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Just a synopsis of where everything stands so far this morning:
The Democrats have taken the House. So far the count stands at 227 to 193, with 27 seats changing hands from Republican to Democrat. There are still a few races that have not been called.
The Senate is on the brink with the current count at 49 Republican and 49 Democrat (this includes Lieberman from CT). Four Republican incumbents have been defeated: McCaskill defeated Talent in MO, Brown defeated DeWine in OH, Casey defeated Santorum in PA, and Whitehouse defeated Chafee in RI. Two races are undecided: Montana, where Tester (D) is ahead of Burns (R) by a little over 1% (16,000 votes) after 88% of precincts reporting, and Virginia, where Webb (D) is ahead of Allen (R) by only 8,000 votes of approximately 2.3 million cast after 99% of precincts reporting. The Montana race has seen some electronic vote counting glitches, which is why it has yet to be called; also, supposedly because of the problems, a recount is being done in the largest county. In Virginia, it is not clear when the race will be called. There will definitely be a recount, and the race may also have to wait for the final absentee and provisional ballot counts.
UPDATE: MSNBC just called the Montana race for Tester.
UPDATE: So it's over, with Tester and Webb winning in their races, making the Senate 51 Dems, 49 Reps. Sweet!
The SD abortion ban was defeated, and the stem cell research amendment in MO passed. Most of the same-sex marriage amendments have passed, though possibly not in AZ (where the amendment to make English the official language did pass).
There are now 26 Democratic governors to 20 Republican, a switch of 6 so far (AR, CO, MA, MD, NY, and OH). Two races have yet to be called, MN and RI, though the Republican incumbents are currently ahead in both. Deval Patrick in MA became only the second African-American elected governor since Reconstruction.
I'll update these as they become available.
The Democrats have taken the House. So far the count stands at 227 to 193, with 27 seats changing hands from Republican to Democrat. There are still a few races that have not been called.
The Senate is on the brink with the current count at 49 Republican and 49 Democrat (this includes Lieberman from CT). Four Republican incumbents have been defeated: McCaskill defeated Talent in MO, Brown defeated DeWine in OH, Casey defeated Santorum in PA, and Whitehouse defeated Chafee in RI. Two races are undecided: Montana, where Tester (D) is ahead of Burns (R) by a little over 1% (16,000 votes) after 88% of precincts reporting, and Virginia, where Webb (D) is ahead of Allen (R) by only 8,000 votes of approximately 2.3 million cast after 99% of precincts reporting. The Montana race has seen some electronic vote counting glitches, which is why it has yet to be called; also, supposedly because of the problems, a recount is being done in the largest county. In Virginia, it is not clear when the race will be called. There will definitely be a recount, and the race may also have to wait for the final absentee and provisional ballot counts.
UPDATE: MSNBC just called the Montana race for Tester.
UPDATE: So it's over, with Tester and Webb winning in their races, making the Senate 51 Dems, 49 Reps. Sweet!
The SD abortion ban was defeated, and the stem cell research amendment in MO passed. Most of the same-sex marriage amendments have passed, though possibly not in AZ (where the amendment to make English the official language did pass).
There are now 26 Democratic governors to 20 Republican, a switch of 6 so far (AR, CO, MA, MD, NY, and OH). Two races have yet to be called, MN and RI, though the Republican incumbents are currently ahead in both. Deval Patrick in MA became only the second African-American elected governor since Reconstruction.
I'll update these as they become available.
