Elections night open thread

...The Maricopa County Recorder's election results web page can be found here, but don't expect any returns to be posted before 8 p.m.

...Lewis on TV declaring victory in LD18!  Whoooo hooooo!  Hard to believe, but civility has a chance, even in Arizona...

...Gullett concedes!  Stanton wins!  Congratulations to the new mayor of Phoenix!

...16 of 16 precincts reporting, Lewis has 10816 votes, Pearce has 9188!

...Fourth posting of LD18 results show Lewis up by more than 1400 votes (14 of 16 precincts reporting)

...Third posting of LD18 results show Lewis up by more than 1300 votes (11 of 16 precincts reporting)

...Second posting of results show that Lewis is maintaining his lead, 10 of 16 precincts counted..

- First returns in LD18 (mostly early ballots) show Jerry Lewis leading incumbent Russell Pearce by more than 1000 votes, 53% to 47%.

- In the City of Phoenix elections, early returns show Greg Stanton up solidly over lobbyist Wes Gullett in the race for mayor, and show Thelda Williams and Daniel Valenzuela ahead of tea party types in their races for city council seats...

...Grain of salt time: exit polling has Lewis ahead.  The source is Examiner.com, so make it a BIG grain of salt...

....It looks like Ohio's Issue 2, the Republican move to take away collective bargaining rights from public sector workers is going down in flames...

...Pre-election polling seems to be holding true,  as Mississippi's anti-choice/birth control/women in general proposed amendment also seems to be going down to defeat, though not by as wide a margin as Issue 2 in OH...