Almost simultaneously, I received e-mail updates from the Kelly Eichler campaign and from lightning fast blogger Jason Tolbert that our long national nightmare is over: The recount in the race for District 38 shows Democrat John Edwards with a final lead of 77 votes. Edwards goes to the House. … [Read more...]

Dust off your hanging chads, because it looks like the race in House District 38 between Republican Kelly Eichler and Democrat John Edwards is headed for a recount, as suggested earlier today. This from an Eichler campaign e-mail received just moments ago: As of today, the unofficial results for District 38 show the following: John Edwards - 7,044 votes or 50.26% Kelly Eichler - 6,970 votes or  49.74% Under votes: 476 Over votes: 1 With only a 74 vote or .52% margin, the campaign has asked … [Read more...]

The Under the Dome blog notes that all ballots have been counted in the House District 38 race between Democrat John Edwards and Republican Kelly Eichler, with Edwards claiming a slim lead of 74 votes. Meanwhile, the Tolbert Report has chatted with folks in the Eichler camp and says it's likely headed for a recount. Eichler tells an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reporter same in a story in the morning paper. I'll note that when Arkansas Project readers voted on this race in a highly scientific … [Read more...]

I'm not going to reproduce the results of every state race—for that, head over to the Under the Dome blog or the Secretary of State's website. But I will highlight the results of a few races that have been featured prominently on The Arkansas Project the last few months, because I know how important it is for you to have closure: Sen. Gilbert Baker (R) fended off a challenge from Joe White (D) in District 30, with Baker pulling about 55 percent of the vote. In House District 62, the GOP's … [Read more...]

Let's do one final legislative poll today, mostly because I installed this poll feature and now I have no idea what on earth I'll do with it once the election is past. Today: Rep. Steve Breedlove (D) and challenger John Van Gorder (R) in the closely watched District 67 race. We've actually covered this race pretty extensively, for some reason, but here are a couple of last minute notes: A Van Gorder supporter sends along this audio clip of former Gov. Mike Huckabee's GOTV call in support of … [Read more...]

I was going to do a whole series of these polls, but then I had to travel out of state last week unexpectedly and blogging was curtailed, so I didn't get around to it. But hey, they're kind of fun, so let's do another, with a look at House District 38 in Little Rock: [poll id="5"] By the way, both sides appear to be doing some television advertising in this race. Eichler's ad is available at her website, so click here to watch. Edwards' ad goes a little something like this: … [Read more...]