Primary night post-mortem

Primary night blogging went pretty well, judging by the responses we received and word around the office. I put up 33 posts through the course of the night, most were more processing returns than analysis, but it was a good run for the first time not just for me, but the Eagle as well. We had a very close state senate race that actually managed to keep us at the edge of our seats toward the end, and some conclusive and fascinating statewide results. The biggest surprise was that people started demanding the results fiftenn minutes after the polls closed, which suggests that we’ll need to do a little more explanation of the counting and reporting process for November.