2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumND Senate = Heidi Heitkamp at 154,882 votes = 50.8%, 96% reporting
Heidi Heitkamp 154,882 50.8%
Rick Berg 149,836 49.2%
http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/results/north-dakota
Congratulations Senator Heitkamp it appears will soon be in order!
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It looks like Nate was off a little on the senate.If she wins and Testor hangs on In MT we will have a 1 seat net gain.Maybe 2 If we
win the nevada senate race too.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Jennicut
(25,415 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)98% reporting Heidi 157,086 = 50.5% Berg 153,948 = 49.5%
157,086
153,948
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3,138
311,034 cast
Heidi Won! Rick won't get every vote left!
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Heidi Heitkamp 159,176 50.6%
Rick Berg 155,203 49.4%
Robbins
(5,066 posts)She wins.Testor hangs on In MT and Heller narrowly wins In Nevada.This means without Angus King we have 53 seats In the senate.
With him we have 54 seats.
MSMITH33156
(879 posts)but going to be close.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)They have messed up their tally, excluding counties from the repoited percent even though 100% of those county votes are displayed.
TroyD
(4,551 posts)The website doesn't show it declared yet.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)There is some confusion of the % counted, but it appears the 99% is the correct figure.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Democrat Heidi Heitkamp was on the cusp of an upset in the North Dakota Senate race early Wednesday morning, leading Republican Rep. Rick Berg by about 3,000 votes with 97 percent of precincts reporting.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83466.html
So again, She Won!
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Heidi Heitkamp 160,752
Rick Berg 157,758
w/ NBC now calling this 93% reported but declaring her the projected winner. They have the reported % wrong!
kath
(10,565 posts)agentS
(1,325 posts)lead with 160k, other guy at 157k. Unless there's a lot of absentee ballots coming in, I'd say she's won.
TroyD
(4,551 posts)Has Rick Berg conceded yet?
Anyone from ND know?
wellstone dem
(4,460 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Heidi Heitkamp 160,752 50.5%
Rick Berg 157,758 49.5%
Margin of nearly 3,000 votes.
That is settled, and it also illustrates the importance of every vote and the GOTV effort.
Remember everyone wrote off this seat.I will admit I too thought Republicans would pick up this seat.But she proved to be a great
candiate.Plus this was another state where you might say Bill Clinton helped get out the vote.He did come to ND for her.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)Daniel537
(1,560 posts)Epic fail for the teabaggers.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)if not more, NM and Wi were close and the galvanized women's vote nationally may have put those raqces in the anti-rape column too.
Filibuster Harry
(666 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Heidi Heitkamp
I know a lot of people on both sides of the aisle worked very hard in this election. I am so grateful for the people who gave me their votes and this victory.
I make this promise to every North Dakotan: I will be a senator for each and every one of you. We did this together and I am so grateful to everyone on team HH4ND
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Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Thank you. We did it!
I cant thank you enough for all you did to make me the next U.S. senator from North Dakota.
We pulled off a win no one thought we could. The experts said we didnt have a chance.
Thankfully, you refused to believe it. You put your energy into action and we ran the greatest grassroots campaign in North Dakotas history.
We did it! It was a close election, and every vote mattered.
We overcame all the attacks from people outside our state who thought they knew best. I am so grateful to you for fighting it out to the finish.
Let me also take a moment to thank Congressman Rick Berg for his service. It was a close, hard-fought campaign. I am so grateful to the people who gave me their votes and this victory. But I also know there are many people in our state who did not vote for me.
Now, I make this promise to every North Dakotan: I will be a senator for each and every one of you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for giving me the opportunity.
Heidi
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Heitkamp wins Senate seat; Berg concedes
1 hour ago Associated Press
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/election/berg-concedes-senate-seat-to-heitkamp/article_a9b5f79a-290b-11e2-9986-001a4bcf887a.html
Heitkamp won the race by fewer than 3,000 votes, and Berg could have asked for a recount.
Instead, he conceded the race Wednesday with a qualifier: He was stepping aside barring any unforeseen circumstances with the state canvasing board that certifies the race results.
"But basically," he said, pausing to regain his composure, as he spoke to a room full of supporters in Fargo, "with that acknowledgement of the circumstances, I just want to be clear I want to concede the election to Heidi Heitkamp."
Berg said he trusted the state's auditors, who had been standing by their vote tallies. ..........