Dem Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has defeated Republican challenger Christine Drazan, who had a shit ton of help from a third party spoiler candidate, the Oregonian projects. That’s really gotta sting for Andy Ngo and the rest of the batshit anti-Antifa fanboys in the state.

“I would like to congratulate New York Governor Kathy Hochul on her election to a full four year term. “This race was a once in a generation campaign, with a very close margin in the bluest of blue states. The unrelenting passion and hard work of our grassroots volunteers and supporters made this incredibly close race possible and helped us win at least 49 of New York’s 62 counties.”

“Republicans, Democrats and Independents united as New Yorkers, pouring their heart and soul into this campaign. Those controlling Albany should take note. New Yorkers of all walks of life are sick of the attacks on their wallets, their safety, their freedoms and the quality of their kids’ education and are hitting their breaking point, as proven by these results. As they take office in January, Governor Kathy Hochul and those controlling Albany must address the grave concerns voiced by the voters. While this campaign has come to a close, the rescue mission to Save Our State continues,” says loser MAGA Congressman Lee Zeldin in his concession statement to Gov Kathy Hochul.

If you’re wondering what a screenshot of a Hill opinion piece from last week is doing in between the two paragraphs of the statement then we’ll be happy to explain: Sometimes we in the news business need to add a bit of visual flair to blocks of written text in order to break things up – even if sometimes they might be a little incongruous with the main topic at hand, as is the case here.

Disgraced former President Trump is reportedly furious with his illegal immigrant wife Melania for nudging him to endorse dipshit quack Mehmet Oz, according to NYT’s Maggie Haberman. Not hard to imagine the dumbass watches a lot of daytime TV and pushed her husband on the failed pick.

Separately an anonymous GOP operative “close to the Trump orbit” (God, these fucking “orbit” and “Trumpworld” tropes) tells ABC News Tuesday was “the end of the Trump era and the dawn of the DeSantis era. Like every other Trump catastrophe, he did this to himself with stupid and reckless decisions.” Another Trump minion says “This is a sinking ship. We’re not going to beat [DeSantis].”

In a very close race, ABC News has called the Wisconsin Senate race for incumbent Ron Johnson (Q-Moscow Oblast) over Democratic state Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes.  The Senate is currently split 48-48, with races in Arizona, Nevada, Alaska and Georgia still undecided.

Democratic New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney conceded his race for the state’s 17th Congressional District to Republican Mike Lawler, the highest profile loss for Democratic House members in a tight midterm race, Politico reports.

The head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Maloney moved from his old district, the 18th, to the 17th after redistricting.  The race was a high-profile target for Republicans.

Russian troops have abandoned the western bank of the Dnieper River in Kherson, Eastern Ukraine, in another major strategic victory for Kyiv amid its ongoing counteroffensive, the AP reports.

“Bottom line, Trump makes it too easy to hate Republicans. While he is in the mix, the 2022 results are as good as it gets. DeSantis.” – The current top comment on the TownHall.com article “Did Kevin McCarthy Really Deliver a Victory Speech Last Night?” posted Wednesday morning.

“Just put a D next to his name, he is an embarrassment” – The current top comment on the Gateway Pundit article “‘Definitely Not a Republican Wave… Hats Off to the Democrats’ – Lindsey Graham on Stolen Midterms,” posted Wednesday morning. At least it wasn’t homophobic.

“Count me as officially black-pilled. Thought we lost it all in 2012 when Obama was elected. Wasn’t wrong. Trump was just a brief respite on the way down the sewer pipe. I think I’ll start prepping my armageddon bunker” – Top comment on PJ Media’s “We’re Done – American Voters Are Idiots”

“Folks, we’re not voting our way out of this” – Top comment on “Where’s the Red Wave?” at American Greatness, as if you needed another data point on the “Civil War II” bullshit.

“I’ve voted Trump for every election and would vote for him again ONLY IF HE’S NOMINATED. The GOP must begin to break away from Trump if they truly want new blood in the party. Republicans do not want to hear Trumps insulting rhetoric every time someone dares to say anything negative about him. I mean what was the reason for insulting DeSantis the other night it was completely unnecessary and reminded voters of the turmoil he ALWAY spewed on Twitter” – The current top comment on “Ron DeSantis is the new Republican Party leader” on Fox News by Liz Peek.

“I called Governor Whitmer this morning to concede and wish her well. Michigan’s future success rests not in elected officials or government, but all of us. It is incumbent upon all of us to help our children read, support law enforcement, and grow our economy. Thank you to our volunteers and supporters for working so hard to forge a better Michigan. We came up short, but we will never stop fighting for our families,” says a statement from MAGA dumbass Michigan gov loser Tudor Dixon.

Disgraced former President Trump is “livid,” and “screaming at everyone,” after his candidates had such a shitty night on Tuesday, an adviser tells CNN’s Jim Acosta. The adviser badmouthed Donald’s slate, saying “they were all bad candidates.” “Candidates matter,” said the adviser.

Acosta adds that the adviser said Trump is “unlikely” to delay his planned November 15th campaign launch for 2024, saying it would be too “humiliating” to back off now, but still could.

