Pre-result musings ...

Little less than two hours until polls close. If there’s a surprise tonight, I’d look for it in the U.S. Senate Republican race.
Clark Durant has worked hard these past couple of weeks to try to close the gap with Pete Hoekstra.
Durant is all over the airwaves. Hoekstra seems to have made the decision to hold back, saving his resources for the fall campaign. If the polls were right, and his commanding lead was real, then that will end up being a smart move. Hoekstra will need a fat warchest to convince national donors he’s got a shot at upending Debbie Stabenaw in November.
But there were a lot of undecided voters coming in to Election Day, according to those same polls. Durant’s carpet bombing may have made a difference.
I’m not sure what to expect in the 11th District Congressional race. I voted in the district this morning. I was surprised Nancy Cassis, who is mounting a write-in campaign on the Republican side of the ticket, had no one outsidet my polling place explaining to voters how the write-in process works. I’m told her folks were out in force, but they weren’t there at my precinct this morning.
To win, she needed to have an army of volunteers out covering every polling place.
Turn-out seems light. That should help Cassis. Presumbably, informed voters are more motivated voters.
It should also help the DIA millage request, as well as the myriad local millage issues on the ballot.