The Democratic Debacle — and What It Means
With the Democrats suffering the worst off-year drubbing since (yikes!) 1938, in 2012 Barack Obama will face an electorate that has already made a sharp turn right. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Michael Bennet Claims Win in Colorado With 15,000-Vote Lead
GOP challenger Ken Buck's Senate campaign says it's studying unreported returns and provisional ballots. Colorado law requires a margin of less than 4,000 votes to trigger an automatic recount. Permalink | Email this | Linking&...
Patty Murray Holds Slim Lead Over Dino Rossi in Washington Senate Race
With 62 percent of the state reporting, Sen. Patty Murray leads Republican challenger Dino Rossi by 14,000 votes. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Chances Look Good in Alaska
Filed under: 2010 Elections, Tea PartyIt's still too soon to tell, but early returns appeared to show that the Republican did the improbable and ran a successful write-in campaign to hang onto her Senate seat. Permalink | Email this ...
Republican Mark Kirk Wins Obama’s Old Senate Seat
Filed under: 2010 ElectionsThe battle for the Senate seat in Illinois the president once held centered on character more than ideology, and the race had been deadlocked in the polls most of the year. Permalink | Email this | Li...
Arkansas Flips to Red as Blanche Lincoln Falls to Republican John Boozman
Filed under: Health Care, 2010 ElectionsThe state's senior senator faced a wave of anti-incumbency, and her opponent painted her as too cozy with the White House in a state where the majority of voters do not approve of the current administration. ...
Palin’s ‘Mama Grizzlies’ Fight Hard, but O’Donnell Is Out
Filed under: Senate, Republicans, 2010 Elections, Conservatives, CampaignsRepublicans appeared well on their way to reclaiming the House Tuesday night, but results for Sarah Palin's corps of half a dozen conservative "Mama Grizzlies" were less certain....
Schumer and Gillibrand Win Senate Races in New York
New York stays Democratic as Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand trounce weak GOP opposition. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Comfortable Marco Rubio Wins Florida Senate Race Over Crist, Meek
Longtime state legislator and rising Republican star Marco Rubio cruises to a comfortable victory for the open Senate seat, besting Florida's sitting governor, Republican-turned-independent Charlie Crist, and Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek. Permali...
