More Liveblogging: CA-50

Results as they come in:

1:03 (All times Central):

24.8% reporting

Bilbray (R) 50.02%

Busby (D) 44.05%

Margins holding steady since the first returns.

1:08:

From sandiegovote.org, by the way.

30.2% in.

Bilbray (R) 49.67%

Busby (D) 44.52%

Bilbray's first dip below 50%, but the votes aren't going to Busby. The Minuteman third-partyer is supposedly siphoning votes away from Bilbray. Ongoing . . .

1:14:

This from a Koskid:

The GOP can't be happy if they win by such small margin after spending that much cash!

Sarah Silverman said it best: When life gives you AIDS, make Lemon-aids.

Still, rather close.

1:26:

Koskidz flipping.

35.6% in

Bilbray (R) 49.80%

Busby (D) 44.44%

And, clearing up a question raised, the plurality is all that is necessary.

1:40:

42.4% in

Bilbray (R) 49.59%

Busby (D) 44.74%

Three-tenths of a percent change hands. Time to visit the netroots . . .

1:48:

Is it so cool that someone running for Congress--a Dem nominated for CA-4--is named Charlie Brown? If only his opponent were Lucy Van Pelt.

1:52:

New numbers.

46.4% reporting

Bilbray (R) 49.67%

Busby (D) 44.70%

A more-or-less five-percent margin holds about halfway through.