Democrats won independent voters nationally by an estimated 49 to 47 percent edge over Republicans, CNN’s John Avlon reports. “That’s unheard of in midterms, where typically opposition party wins by double digits. Trump’s election deniers were too extreme,” Avlon writes.

Arizona election egghead Garrett Archer reports pivotal Maricopa County has finished reporting tallies in the major statewide races until Wednesday evening. Dem gov candidate Katie Hobbs leads MAGA psychopath Kari Lake 870,680 to 827,199, or 51.3% to 48.6% with 61% reported the closest of the contests. Dem Senator Mark Kelly meanwhile leads Reptilian humanoid Blake Masters 52.4% to 45.5% while Dem Adrian Fontes leads insurrectionist Mark Finchem 53% to 47% in the Secretary of State contest. Dem Kris Mayes leads MAGA asshole Abe Hamadeh in the AG race 51 to 49 percent.

Participatory democracy fans rejoice! Midterms Election Night is finally here! Stick with National Zero for all the latest updates on whether Dems can squeak this out or don’t and go to bed early all depressed if the picture becomes bleak early on! It’ll be a freaking blast! Elections are fun!

We’ll keep up as late as we can and be back at it dark and early on Wednesday morning.

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Inflation something crime whatever abortion something Herschel Walker lol. Something Trump candidates concern Biden voting the American people whatever. Voting concerns. Midterms messaging whatever democracy in disarray. Buckle up for something whatever. Lots of surprises could happen something expect the unexpected to happen on election night whatever coverage. Kitty litter boxes in classroooms important issue whatever. Rainbow fentanyl not something anymore because Halloween over but whatever border gas prices something. Stay tuned whatever for something update on key battlegrounds whatever. Election important for something democracy.

A mother-and-son duo were fired from their positions as election workers in Fulton County, Georgia early Tuesday morning after people notified the county the two had been present at the January 6th, 2021 MAGA insurrection at the Capitol, the Washington Post reports.

The two were not publicly identified and as such it’s unclear if they were charged with any crimes for participating in the attack. It’s entirely possible they were among the hundreds who took misdemeanor plea deals and have already served short jail sentences. Either way, that the woman posted “I stood up for what’s right today in Washington DC. This election was a sham. Mike Pence is a traitor. I was tear gassed FOUR times. I have pepper spray in my throat. I stormed the Capitol building. And my children have had the best learning experience of their lives,” following the riot was cause enough for her and her son to be fired from working the polls on election day.

Last Trump article for the day… Probably. We promise it’ll probably be the last Trump article on National Zero until Wednesday. This moment of self-parody was too good to pass up.

Speaking with a Wall Street Journal reporter on Monday night, disgraced former President Trump appeared to issue a not very veiled threat of harm to would-be rival Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

“I think if he runs he could hurt himself very badly. I think the base would not like it,” said the Orange God Emperor, adding “If he did run, I will tell you things about him that won’t be very flattering. I know more about him than anybody other than perhaps his wife, who is really running his campaign.”

There’s nothing like self-declared “small government” conservatives avowing to expand government authority when they get into power.  Oh, actually, there is.  It’s called fascism when that candidate declares–as Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee and future Fox cable host Kari Lake does here–her government will decide what constitutes journalism during her reign.

“I’m not only going to be governor of Arizona for four years, I’m gonna do two terms,” Lake asserts because she’ll never accept the results of any election she loses.  “I’m gonna be your worst freakin’ nightmare for eight years.  And we will reform the media as well.  We’re gonna make you guys into journalists again.  So get ready.  It’s gonna be a fun eight years.  I can’t wait to be working with you.”

A new Tuesday report in Rolling Stone about disgraced former President Trump asking around about how he can jail journalists seems a little cliched and over-the-top. “This year, as Trump has privately strategized about what a second term, potentially starting in 2025, could look like, he’s begun occasionally soliciting ideas from conservative allies for how the U.S. government and Justice Department could go about turning his desires – for brutally imprisoning significant numbers of reporters – into reality,” write Rolling Stone’s Ryan Bort and Asawin Suebsaeng in the article.

It all comes across a bit hackneyed. Like of course Trump aspires to be the second coming of Hitler or Stalin, but couldn’t he come up with something a little more original than just simply brutally cracking down on the free press by imprisoning them? The whole “authoritarian playbook” trope about Trump is stale. We new ideas and new leadership if America is to become a nightmarish right wing dictatorship, not the same shit that was said and done in the early 20th century.

The Champaign County (Illinois) Clerk’s Office announced on its Facebook page that the election official’s website has been targeted by a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack designed to block or slow down access.

“For the past month the Champaign County Clerk’s website has been the target of repeated D-DOS attacks, fortunately the reinforced security and response from the Clerk’s IT team has prevented these attacks from being successful and the Clerk’s website has remained secured,” the Facebook post states.  “No data or information has been compromised and the election is secure.”

The attack on the public-facing website will not impact the ability of people in the traditional Democratic stronghold to vote, but it may make it more difficult for people looking for polling locations to get needed information.