Washington Post: "Democrats recaptured the House last night, defeating Republican incumbents in every region of the country, and were close to gaining control of the Senate in midterm elections dominated by war, scandal and President Bush's leadership."
New York Times: "Democrats seized control of the House of Representatives and defeated at least four Republican senators yesterday, riding a wave of voter discontent with President Bush and the war in Iraq. But the fate of the Senate remained in doubt this morning, as races for Republican-held seats in Montana and Virginia remained too close to call as Election Day turned into the day after."
Los Angeles Times: "Two years after reelecting President Bush and affirming the Republican dominance of Washington, voters handed the president and his party a stinging rebuke Tuesday, giving Democrats control of the House for the first time in 12 years in a campaign overshadowed by deepening public disapproval of the Iraq war."
Wall Street Journal: "Democrats seized control of the House of Representatives in a bitter midterm election and came tantalizingly close to taking the Senate as vote counts in close races continued well past midnight."
USA Today: "Democrats took over the House in Tuesday's midterm elections but Senate control might take weeks to decide, in an election shaped by voter discontent with President Bush and the direction of the Iraq war."
Senate Pick Ups: OH, PA, RI, MO
House Pick Ups: AZ 05, AZ 08, CO 07, CT 05, FL 16, FL 22, IN 02, IN 08, IN 09, IA 01, IA 02, KY 03, KS 02, MN 01, NC 08, NY 19, NY 20, NY 24, NH 01, NH 02, NC 11, OH 18, PA 04, PA 07, PA 10, TX 22, WI 08, CA 11
Recounts: CT 02, FL 13, GA 08, IA 02, NM 01, NC 08, PA 06, PA 08, WY AL
Run-offs: TX 23
Key fact: It appears that for the first time in history, a party (the Democrats) did not lose a single Senate, Governor or House seat it was defending.
November 8, 2006
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