Election Night: Murray, Rossi 1.2% Apart

Let’s use this thread to discuss topics that won’t fit anywhere else tonight (for example, comments about the elections throughout the nation).

• 11:50 p.m. (from NWCN Twitter): Talk about close! WA Senate race is 1.2% apart —Murray 50.6% to Rossi 49.4%. 17k gap out of 1.4 million cast!
• 9:51 p.m. AP declares Lt. Gov. Brad Little, Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, and Schools Superintendent Tom Luna as winners of their races.
• 9:41 p.m. Democrats keep Senate majority, Republicans gain 5 seats. Story here .
• 9:40 p.m. (via Dustin Hurst Twitter): With about 20% of precincts in, all four constitutional amendments are passing by decent margins.
• 9:20 p.m. Walt Minnick tells Betsy Russell: “I expect it to be close.” Story here .
  
• 8:49 p.m. (via KREM Twitter): Early results out of Idaho Labrador leads Minnick 51% to 40%
  
• 8:08 p.m. (via KTVB Twitter): Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo easily beat Democrat Tom Sullivan Tuesday to win a third term. More here .
  
• 8:06 p.m. (via KXLY Twitter): Republican Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has defeated Democrat Keith Allred to extend his nearly 30-year run in elective office in Idaho.
• 8:04 p.m. (via KBOI Twitter): Idaho Republican Simpson beats Crawford to win 7th term in US House for 2nd District.