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    Democrats Score Upsets in Key Races

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Resurgent Democrats toppled Republican senators in Pennsylvania and Ohio and gained ground in the House Tuesday, challenging for control of Congress in midterm elections shaped by an unpopular war in Iraq and scandal at home.

    Aided by public dissatisfaction with President Bush, Democrats also elected governors in New York, Ohio and Massachusetts for the first time in more than a decade.

    "Let's give a big cheer to the American people," said House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi - in line to become speaker if her party won the House - as the returns rolled in.

    In a remarkable comeback, Sen. Joe Lieberman won a new term in Connecticut - dispatching Ned Lamont and winning when it counted most against the man who prevailed in a summertime primary. Lieberman ran as an independent, but will side with the Democrats when he returns to Washington.

    Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania became the first Republican senator to fall to the Democrats, losing his seat after two conservative terms to Bob Casey Jr., the state treasurer.

    In Ohio, Sen. Mike DeWine lost to Rep. Sherrod Brown, a liberal seven-term lawmaker.

    In the battle for control of the House, Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., and Anne Northup of Kentucky both lost to their Democratic challengers.
    Hostettler, Santorum and DeWine all won their seats in the Republican landslide of 1994, the year the GOP won control of the House they were in danger of surrendering in this election.

    All 435 House seats were on the ballot along with 33 Senate races, elections that Democrats sought to make a referendum on the president's handling of the war, the economy and more.

    Democrats piled up early gains among the 36 statehouse races on the ballot.

    In Ohio, Rep. Ted Strickland defeated Republican Ken Blackwell with ease to become the state's first Democratic governor in 16 years. Deval Patrick triumphed over Republican Kerry Healey in Massachusetts, and will become the state's first black chief executive. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer won the New York governor's race in a landslide.

    Surveys of voters at their polling places nationwide suggested Democrats were winning the support of independents by a margin of almost 2-to-1, and middle-class voters were leaving Republicans behind.

    About six in 10 voters said they disapproved of the way President Bush is handling his job, and roughly the same percentage opposed the war in Iraq. They were more inclined to vote for Democratic candidates than for Republicans.

    In even larger numbers, about three-quarters of voters said scandals mattered to them in deciding how to vote, and they, too, were more likely to side with Democrats. The surveys were taken by The Associated Press and the networks.

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    Latest Races Called by AP

    The latest Senate and governor races called by the Associated Press include Senate seats in Connecticut, New York, Maryland and North Dakota governors in South Carolina, Georgia, New Mexico, Michigan and Arizona.

    SENATE:
    Joe Lieberman-I elected in Connecticut
    Hillary Rodham Clinton-D elected in New York
    Ben Cardin-D elected in Maryland
    Herb Kohl-D elected in Wisconsin
    Kent Conrad-D elected in North Dakota
    Craig Thomas-R elected in Wyoming
    Ben Nelson-D elected in Nebraska
    Sherrod Brown-D elected in Ohio
    Debbie Stabenow-D elected in Michigan
    Kay Bailey Hutchison-R elected in Texas
    Amy Klobuchar-D elected in Minnesota
    Jeff Bingaman-D elected in New Mexico
    Ben Nelson-D elected in Nebraska
    Debbie Stabenow-D elected in Michigan
    Robert Menendez-D elected in New Jersey
    Bob Casey-D elected in Pennsylvania
    Thomas Carper-D elected in Delaware
    Trent Lott-R elected in Mississippi
    Bernie Sanders-I elected in Vermont
    Richard Lugar-R elected in Indiana
    Robert Byrd-D elected in West Virginia
    Olympia Snowe-R elected in Maine
    Bill Nelson-D elected in Florida
    Edward Kennedy-D elected in Massachusetts
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    Governor:

    Mark Sanford-R elected in South Carolina
    Sonny Perdue-R elected in Georgia
    Bill Richardson-D elected in New Mexico
    Jennifer Granholm-D elected in Michigan
    Janet Napolitano-D elected in Arizona
    Mike Rounds-R elected in South Dakota
    Dave Heineman-R elected in Nebraska
    Dave Freudenthal-D elected in Wyoming
    Eliot Spitzer-D elected in New York
    Brad Henry-D elected in Oklahoma
    Ted Strickland-D elected in Ohio
    Deval Patrick-D elected in Massachusetts
    M. Jodi Rell-R elected in Connecticut
    Ed Rendell-D elected in Pennsylvania
    Phil Bredesen-D elected in Tennessee
    John Lynch-D elected in New Hampshire
    Rod Blagojevich-D elected in Illinois
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    CBS is reporting the dems have picked up 9 of the 15 seats they need to take the house
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    I really feel bad for Rick Santorum.

    He was payback for Tom Daschle two years ago.

    Wouldn't it be rich if the tally is 50/50, with Lieberman the 50th Dem.

    what will Lieberman exact?

    Senate Majority Leader and two Senate Chairmanships?
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    DEMS NEED: +3 TO TAKE SENATE
    DEMS NEED: +7 TO TAKE HOUSE


    acording to drudge
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    Interesting how the South is becoming yet more the Republican stronghold.

    Repub losses in a swath from New England through the Midwest.

    But the Senate seats in Virginia and Tenn. are maintained and Repubs take two Dem House seats in Georgia.

    How strange to say "the Solid South" and "Republican in the same sentence.

    Too early to say how the West is falling.
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    will be interesting to see how this plays out
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    DEMS NEED: +3 TO TAKE SENATE
    DEMS NEED: +5 TO TAKE HOUSE
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    Tightest race right now

    VA SEN [93.66% IN]
    R- ALLEN 1,070,640 49.79%
    D- WEBB 1,053,602 49.00%
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    Now I know why those little old ladies said "Ut oh" when steven entered the polling place

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    Republicans hold key House seat in Florida

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Vern Buchanan defeated Democrat Christine Jennings on Tuesday to fill the Florida congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Katherine Harris and give his party a key win in its drive to keep control of the House of Representatives.

    Projections by television network Fox and CBSNews.com showed Buchanan, a businessman, defeated Jennings, a retired banker. Harris, who played a key role in the disputed 2000 presidential election as Florida's Republican secretary of state, gave up her House seat to make a run for the Senate.

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    senate break down so far

    Repub 46
    Dem 43
    Indepen 2
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    just in ....

    Tom Reynolds 53%
    Jack Davis 47%

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    Msnbc is projecting house finishing

    Dems 231
    Repubs 204
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