MyDD :: Live Blogging the IL-14 results

Live Blogging the IL-14 results

by Walt Starr, Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:20:32 PM EST

The polls have closed in the IL-14 and we're awaiting results from the 568 precincts.

We should start seeing results come in soon as as we do I will update this diary.

IF you want to watch, to, then watch the results at The Beacon News. This is the hometown newspaper of the second largest city in Illinois, and big chunk of the IL-14 district.

568 of 568 Precints Reporting 100%

* Foster (D) 52,010 - 53% - WINNER!

Oberweis (R) 46,988 - 47%

Do you believe in miracles?

SuveryUSA has proven they are the single MOST ACCURATE polling company in 2008!

Tags: IL-14 (all tags)

Permalink :: 49 Comments :: Post a Comment

Where did you get those numbers from? (none / 0)

The Beacon News still has it at 0-0

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:30:50 PM EST

Re: Where did you get those numbers from? (none / 0)

not anymore...

by marcotom on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:31:19 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Yeah (none / 0)

Looks like turnout was quite high, at least in those two precincts that reported so far.

Obviously this is out of proportion compared to the rest of the district, though.

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:33:54 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Yeah (none / 0)

We're off to a good start!

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:36:15 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Live Blogging the IL-14 results (none / 0)

6 precincts reporting 1%

Oberweis , Jim GOP 4,173 55%
Foster , Bill Dem 3,358 45%

Hillary Clinton is not a monster,....as far as I know.. We are all Hussein JUNIOR.. ///.. FEINGOLD/BOXER 2016

by Its Like Herding Cats on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:37:54 PM EST

Re: Live Blogging the IL-14 results (none / 0)

So far looks like the more REpublican areas.

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:41:07 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Live Blogging the IL-14 results (none / 0)

how do you know?

by marcotom on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:42:29 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Live Blogging the IL-14 results (none / 0)

Looks that way, lets hope the last round of polls hold up.

Hillary Clinton is not a monster,....as far as I know.. We are all Hussein JUNIOR.. ///.. FEINGOLD/BOXER 2016

by Its Like Herding Cats on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:44:50 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Looks like the Beacon News website is slow (none / 0)

Kane County's results website already has 26 precincts reporting alone. I think that it contains 50-60% of the district's voters, so it will obviously be very crucial.

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:43:01 PM EST

With 33 precincts reporting (none / 0)

Foster is closing the gap in Kane county: down only 3 points right now.

He's behind in DuPage County, but there aren't many voters there, and ahead in DeKalb County.

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:46:33 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: With 33 precincts reporting (none / 0)

I'll update above with only Beacon news results and allow individual reporting to continue down here in the comments.

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:49:15 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Tallying the results by county website (none / 0)

Foster is currently AHEAD 9315-9260

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:49:44 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Looks like a close race (none / 0)

Foster 12198-12082 right now. But I can't find results for Kendall County so this might be off

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:54:24 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Results right now (none / 0)

Foster 14763-14142. But most of Foster's margin comes from DeKalb County, which is 60% done reporting.

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:59:42 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Foster has pulled ahead in KAne County (none / 0)

by 58 votes out of more than 20,000!

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:01:45 PM EST
[ Parent ]

And loses it with 93 precincts reporting (none / 0)

In the district as a whole, Foster now lead 21071-19107 with 197 precincts reporting

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:06:30 PM EST
[ Parent ]

With 219 precincts (none / 0)

Foster now 23531-21175
He's retaken the lead in Kane County as well.

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:08:12 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: With 219 precincts (none / 0)

And he's exstending the lead in Kane!

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:14:02 PM EST
[ Parent ]

301 reporting (none / 0)

Foster now 30514-27419

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:15:21 PM EST
[ Parent ]

With 75% in (none / 0)

Foster up by 6%: 40058-35607
Looks like he won

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:25:43 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: With 75% in (none / 0)

Where are you getting the totals?

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:26:41 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Individual county websites (none / 0)

Added them up in Excel

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:27:17 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Individual county websites (none / 0)

Looks like SurveyUSA knew what it was doing, eh?

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:29:50 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Live Blogging the IL-14 results (none / 0)

Results are coming in from Kane County.

Turnout was higher than expected.

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:44:10 PM EST

Re: Live Blogging the IL-14 results (none / 0)

Kane County REsults with 47 precincts reporting

Jim Oberweis
7740 50.78%

Bill Foster
7389 48.48%

HE's tightening up the gap...

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:52:21 PM EST

Re: Live Blogging the IL-14 results (none / 0)

Moving in the right direction! up two percentage points with only 7 more precincts reporting.

Hillary Clinton is not a monster,....as far as I know.. We are all Hussein JUNIOR.. ///.. FEINGOLD/BOXER 2016

by Its Like Herding Cats on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:53:16 PM EST

Re: Live Blogging the IL-14 results (none / 0)

WOOOOHOOOOO A 12 POINT LEAD WITH 14% REPORTING!!!!

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:55:13 PM EST

Re: Live Blogging the IL-14 results (none / 0)

This will be a feather in Obama's cap if Foster wins.

And a great diss to Republicans for losing Hastert's seat.

by animated on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:00:12 PM EST

Re: Live Blogging the IL-14 results (none / 0)

I'm on the edge of my seat!

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:05:26 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Foster takes the lead in Kane County! (none / 0)

With 80 reporting
If these trends continue, he'll win easily.

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:01:02 PM EST

Re: Live Blogging the IL-14 results (none / 0)

Come on, Foster, HOLD THAT LEAD!

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:11:12 PM EST

Looking at trends right now (none / 0)

Oberweis doesn't have a clear lead in any large county- most of them are really ties so far. He's ahead in Henry County, but that only has a thousand or so voters. The only large county in which he has a lead is Kendall, but that's only by 4%. Foster, on the other hand, is winning by large margins in Aurora and DeKalb County. I don't see Oberweis winning unless there's a clear shift in the race, or he wins counties such as Lee (that haven't yet began reporting) by huge margins.

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:13:50 PM EST

Re: Live Blogging the IL-14 results (none / 0)

This could be called soon.

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:26:07 PM EST

I'm calling this for Foster (none / 0)

He's up 6% with 75% in. Oberweis will need a landslide in Lee to win. I don't see that happening

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:27:02 PM EST

Re: I'm calling this for Foster (none / 0)

75%??? where are you getting those results from?

"This was never part of our arrangement, Specter" "I am altering the deal! Pray I don't alter it any further!" "This deal keeps getting worse all the time!"

by LordMike on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:30:06 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Individual county websites (none / 0)

I'm adding them up in Excel. Much faster than the Beacon News :)

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:31:27 PM EST
[ Parent ]

From my calculations (none / 0)

Almost every county other than Lee is in right now. Oberweis is down by 1% even if he manages to win 70% of the vote in Lee County. Foster won this.

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:31:00 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Oberweis needs 79% of the vote in Lee now (none / 0)

Why isn't it reporting yet, anyone know? I'm reminded of the vote fraud trick in which county officials would hold back their results until they figure out how many votes their candidate would need to win.

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:39:13 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Oberweis needs 79% of the vote in Lee now (none / 0)

No way Lee can change it now. With 88% in, there is absolutely no way Oberweis can catch up now.

It's over.

Foster wins.

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:44:26 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Yeah (none / 0)

I was worried at first about fraud, and then found an unofficial Lee county results page - Oberweis only won it by 400 votes. And very few people voted compared to the number of precincts.

John McCain

by MILiberal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 09:49:28 PM EST
[ Parent ]