A few good resources for following the Massachusetts election returns tonight (polls close at 8 pm) include:
*Swing State Project, which has a great rundown of which towns to watch and what it means.
*Blue Mass blog, which I presume will have good coverage.
*The Boston Globe.
*The Massachusetts Election Division.
*AP election returns.
*The New York Times.
Why should you care about an election in Massachusetts? Here's what is potentially at stake.
UPDATE 8:02 pm: Polls are closed, waiting for results. My prediction is that Brown wins by around 8 points. Obviously, I hope I'm wrong.
UPDATE 8:12 pm: Rasmussen Reports has election night polling information. "22% of Democrats voted for Brown. That is generally consistent with pre-election polling" and "Coakley also has a big advantage among those who made up their mind more than a month ago." On the other hand, "22% of Democrats voted for Brown." Not sure what to make of this exactly.
UPDATE 8:15 pm: 1% reporting, Brown 54.1%- Coakley 45.0%
UPDATE 8:22 pm: 5% reporting, Brown 52%- Coakley 47%
UPDATE 8:27 pm: 7% reporting, Brown 51%- Coakley 48%
UPDATE 8:31 pm: 8% reporting, Brown 52%- Coakley 47%
UPDATE 8:33 pm: 11% reporting, Brown 53%- Coakley 46%
UPDATE 8:36 pm: 13% reporting, Brown 53%- Coakley 46%
UPDATE 8:37 pm: 17% reporting, Brown 52%- Coakley 47%
UPDATE 8:41 pm: 21% reporting, Brown 53%- Coakley 46%
UPDATE 8:46 pm: 25% reporting, Brown 52%- Coakley 47%
UPDATE 8:49 pm: 29% reporting, Brown 52%- Coakley 47%
UPDATE 8:49 pm: 29% reporting, Brown 52%- Coakley 47%
UPDATE 8:51 pm: Dave Wasserman of the Cook Report tweets, "Cook Report does NOT officially call races, but if I were working for a network I would have enough #s to project: Brown Wins"
UPDATE 8:52 pm: 36% reporting, Brown 52%- Coakley 47%
UPDATE 8:53 pm: Larry Sabato tweets, "It is already obvious that Scott Brown will win the Senate seat in MA."
UPDATE 8:54 pm: 40% reporting, Brown 53%- Coakley 46%
UPDATE 8:57 pm: 45% reporting, Brown 52%- Coakley 47%
UPDATE 9:00 pm: 52% reporting, Brown 52%- Coakley 47%
UPDATE 9:03 pm: 57% reporting, Brown 53%- Coakley 46%
UPDATE 9:05 pm: 60% reporting, Brown 53%- Coakley 46%
UPDATE 9:09 pm: 63% reporting, Brown 53%- Coakley 46%
UPDATE 9:13 pm: 65% reporting, Brown 53%- Coakley 46%
UPDATE 9:15 pm: Boston Globe reports, "Coakley has conceded in a call to Scott Brown, according to a Brown aide." Ugh.
UPDATE 9:17 pm: 69% reporting, Brown 53%- Coakley 46%
UPDATE 9:21 pm: 71% reporting, Brown 53%- Coakley 46%
UPDATE 9:22 pm: AP calls it for Brown.
UPDATE 9:26 pm: 79% reporting, Brown 52%- Coakley 47%
UPDATE Wednesday morning: 100% reporting Brown 52%- Coakley 47%
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