Pardon us in advance, for we are drunk in covering these election results. Scott Moore is at the Yes on 49 campaign at the Kennedy School, Unpaid Intern Jenny Furniss is spearheading the Yes on 50 campaign at the Benson Hotel, and I’m at the office, smoking (for the children!) and reporting on the results.

Speaking of the results! We have our first batch of number from Multnomah County, and the results are good:

Measure 49, in Multnomah County, is killing, almost 76% to 22% (who the hell is doing the math on this shit? That’s not anywhere near 100%).

And measure 50—the measure on which I’m smoking for the chillins—is currently winning in our own county, 57% to 43%.

A caveat: Multnomah County is not representative of the state, and these numbers are bound to change dramatically as more voters’—more voters from outside of liberal Multnomah County—ballots are counted.

Stay tuned—Scott and Jenny will call in shortly with the scene from the Yes campaigns….

And here they are!

“The gym here at the Kennedy is absolutely packed, and I was just in the Yes on 49 mosh pit,” says Scott Moore. “I had to squeeze my way to the front to see the results, and it was like I was 15 and seeing the Ramones, and I had to elbow my way past a bunch of middle aged punk rockers to see the front, but tonight I had to edge my way past a bunch of middle aged environmentalists to see the results.”

There’s a beer line and a snack line, Scott says, both of which are virtually impossible to get through. People are clearly excited about the results, but the current returns are Multnomah county, so it’s anyone’s game.

For some bizarre reason, the Secretary of State’s office isn’t posting statewide results in a findable location (wtf?)—we’re working on it—but KGW is reporting that “In early returns, Measure 49 on Property Rights was leading with 67 percent voting yes to 33 percent voting no, with 33 percent of precincts counted. The Measure 50 Tobacco Tax was trailing, with 53 percent voting no and 47 percent yes, with 33 percent of precincts counted.”

Measure 50—it appears that Multnomah County is the only area that Measure 50 is passing in, says Scott, but it’s incredibly unclear if Multnomah County’s lead is enough to carry the measure statewide.

“It seems like statewide, Measure 50 is losing, but the crowd is upbeat,” reports Jenny from the Benson Hotel, where she’s noshing on roast vegetables, and sandwich hors d’oeuvres.

OregonLive, which clearly has more resources than we do to tablulate the various counties, is reporting that Measure 49 is winning (yay!) and Measure 50 is losing (why am I smoking?): “Measure 49, which scales back land development, is passing, 64.5 percent to 35.5 percent, in partial returns. But Measure 50, which would raise tobacco taxes to pay for children’s health care and other programs, is losing, 57.7 percent to 42.3 percent.”

Jenny just called in from the Benson Hotel, where Governor Ted Kulongoski took the mic shortly before 9 pm to give a concession speech. “We lost the battle, but we will win that war,” was the theme of his talk.

“We’re going to win this in the long run, this is the first round, I believe that all Oregonians believe that children are entitled to health care,” Kulongoski said.

The governor spoke about the amazing amount “each vote cost the tobacco industry,”—$22 per vote, last I saw—”a large investment for a few number of votes.”

Kulongoski, of course, invoked the children: “There’s a sense that Oregon doesn’t want to take care of children,” he said, but even though Measure 50 is losing, “That doesn’t mean Oregonians’ don’t want health care for kids.” Jenny’s tracking down folks with the Measure 50 campaign, to find out what Plan B is for funding kids’ health care.

The general sentiment, she says, is that “this is just the first round, we will regroup, we wil find a way to provide health care fot the children of this state.” In the meantime, Measure 50 supporters are partying like it’s a high school reunion without the music—and with kids hanging out in the Benson Hotel ballroom.

More from Kulongoski: “The tobacco industrsy won this battle, but they will not win the war. We’re fighting for the future of the children of this state. Join with me to find a solution to find health care for every child in this state.” Can’t wait to hear what that solution is, Ted.

Across the ballroom Jenny reports that there are plenty of Measure 50 supporters who are “annoyed that the governor threw in the towel, that the governor already gave a concession speech.” Others are still feigning excitement—and acting like they’re in denial that Measure 50 is going down—chatting each other up, hugging, and smiling in a room topped with a dozen chandeliers. There’s an open bar, and people are taking advantage of free wine and beer, plus crudites and French cheese. “Nothing amazing,” Jenny reports.

And, of course, there are kids running around the Measure 50 party.

The 8:48 Multnomah Country results are in: 49’s winning locally by 77 to 22 (Matt Davis, you owe me $5), and 50’s winning locally by 56 to 43.

10 pm update: The spread on both Measures is similar, roughly 60 to 40 on each, with M49 winning and M50 losing. Gov. Kulongoski has made the rounds, vowing that the fight for statewide children’s healthcare isn’t over at the M50 party, and congratulating the M49 party. And with that, we’re going to call it a night.