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Kirk (R) wins Obama's seat.
 
Senate 48 D 45 R with 2 Independents.

MSNBC is saying Lieberman may become a republican.
 
Dudley moves ahead....

Governor
View results by county

Votes Percent
_________________ _________________
John Kitzhaber (Democrat) 462,269 47.90%
Greg Kord (Constitution) 12,979 1.34%
Wes Wagner (Libertarian) 12,399 1.28%
Chris Dudley (Republican) 475,365 49.26%
Write-in Votes 1,988 0.21%
_________________ _________________
Totals: 965,000 100%
 
Another interesting note from MSNBC. They're saying the Tea Party at 37% support is weakest in Nevada and Illinois (I think Illinois). Anyhow, I remember posting a couple months ago that Tea Party support was in the low 20% range. They clearly picked up steam.
 
Kasich wins governor of Ohio. I think that's a sweep of every race in Ohio for the republicans.

Kasich is one of few republicans I have huge respect for.

Toomey declared winner of PA senate race by AP, MSNBC refuses to call it.
 
Oregon County Results »Exit Poll » 616 of 1000 Precincts Reporting
Party Candidate V% Votes
R Chris Dudley 49% 450,281
D John Kitzhaber 49% 448,499
 
Nevada County Results »Exit Poll » 629 of 2,121 Precincts Reporting
Party Candidate V% Votes
D Harry Reid* 51% 247,065
R Sharron Angle 44% 214,259
ND None Of These Candidates 2% 9,950
TE Scott Ashjian 1% 3,312
 
Senate 48 D 46 R 2 I

Republicans +6
 
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2010/11/02/republican-mark-kirk-wins-senate-race/

CHICAGO (CBS) – Republican Mark Kirk has captured the Senate seat once held by the president, dealing an embarrassing blow to Democrats, according to projected numbers from the Associated Press.

Despite only 96 percent of precincts reporting at 11:15 p.m., with Kirk leading 48 to 46 percent for Giannoulias, the AP projects a victory for Kirk.

Kirk defeated Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias in one of the nation’s ugliest and most closely watched Senate races to fill the Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.
 
REPUBLICANS WIN SENATE SEATS: AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, OH, OK, KY, KS, LA, MO, ND, NH, PA, SC, SD, WI...
DEMS WIN: CA, CT, DE, HI, MD, NY, OR, WV...
TOO CLOSE TO CALL: NV...
 
Colorado County Results »Exit Poll » 1,437 of 3,246 Precincts Reporting
Party Candidate V% Votes
D Michael Bennet* 48% 596,391
R Ken Buck 47% 587,743
 
I am surprised Duds is giving Kitz such a run. At 61% counted it's 49% a piece. Shocking, IMO.


Oregon County Results »Exit Poll » 616 of 1000 Precincts Reporting
Party Candidate V% Votes
R Chris Dudley 49% 450,533
D John Kitzhaber 49% 448,818
 
Harry Reid retains his seat.
 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_election_rdp

Tea time: Republicans locking up House control

WASHINGTON – Republicans marched toward House control Tuesday night in midterm elections shadowed by recession, locking up enough Democratic seats to install a conservative majority certain to challenge President Barack Obama at virtually every turn. Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner, his voice breaking with emotion, called the results "a repudiation of big government and a repudiation of politicians who refuse to listen to the people."

Despite gains, Republicans fell short in their effort to gain control of the Senate and take full command of Congress. They also wrested at least eight governorships from Democrats.

Boehner and his Republicans needed to gain 40 seats for a majority, and had exactly that number in hand a few minutes before midnight in the East. They led for another 24.
 
Colorado County Results »Exit Poll » 1,572 of 3,246 Precincts Reporting
Party Candidate V% Votes
R Ken Buck 49% 641,746
D Michael Bennet* 46% 610,997
 
LOL

Maddow saying Harry Reid's victory was devastating for the Republicans.

Wake up, Rachel. They won 85% of every election held today.
 
3 senate races left. Republicans +6.

Republicans will win Alaska. They're ahead in Colorado. They're behind in Washington.
 
It seems to my uneducated eye that Reid winning (and the D's keeping the Senate) will just make it very difficult for Obama to win in 2012 unless a big-time financial turnaround happens. The R's in 2012 can point to whatever bill they try to pass getting stonewalled in the Senate or vetoed and therefore stopping jobs from being created, taxed lowered, whatever. It's tougher if they control both and nothing gets done.

Also, it seems like many of the D's that lost today were moderates and Blue Dogs. IMO this means that you'll have a super-liberal D side going up against a Tea-infused R side on many of the issues.
 
So...is this country going to be gridlocked for the next 2 years?
 
Oddly, the people are voting for change.

It's a symptom of a larger problem: the electorate is dissatisfied with both parties. This is our third wave election in the past decade, going from the D to the R, the R to the D and now back from the D to the R. The moderates on each side are getting crushed and if the GOP blows it, the next step is a third party.
 

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