7:40 PM
Office: Governor
Precincts Reporting: 229 of 2426 (9.44%) 
Registered Voters: 4,452,058   
Total Voting: 273,428   Voter Turnout: 6.14 % 
	 
  J W Kilgore (R)   174,724 63.90%
  T M Kaine   (D)    95,086 34.78%
  H R Potts   (I)     3,433  1.26%
  Write Ins             185  0.07%
  Vote Totals:      273,428	 

But then, just one hour later, with almost 2/3 of the precincts reporing, the tide has turned:

8:37 PM
Office: Governor
Precincts Reporting: 1540 of 2426 (63.48%) 
Registered Voters: 4,451,969   
Total Voting: 1,221,738   Voter Turnout: 27.44 % 

  T M Kaine   (D)   624,912 51.15%
  J W Kilgore (R)   569,051 46.58%
  H R Potts   (I)    26,703  2.19%
  Write Ins	          1,072  0.09%
  Vote Totals:    1,221,738

In the third hour, 90% of the vote in, it's over:

9:42 PM
Office: Governor
Precincts Reporting: 2196 of 2426 (90.52%) 
Registered Voters: 4,451,769   
Total Voting: 1,745,831   Voter Turnout: 39.22 %
 
  T M Kaine   (D)    899,703  51.53%
  J W Kilgore (R)    806,711  46.21%
  H R Potts   (I)     38,054   2.18%
  Write Ins            1,363   0.08%
  Vote Totals:     1,745,831 

Mullfoto of the Day

This, at a t-shirt shop along Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.
English first, hah.
Ingleesh.

Catchy Caption of the Day

Actual Caption:

The shadow advances on the moon during a lunar eclipse in January 2001. A Chinese company has had its license suspended after it tried to make money by selling land on the moon.

Ok. Put aside, for the moment, the notion of trying to sell land on the moon and thinking you're going to get away with it.

The real question is: Sell land on the moon to whom?

(AFP/File/Yoav Lemme)