CA13: Dems take the lead!!

[ColinC]

Adam Gray now leads 50.4-49.6

We watched with agony as the Arizona red shift destroyed our hopes. Here comes the California blue shift to restore some optimism!

[JohnSJ]

1. We need it

[Music Man]

2. Great news!

I've been waiting eagerly on this one.

[msfiddlestix]

3. where's the 13th district? I feel like that one should be up here in NoCal?

[ColinC]

5. Yeah Central Valley

[msfiddlestix]

7. OMG that was my district before 2021, when I lived in Alameda

I thought it sounded familiar. (Barbara Lee's Berkeley Oakland Alameda etc)

NOW it's really Central Valley San Joaquine, Stanislaus Merced, Tuolamene etc.

Places I considered quite Red. Wow! This is amazing!

[Demsrule86]

4. Thank God!

Still in the hunt...

[Tribetime]

6. Just when you think it's over a curveball is thrown

[MLAA]

8. YEAH!

[onecaliberal]

9. There are several races undecided with 55% in.

[ColinC]

11. Dave wasserman just called ca45 for Michelle steel.

If he is ever going to be wrong about a call, I have my money that it is this one.

[Arresting]

13. You're not from around here, are you?

Michelle Steel will win, there aren’t enough votes in LA to counter the OC vote.

I hate her and her campaign is so dirty and racist. She is awful. God I hate her.

So I’d love to see gone, but it’s not gonna happen.

Sorry.

[ColinC]

16. I didn't realize the AP called it already

I watched OC go blue in 2018 and saw my AV district flip too.

This is not 2018

[LeftInTX]

19. Nope. There isn't an orange menace to "vote against" this time.

[Arresting]

21. Believe no one wants her gone more than me.

I moved to OC in 2017, and I’m in Lou Correa’s district now but was in that part of OC that got redistricted out of Katie Porter land.

If we had ended up with Steel I would have blown a serious gasket. She is corrupt and just — don’t get me started.

[LeftInTX]

15. AP called it for Michelle Steel also

[ColinC]

17. Bummer

[LeftInTX]

18. AP has called it for 217 GOP seats

Likely Rs: CA 3, CA 22, CA 27 and CO 3 remain

They only need one

[ColinC]

22. Thanks! Last batch came in very favorably for Salas, right?

And the higher estimates from LA county bode better for Smith as she doesn’t need to win each batch by quite as many votes now to win.I think CA3 seems the most likely to go R at this point. Hopefully we can hold the rest and give the GOP a nightmare scenario trying to hold that caucus together.

[LeftInTX]

23. Garcia is at 54%. Christy Smith has not budged at all.

I don't have much hope for Salas, due to the location. Salas is at 47%

LA County turnout has been abysmal....

[ColinC]

24. Actually LA county increased their estimates and NYTimes changed

Their estimated votes counted from 70 to 65.%. That puts the remaining votes at about 80k. She won the last batch with 57%. If there are 80k votes left she would need to win the rest by at least 58%. Doable, I think. The blue shift is real, but will have to wait to see how much it helps us this year.

[onecaliberal]

25. Salas is CA22

He was training by a bit, haven’t checked today.

[Initech]

10. Keep it going! Keep it going!

[usonian]

12. I am so wanting A BLUE CHRISTMAS!!

https://democraticunderground.com/100217359202
Ode to a defeated GOP legislator
Sung to the tune Blue (wave) Christmas.

I'll have a blue Christmas without you
I'll smoke a doo-bie just thinking about you
The passage of bills, set for 2023
Will get the all-clear, if you're not here with me

When the-o-crat state laws start fallin'
And when the feds, they're finally callin'
You'll be saying good night to the wacko alt-right.
And We'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas

repeat:

Folks just want to be free, from white male supremacy
And we'll have red, white, and blue rainbow Christmas

Alternate lyrics:
And when those guns that people are shootin'
Aren't aimed at kids, but at Vladimir Putin'
He'll be takin' a bite of Polonium delight.
But We'll have a wonderful blue and gold Christmas

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Free to use and modify! 'cuz
I'm feeling ..... BLUE .... right now!!!!

[iluvtennis]

14. Good stuff. n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

20. If Bobert loses CO(3), Dems get 214 seats almost certainly.

Still a few races where Rs are ahead, but not many votes in. These are the only chances for Ds to pick up any more. Hope there's real mojo in those write-in ballots.