New Hampshire elects only Democratic female governor

The Senate

Networks and the Washington Post have called the hotly-contested Virginia Senate race in favor of Democrat Tim Kaine, who ran against former Sen. George Allen. Virginia's race is widely believed to likely follow the results of the presidential race, with voters unlikely to split the ticket.

NBC and CNN have projected victory in the Missouri Senate race for Democrat Claire McCaskill over Rep. Todd Akin, whose remarks on abortion appalled many Americans both inside and outside the state. Also, networks called the Massachusetts race for Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren over incumbent Sen. Scott Brown.

According to network projections, it is now mathematically impossible for Republicans to take back the Senate.

Both CNN and Fox News project Democrat Bob Casey to hold Pennsylvania's race over Republican Tom Smith; they are also projecting Democrat Joe Donnelly will defeat Robert Mourdock in Indiana.

Democrat Chris Murphy has won Connecticut's bombastic Senate race, defeating Republican and former WWE president Linda McMahon. Combined with her previous bid in 2010, McMahon has dropped $100 million of her own personal fortune to pursue a Senate seat.

Elsewhere, it's been a good night for Independents.? In Vermont, independent junior Senator Bernie Sanders has won re-election, while in Maine, former Governor Angus King has won the Senate seat of retiring GOP moderate Olympia Snowe.

Four other Democrats have also won re-election to the Senate: Bill Nelson in Florida, Sheldon Whitehouse in Rhode Island, Ben Cardin in Maryland and Tom Carper in Delaware. Meanwhile, in Tennessee, Republican Sen. Bob Corker held onto his seat.

The Senate races that remain toss-ups are in Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Republicans need a major upset to take over the Senate, winning all the seats where they are favored, four of the toss-ups and, if President Obama wins reelection and prevents Paul Ryan from becoming President of the Senate, also one formerly Democratic seat.

Certain contests remain intensely close, including those in North Dakota, Wisconsin and Montana, where polls show only 1 percentage point--or an even narrower margin--between the candidates.

The House

CNN has projected that the House of Representatives will remain in Republican control.

Networks have projected Joe Kennedy III as winner of Massachusetts' 4th congressional district.

In the House, with 435 districts, a few contests stand out: in Minnesota's 11th district, the former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is fighting an unexpectedly tough race against the Democratic challenger, Jim Graves.

In Utah's 4th district, Mia Love may become the first black, female Republican to serve in the House, if she wins the race against one of the last Blue Dog Democrats, Jim Matheson.

In Florida, the abusive race between Tea Party darling Allen West and Democrat Patrick Murphy remains a tossup in the 18th district.

Republican Bobby Schilling, a freshman congressman from the Tea Party movement, hopes to preserve his seat in Illinois' 17th district, against Democrat Cheri Bustos.

And California's 10th district sees a tight race between "Astro Jose" Jose Hernandez, former astronaut, and Jeff Denham, a Republican freshman.

Governors

New Hampshire elected the country's only female Democratic governor in Maggie Hassan, who defeated Ovide Lamontagne. In Vermont, Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin retained his seat. In Delaware, GOP candidate Jeff Cragg lost to Gov. Jack Markell.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/2012-house-senate-results-231006390--election.html

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