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"The Seattle Times projects Gluesenkamp Perez as the winner, as an analysis shows Kent would need 73% of the remaining votes to catch up."

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) November 13, 2022

The odds of Congress not changing improve. (The Democrat is turning out a Republican incumbent.)

Thanks to President Biden’s infrastructure bill, remote locations on the Navajo Nation reservation are receiving electricity — for the first time, ever. pic.twitter.com/3Wmu0mbX7a

— Lakota Man (@LakotaMan1) November 12, 2022

Although my immediate reaction was: “First it was alcohol…”

And interestingly:

Some races were a surprise. This overwhelming win was not a surprise. Worth looking at the polling over the last six weeks. https://t.co/Hmj2QQnuD1

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 13, 2022

3/ October. The legit polls consistently showed Murray with about a 10 margin and sometimes more. To be clear, this isn’t a criticism of 538. It’s just a way to illustrate what polls created the campaign narrative. It was basically all junk polls sponsored by Trump groups.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 13, 2022

This "strategy" failed miserably. It only makes sense if you use the fake polls to challenge the results (which still wouldn’t get the courts to overturn an election, so I use “strategy” in the loosest way possible). But that only works if incumbents are losing. An incumbent can (try to) threaten not to leave office, or use the prestige of incumbency as a bully pulpit. Losing challengers are just whiners everyone soon gets tired of.

You and your silly hat lost. Back to the feed store with you. https://t.co/fuibnuRcHF

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) November 12, 2022

I mean, honestly, what is this supposed to do? Force a new election which only MAGAheads can vote in? A declaration Finchem is AZ SOS for life? A court order that all votes counted after Finchem had a lead are void? 

Either way, it doesn’t work. But it’s more pathetic when it fails this completely.

we criticize hollywood for lazy tropes but our two main antagonists right now is a former kgb agent with a penchant for poisoning and an emerald mine heir who wants to live on mars. if these were bond villains they’d be dismissed as caricature

— mastodon.social/@seva1000 (@SevaUT) November 11, 2022

Truth is much stranger than fiction.

Dems hanging onto the Senate in this environment is one of the most remarkable political stories.

And it’s largely thanks to voters under 30, women, and black voters.

Remember that when the media unleashes a *wave* of old, white, ossified men to tell you what to think.

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) November 13, 2022

Most people don’t care about what the media tell them to think. That’s usually portrayed as “people don’t pay enough attention to us as we argue about politics!’ But in general, they pay the attention they should. Especially to the poorly characterized Bond villains. 🦹‍♂️