Election-night notebook


Tuesday, November 4, 2008

The fat lady must have sung

It's quiet and kids are taking the balloons outside to pop them. Incumbent State Rep. Sal Esquivel and some of his supporters are still here, nervously waiting for new numbers -- the latest figures show him trailing challenger Lynn Howe by a few hundred votes.

Local GOP Chairman Bryan Platt is going through the bills and trying to keep his head from totally plugging up from a head cold -- he's been living on cold medicine and adrenaline. He's stayed remarkably upbeat and energetic through it all, probably more upbeat than about 90 percent of the people who were in the room tonight.

The end is sight, at least for this blog -- in fact, the end is here.

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