont, Ned Dem 74,396 51.98
Lieberman, Joe Dem 68,718 48.02
The New York Times on the early returns; Washington Post; Greta on Fox says she'll announce the winner during the 10:00 pm hour if Hannity and Colmes doesn't do it in the next 20 minutes.
9:32 pm: 50 % of the vote is in:
U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
376 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 50.27%
Lamont, Ned Dem 70,444 52.13
Lieberman, Joe Dem 64,700 47.87
9:27 pm : 332 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 44.39%
Lamont, Ned Dem 64,383 53.09
Lieberman, Joe Dem 56,891 46.91
9:23 pm
U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
287 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 38.37%
Lamont, Ned Dem 61,449 53.62
Lieberman, Joe Dem 53,159 46.38
Earlier:
189 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 25.27%
Lamont, Ned Dem 40,934 55.09
Lieberman, Joe Dem 33,375 44.91
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Original Post:
Preliminary vote results: 8:53 pm ET
U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
106 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 14.17%
Lamont, Ned Dem 25,969 57.79
Lieberman, Joe Dem 18,968 42.21
Update: 9:03 pm ET
U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
128 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 17.11%
Lamont, Ned Dem 30,219 56.34
Lieberman, Joe Dem 23,414 43.6
Update: 9:09 pm:
U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
160 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 21.39%
Lamont, Ned Dem 35,942 56.01
Lieberman, Joe Dem 28,227 43.99
