More numbers in at 11:00pm PDT (now 66%), with just a slight uptick for Busby:

FRANCINE BUSBY       45963       43.28%

BRIAN P. BILBRAY       16268       15.32%

ERIC ROACH       15197       14.31%

Update [2006-4-12 1:38:33 by sdf]:

At 10:30 PDT, with 22% tallied, they are relatively steady at:

FRANCINE BUSBY       33399       42.88%

BRIAN P. BILBRAY       11826       15.18%

ERIC ROACH       10848       13.93%

(Original post follows)

Results are beginning to stream in from the special election in California's 50th District to replace disgraced Republican criminal congressman Duke Cunningham.  (We should have a special script key for the phrase "disgraced Republican criminal congressman.")

Democrat Fran Busby has led in polls in this heavily Republican district, but in this heavily contested special election (with 18 candidates in the contest) a majority is needed to avoid a runoff scheduled for June 6th.  (See Chris Bowers's earlier thorough rundown for more details.)

As of 10:05 PDT, with 7% tallied, the results are

FRANCINE BUSBY (D)       29037       42.19%
BRIAN P. BILBRAY (R)       10043       14.59%
ERIC ROACH (R)       9652       14.02%

With everyone else below 10%

More updates will hopefully follow.

-- Stu