Liveblogging The Colorado Primary--Updated

The importance of this race is easily overshadowed by the much more prominent races in Connecticut and Georgia. But as this election will show, a single congressional seat switch from Republican to Democrat represents a two vote swing.

Rick O'Donnell must wage a vigorous campaign in order to preserve the seat for Republicans. Perlmutter or Lamm can count on a roughly divided district and one that went for Kerry, as well as a pretty evenly split party registration with plenty of "independents". This is not a "safe seat" and has been clearly in the "toss-up" category since Bob Beauprez decided to run for governor.

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The first numbers out are usually misleading, but given that nearly an hour has passed since the polls closed, here are the first significant numbers up tonight:

Voting feed here.

7:42 PM--Dem 7th--Perlmutter leads Lamm by 16%, but this margin is sure to close as results roll in (18000 votes in)

8:36 PM--Dem 7th--Perlmutter lead begins to shrink a bit, but there are still only 2 precincts reporting (doesn't give much hope to a swift result on election night in November)

9:11 PM--Dem 7th--With 52 of 324 precincts in, Perlmutter still retains a large but not insurmountable lead, 53-38.


Others liveblogging Colorado:
ToTheRight--Great overall Colorado coverage.
ColoradoPols

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