**** UPDATE 2 1:05 p.m. : The AP now has all precincts in, with Peter Shumlin winning by 190 votes over Doug Racine.

**** UPDATE 12:22 p.m. : VPR has Peter Shumlin winning the Democratic gubernatorial primary. Shumlin is claiming victory, according the the AP. 

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Looks like there’s still no winner declared in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, as far as I can tell. Here’s the last update from the Times Argus at 1:37 a.m., when Shumlin is leading Racine by 84 votes, with 234 of 260 precincts counted.

We did get some results:

  • Doug Hoffer bested Ed Flanagan in the Democratic auditor’s race.
  • Republican Phil Scott and Democrat Steve Howard will face off in the lt. guv race.
  • Paul Beaudry will face off against Rep. Peter Welch in November.
  • Senator Leahy cruised to victory against cow-rider Daniel Freilich.
  • The Free Press has a round-up of Chittenden County state senate results.
  • The AP posts their most up-to-date town-by-town results on this page.

Thanks to everyone who participated in our live blog last night! That was fun.

More info as we have it…

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23 replies on “Dem Guv Race Still Too Close to Call (UPDATE: Shumlin Claims Victory)”

  1. “Nobody outside of the auditor’s office has seen it.”Do you know who it’s been distributed to? Of course you don’t.”there is no available evidence that he has done any.”Is there supposed to be? You don’t know. Quit while you’re behind.”Two number guys…”One trained and certified number guy, one self-professed.

  2. The auditor race could be as entertaining as the race for governor. Two number guys, both assholes, duking it out.

  3. He promised an audit 3 years ago. Where is it? Nobody outside of the auditor’s office has seen it. If policy makers have not seen it, it’s not doing anyone any good. Salmon is boasting about his oversight and there is no available evidence that he has done any. But if you think that Salmon has done a good job, that’s fine. I’m confident that most Vermonters will see it my way. We’ll see in November.

  4. “If he did the work, let’s see it already.”Does the completed draft report contain this information? If not, is there a specific work product on this issue that was supposed to be made public that wasn’t, or doesn’t exist?Of course the answer is that you have no idea. You’re inventing problems that don’t exist in the absence of real ones.

  5. “you have no idea what he has done to monitor the fund.”That’s the problem. Salmon claims to have done some work but 3 years on, he’s yet to release any information on the subject. If he did the work, let’s see it already.

  6. So what if Hoffer and Salmon are buttholes? I don’t like Salmon, he’s like a fish out of water in media relations and switching parties is one of the stupidest things you can do when otherwise all that you have is bad publicity in the media. Hoffer might rant, but they (Hoffer and Salmon), just like all of us, are buttholes from time to time, unless you want to exclude pious figures like Jesus and the Buddha. Vote whoever you want to in my opinion. Maybe I’ll just write-in a candidate.

  7. SCOMBER: I talked to David Reville from the AARP about that yesterday. He said if there’s a recount, the debate will be postponed, and a makeup date would depend on how long the recount takes.

  8. “It is accurate to say that after 3 years, Salmon still hasn’t completed a job that he promised to do — and his claims to have “monitored” the fund are without foundation.”Not to belabor what is ultimately a non-issue, but Salmon has completed the report – his office made it clear that it’s out for comment – and you have no idea what he has done to monitor the fund. If this is the best that you and Hoffer can do, he’s toast.

  9. “His verbal machinations to avoid any personal responsibility are astounding.”Apparently you don’t understand that that interview is on the web, and that anyone can listen to it and see that your characterization is utterly fictitious. He took full responsibility for blowing a .086, .006 over the limit, over and over throughout the interview. He did so very calmly, and only repeated himself when the interviewer repeated the same questions. Contrast this to Hoffer’s VPR call-in from a couple of months ago, when the panelists were clearly exasperated with his whining, and the moderator ultimately cut him off.Hopefully some journalist will have the guts to ask Hoffer if he’s sure he’s never gotten behind the wheel with a .086 BAC, that will put this idiotic issue in the rear view mirror.

  10. “Nearly three years ago State Auditor Tom Salmon told lawmakers that he would do a thorough review of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant’s decommissioning fund. That report never materialized.” “On his re-election website, http://www.salmonforauditor.com, he lists “monitoring and management” of Vermont Yankee’s decommissioning fund as one of his accomplishments.” http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100813/NEWS03/708129848I was incorrect in saying that Salmon “lied” about having completed the audit. It is accurate to say that after 3 years, Salmon still hasn’t completed a job that he promised to do — and his claims to have “monitored” the fund are without foundation.

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