The New Jersey gubernatorial returns are: Chris Christie (Republican) 48.8%, Jon Corzine (Democratic) 44.6%, Chris Daggett (independent) 5.7%, others on the ballot, not yet broken down, .9%. Daggett is the first person to run for Governor of New Jersey in November, who was not a Democratic or Republican nominee, to have exceeded 5% of the vote, since 1913.

In 1913, Progressive Party nominee Everett Colby polled 11.0%. Before that, no one had polled 5% for Governor of New Jersey other than the major party nominees since 1886, when the Prohibition Party’s Clinton Fisk polled 8.6%.

The 2009 election produced the lowest percentage of the vote for a Democratic nominee for New Jersey Governor since 1985.

Preliminary election returns for the special U.S. House election in California’s 10th district are:
Democrat John Garamendi 55.54%; Republican Dave Harmer 39.77%; Green Jeremy Cloward 1.99%; Peace & Freedom Mary McIlroy 1.48%; American Independent Party Jerry Denham 1.23%.

When this district last voted, in November 2008, the results had been: Democratic 65.20%; Republican 31.10%; Peace & Freedom 3.70%.

Updated: 11:45pm EST

The ballot question to adopt Instant Runoff Voting in St. Paul, MN was approved:

Total Reporting: 100%

YES 17,083 52.45%
NO 15,486 47.55%

The ballot measure to adopt proportional representation in Lowell, MA is going down.

Things went smoothly in Minneapolis’ first Instant Runoff Voting election.