Live blogging the Massachusetts US Senate race between Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Scott Brown:<\/p>\n
9:30\u00a0 Scott Brown wins, Martha Coakley loses. Also losing: Wall Street as POTUS, Dems will ramp up attacks. I’m done for tonight.<\/p>\n
9:24 Brown has accepted concession call from Coakley (per Fox)<\/p>\n
9:22 AP calls is for Brown<\/p>\n
9:20 Boston Globe says Coakley calls Brown to concede<\/p>\n
9: 18 70 percent of vote in, Brown +7<\/p>\n
9:13 All eyes on Boston returns where Coakley seems to be strengthening<\/p>\n
9:09 If margin of Brown lead holds up, I can’t see him not being seated ASAP<\/p>\n
9:04 60 percent in in, Brown +7<\/p>\n
9:02 Coakley get not getting the Boston vote she needs.<\/p>\n
9:00 I have yet to hear from or talk to a single political analyst at this point who thinks the race is still in doubt. Brown +5 with 52 percent in.<\/p>\n
8:58 45 percent in Brown +5<\/p>\n
8:47 Wasserman at Cook Report: Cook Report does NOT officially call races, but if I were working for a network I would have enough #s to project: Brown Wins<\/p>\n
8:42 Brown +7 with 21 percent percent in.<\/p>\n
8:35 Dave Wasserman of Cook Report: Brown needed 59% in Danvers, he got 63%. Brown consistently overperforming our model by 3-4 % pts<\/p>\n
8:32 With 11 percent in, 53-46 Brown<\/p>\n
8:26 Brown seems to be overperforming in key counties<\/p>\n
8:23 With 4 percent in, 52-47 Brown<\/p>\n
8:10 Preliminary election day poll from Rasmussen<\/a>:<\/p>\n 8:07 Politico<\/a>: Sr. Dem on Boston ‘High turnout in more conservative wards. Not high enough in Af-Am, Latino and more progressive wards.’<\/p>\n 8:03 Brown source: Cautiously confident<\/p>\n 7:51 Dem meme for the night is that Coakley was a lousy candidate in a bad environment; any other major Mass. Dem would have won by double-digits<\/p>\n\n