Noted San Francisco Assemblyman Mark Leno won the Democratic primary in the state Senate throne, taking it away from incumbent Carole Migden. With 81% of the precincts reporting, according to the Chronicle, Leno culled in an astounding 43% of the vote. (Whoa!) Nation and Migden took in in a dismal 29% and 28%, respectively.

And his victory party? Was at lounge, restaurant, and totally NOT a coke bar Lime over on Market Street. The place, it seems, was littered with gays (e.g., Tom Ammiano and Bevan Dufty) shouting "Leno, Leno, Leno" as he entered the room.

Oh, he also threw some shade at PG&E last night. "'All gay men should be outraged with PG&E tonight,'" he told the crowd.

That said, we will miss the cruelty of what was a nasty race between Leno and Migden. If you recall, Leno filed a complaint with the Fair Political Practices Commission, charging Migden with being all ADHD with her bookkeeping; saw a delightful night out at the Harvey Milk Democratic Club almost turn into an evening of fisticuffs; and briefly saw local alt weekly SFBG and Supervisor Chris Daly become frenemies.

Oh man. Like... wow. This is entertaining, exciting stuff.

Let's back up a bit: It all started last Friday after a not-so-innocent yet fraudulent slate card endorsing Migden boasting the SFBG logo (something SFist knows a little something about) showed up on doorknobs across the city. Of course, SFBG Editor Tim Redmond had to issue a WTF-we-didn't-do-this -shit post.

Also, and get this, Chris Daly was behind said slate card. Redmond says:

I called Sup. Chris Daly, who was behind the card, tonight and told him how unhappy I was, and he said he didn't care. "I'm unhappy, too," he said. "You endorsed Mark Leno, who is not a progressive."

Okay, we can argue that forever, but it's not the point. It's not cool to use the Guardian logo and (I hope) good name and reputation to confuse the voters.

But then in the comments is where it gets good. Real good.

Ever since that childish display of local politicking, all sides have been more or less civil and relatively respectful of one another. It goes without say how disappointed we are in both sides. Where's the name calling? Where are the sock puppeting commenters? Where's the unbridled hate? Sigh.

Anyway, our sources tell us that "[t]his is it. Migden will either get 60% of the vote to get the endorsement, or she won't and then nobody will get endorsed this go around." And if you're not attending one of the many open-bar holiday parties blessing bars and nightclubs around city, we highly recommend attending this endorsement meeting.

The Harvey Milk Club votes on endorsements for the February 2008 election and the June 2008 State Senate primary tomorrow, December 11, 7 p.m. to 9 at the Women's Building. Ladies, clip your nails; men, wear your cups. It might get dirty.

The Milk Club's (AKA the, ahem, HMLGBTDC) press release about tomorrow's meeting after the jump.