Well yesterday was a great day for the Democratic Party. Congratulations to them gaining the U.S. House of Representitives and most likely the U.S. Senate. Nancy Pelosi will become the first female Speaker of the U.S. House and Harry Reid will most likely be Majority Leader is the senate. Races across the country were decided by just a few votes. The Democrats in the Senate picked up Pennsylvania with a Casey win, Ohio win with a Brown win, Rhode Island with a Whitehouse win, Missouri with a McCaskill win, and Montana with a Tester win. The control of the senate comes down to one race. The Virginia U.S. Senate Race will decide who controls the senate in 2007-2009. Incumbant GOP U.S. Senator George Allen and Dem. Challeger and fmr. U.S. Naval Secretary are going at it with inly about 6-7,000 votes separating them from each other. Webb currently holds the lead and votes are still being counted. Allen has yet to call a recount, but he might in the next few hours and days. Webb will most likely win this race, and give the control of the Senate to the Democrats. For the first time in over 16 years democrats gain control of governorships. This was no surprise. In Montana, Sen. Conrad Burns has yet to concede to Jon Tester, although that race was called about 4 hours ago. In Virgina Webb has called victory and Allen says votes are still being counted, so he will not give up. Lawyers are lining up in Virginia to decide the fait of the U.S. Senate. Democrats gained almost twice as many house seats neede to gain control of the house, and ten have yet to be called. In the Wyoming U.S. House Race no winner has been called and the Associated Press says it is too close to call. Incumbant Barbara Cubin holds a slim 970 vote lead over Democratic Businessman Gary Trauner. They have left automatic recount territory and in a week from now a commission will meet to see if a recount is needed and if Cubin will win reelection.
2006 U.S. Midterm Election Results as of now
U.S. Senate
DEM 48
GOP 49
Indies 2 (both will caucus with dems)
Undecided 1
U.S. House
DEM 229
GOP 196
Undecided 10
Governorships
DEM 28
GOP 22
U.S. Senate Races
X=winner
Missouri 98% Reporting
X (D)Claire McCaskill 1,o28,920 49%
(R)Jim Talent 987,383 48%
Tennessee 99% Reporting
X (R)Bob Corker 927,343 51%
(D)Harold Ford Jr. 877,716 48%
Virginia 99% Reporting (Too close to call) NBC Calls Webb winner, but it hasn't been confirmed.
-(D)Jim Webb 1,172,541 50%
-(R)George Allen 1,165,324 49%
New Jersey 99% Reporting
X (D)Bob Menendez 1,162,054 53%
(R)Tom Kean Jr. 975,389 45%
Rhode Island 100% Reporting
X (D)Sheldon Whitehouse 205,274 53%
(R)Lincoln Chafee 174,548 47%
Maryland 98% Reporting
X (D)Ben Cardin 847,238 54%
(R)Michael Steele 683,187 44%
Ohio 100% Reporting
X (D)Sherrod Brown 2,133,690 56%
(R)Michael DeWine 1,680,999 44%
Pennsylvania 99% Reporting
X (D)Bob Casey Jr. 2,342,315 59%
(R)Rick Santorum 1,1651,549 41%
Connecticut 100% Reporting
X (I)Joe Lieberman 562,850 50%
(D)Ned Lamont 448,077 40%
R)Alan Schlesinger 109,329 10%
Montana 100% Reporting
X (D)Jon Tester 198,302 49%
(R)Conrad Burns 185,455 48%
State Governors
Florida 99% Reporting
X (R)Charlie Crist 2,480,636 52%
(D)Jim Davis 2,144,359 45%
California 99% Reporting
X(R)Arnold Schwarrzenegger 3,806,582 56%
(D)Phil Angelides 2,672,899 39%
(G)Peter Camejo 155,426 2%
Texas 99% Reporting
X(R)Rick Perry 1,715,324 39%
(D)Chris Bell 1,309,828 30%
(I)Carole Staryhorn 789,700 18%
(I)Kinky Friedman 553,493 12%
(L)Werner 26,750 1%
Alaska 100% Reporting
X(R)Sarah Palin 99,619 49%
(D)Tony Knowles 83,640 41%
No other election results sorry!
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