IN, KY: Barron Hill Defeated In IN-9;
"Bloody Eighth," IN-8, Goes R as Well

Hill Down. The Big Wave is on; the partial Super Wave may yet be on as well.

More: Andy Barr Catching Up To Incumbent In Bellwether KY-6. Tight as a tick, about 1% lead for the Democrat.

I'm unhappy with this -- I expected that Andy Barr would win by 5%. But then, I was hoping for the 90+ wave.

Update: Now the gap is only 0.2% with 85% in. Go Andy Go!

Meanwhile, in IN, Jackie Walorski is close to catching Joe Donnelly.

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Baron Hill well behind with 25% of the vote in. This is "bonus damage" territory, a win that would prefigure something like 55+ pickups.

Coats projected to win over Ellsworth, as expected. The interesting thing here, I guess, is that it was called so early -- a rout, then, I imagine.

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Yarmuth ahead of Lally by 10,000 in KY-3. As mentioned below, an R win in this very-blue district would have been a sign of the super-wave. Alas, this particular sign seems to not be coming.

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Closing now. NOT Closing Now! Only parts of these states closed at 6. You still have ten minutes to vote in some parts.

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KY unofficial results.

Indiana results.

Drew says keep your eye on KY-3. If the R's take that, the rout may be on.

Here's Nate Silver's cheat sheet.

What does a rout mean? Well if KY-3 (Yarmth (D) v. Lally (R)) falls, for example, we're looking at the Super-Wave. If Yarmuth falls, we're looking at... 102 seats or so.

That is obviously a big "if." But right now I think we should probably be looking at the third column for hints.

Watch Baron Hill in IN-9. Two reasons: One, Baron Hill got into shit with Town Hall protesters over the summer of 09.

Two: a Baron Hill defeat signals a Big Wave. (But not the Super Wave-- for the Super Wave, we need a harder opponent to fall.)

If Baron Hill wins, we'll actually know we're heading for either just a small Wave or a big wave but probably not a Super Wave.

(Thanks to Drew for that.)

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