May 19th results

It's the day after, and people seem to have a hangover from the imcumbancy that they elected. It's the only thing that can explain these results. At 7:16 AM, with most of the districts in, here's what I've got: In Arkensas, there will be a runoff between Bill Halter and Blanche Lincoln. I think he'll pick this one up, provided that he gets at least 8.5 percent of the people who voted for D.C. Morrison. On the Republican team, John Boozman rides to victory with 53 percent. In Kentucky, Rand Paul has rode anger and discontent to beat Trey Grayson for the GOP nomination, with 58.8 percent of the vote. Running against him will be Jack Conway. Kentucky, though heavily Democrat, votes Republican nationally. I don't see that changing much with this. And in Pennsylvania, Joe Sestak beat Arlen Specter, by a slightly wider margin than I predicted. Finals are 54 to 46 percent. Mr. Sestak will run against Pat Toomey. This will be a closer race. In Oregon, however, the rule didn't seem to hold: Ron Wyden picked up over 90 percent of the vote. He will run against Jim Huffman.