November 04, 2014 05:00 PM UTC

Election Night 2014 Open Thread

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: Governor's race appears unlikely to be decided anytime soon. You can probably go to bed if you're waiting on that one.

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UPDATE: AP calls the Colorado U.S. Senate race for Cory Gardner, presently up 51-44%.

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UPDATE 7:54 pm: 9News calls Attorney General for Republican Cynthia Coffman. So, good night if your last name is Coffman.

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UPDATE: 9News calls CD-6 for Republican Mike Coffman.

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UPDATE: 9News projecting that Amendment 67 & 68 will fail, as will Proposition 105. Proposition 104 will pass.

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UPDATE (7:15 pm): Early results in Jefferson County with 211k votes counted:

John Hickenlooper: 50%
Bob Beauprez: 46%

Cory Gardner: 48.07%
Mark Udall: 46.47%

Important to note here that Republicans Tim Neville and Laura Woods are ahead in these same results…which means Republican downballot voters are not voting with the top of the ticket.

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UPDATE (7:01): Big first update from 9News:

FIRST NUMBERS: UDALL 50, GARDNER 45 w/ 500k+ votes. HICK UP 54-42 OVER BEAUPREZ. #COpolitics #9NEWS

— Brandon Rittiman (@BrandonRittiman) November 5, 2014

UPDATE (7:00): Still long lines for voting in Colorado. Here's Harvey Park in West Denver:

 

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UPDATE (6:43 pm): ABC News calls New Hampshire Senate race for Democrat Jeanne Shaheen. Republican Scott Brown now looking for a third state for 2016.

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UPDATE (6:05 pm): Turnout has surpassed 2010 numbers. Lines up to 2 hours long on campus at University of Colorado.

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UPDATE (5:05 pm): CNN says Republican Mitch McConnell will be re-elected in Kentucky.

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Watch this space.