[Ayatollahgondola]

this may be an anomoly, but I've clicked on the results for the AIP governors results, and nightingale is ahead, but not by as much as I would have thought. Markham Robinson, her opponent did little to no campaigning in comparison to the blowhardiness of nightingale with her perpetual emails, public appearances, and radio broadcasts. For a guy who wasn't applying any real effort, he has been trailing her by a small margin in many counties thus far.
But the real surprise is how many write-in votes there were in the AIP Governor race. Large percentage really

alameda county
Chelene Nightingale 298 36.70
Markham Robinson 273 33.62
Write-in 241 29.68


Amador County

GOVERNOR
Vote for Not More Than 1
MARKHAM ROBINSON . . . . . . . . 43 33.33
CHELENE NIGHTINGALE . . . . . . . 49 37.98
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 37 28.68
Total . . . . . . . . . 129
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 62

Calaveras

Governor - Primary - American Independent
Vote for 1

VOTES PERCENT
Chelene Nightingale 42 47.73%
Markham Robinson 22 25%
Write-In 24 27.27%


CHELENE NIGHTINGALE (AIP) 41.82% 450
MARKHAM ROBINSON (AIP) 30.58% 329
WRITE-IN (AIP) 27.60% 297
1,076


Imperial county
AI - GOVERNOR
50/124 40.32%
Vote Count Percent
CHELENE NIGHTINGALE 35 41.67%
MARKHAM ROBINSON 35 41.67%
WRITE-IN 14 16.67%
Total 84 100.00%


Madera County

Governor
AIP
Completed Precincts: 83 of 83
Vote Count Percentage
CHELENE NIGHTINGALE 140 51.3%
MARKHAM ROBINSON 88 32.2%
Write-in candidate(s) 45 16.5%

Marin County

CHELENE NIGHTINGALE 121 39.16%
MARKHAM ROBINSON 108 34.95%
Write-in Votes 80 25.89%


Mendocino county

the write in's surpassed the vested candidates?

CHELENE NIGHTINGALE 51 35.66%
MARKHAM ROBINSON 29 20.28%
Write-in Votes 63 44.06%



I can't remember seeing such a large percentage of write-in before

this is just a sampling of course, but that percentage of write-ins shows that either some were clearly not happy with either candidate, or...they decided to cross party lines and vote republican to actually make their vote make a difference this time.