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New Mexico [+]
[Primary June 1]. >
Registered Voters:
1,152,971 [Dem.
570,659
(49.50%)
Rep.
367,638
(31.89%)
Other
32,999
(2.86%)
Decline to State 181,621 (15.75%)].
Governor: In the
race to succeed term-limited Gov. Bill Richardson (D), Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez (R) defeated Lt. Gov. Diane
Denish
(D) by 53.4% to 46.3%.
U.S. House: Balance
goes from 3D-0R to 2D-1R; one new member
elected. In the 2nd CD (southern half of the state, went 50% to
49% for McCain in 2008), former
Rep.
Steve Pearce (R), who left
the House to pursue an unsuccessful 2008 U.S. Senate campaign, defeated
freshman Rep. Harry
Teague
(D) by 55.6 to 44.4%. In the 1st CD (Albuquerque, 60% to 40%
for Obama), freshman Rep. Martin
Heinrich
(D) defeated Jon Barela (R) by 51.7% to
48.3%. In the 3rd
CD (northern half of the state, 61% to 38% for Obama), freshman Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D) defeated
Tom Mullins (R).
Legislature: Democrats
maintained
control
of
both
chambers;
the Senate stayed at 27D-15R while the House went
from 45D-25R to 37D-33R.
Republicans
pick up one U.S. House seat.
New York [+]
[Primary September 14].
Registered Voters: 10,680,536 [Dem. 5,277,865
(49.42%)
Rep. 2,693,919 (25.22%) Ind'pce 381,502 (3.57%)
Cons'v. 137,069 (1.28%) WF 36,554 (0.34%) Grn.
18,711 (0.18%) Lib. 2,419 RTH 3 SWP 78
Others 2,132,416 (19.97%)].
Governor: Attorney General Andrew
Cuomo (D), who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination in 2002, trounced Carl Paldino (R), who
upset former Rep. Rick Lazio in the primary; other candidates in the
race included Howie
Hawkins (G) and Warren Redlich
(L).
U.S. Senate: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) defeated political strategist Jay
Townsend
(R), Randy Credico
(L) and Colia Clark (G)
to win a third term. Sen. Kirsten
Gillibrand
(D) was elected to fill out the term of the seat
formerly held by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D). Although Gillibrand
was seen as vulnerable early in the cycle, she easily defeated former Rep. Joe
DioGuardi
(R), Cecile
Lawrence (G) and John Clifton (L).
U.S. House: Balance goes from 26D, 2R,
1v to...? As of Nov. 23 one race remain
undecided.
-1st
CD
(Long
Island):
Rep.
Tim Bishop (D) narrowly leads businessman Randy
Altschuler (R). This is the last House race to be
calledl.
A preliminary count gave Bishop a lead of about 3,500 votes.
Recanvassing turned up an error, and Altschuler led by several hundred
votes. Following counting of absentee ballots Bishop leads by 235
votes, but there are challenged ballots to be considered.
-13 CD (all of State Island plus some neighborhoods in Brooklyn): Businessman and former FBI agent Michael Grimm (R)
defeated freshman Rep. Mike
McMahon
(D).
-19th CD (Southeast NY including West Point): Opthamologist Nan Hayworth
(R) defeated Rep. John
Hall
(D), who was first elected in 2006.
-20th CD (Upstate along I-87): Army
veteran
Chris Gibson (R)
defeated freshman Rep. Scott Murphy (D),
elected
in
a
March
2009
special
election
(Gillibrand
seat).
-24th CD (Upstate including Utica): Businessman
Richard Hanna (R)
came close in 2008, and this time he defeated Rep. Michael Arcuri (D) +, who was first elected in 2006.
-25th CD (Upstate including Syracuse): Attorney
Ann Marie Buerkle (R)
narrowly defeated freshman
Rep.
Dan
Maffei
(D). The outcome remained unclear
for three weeks as recanvassing and counting of absentee ballots
proeceded; Maffei conceded on Nov. 21.
Most observers had predicted a Maffei win.
-29th CD (Western NY district vacant due to the resignation of Rep.
Eric Massa (D)): former
Corning
Mayor
Tom Reed (R) defeated Afghan war veteran Matt
Zeller
(D).
Democrats were able to win one of the more contested races.
-23rd
CD
(Northern
NY
from
Lake
Ontario
to
Vermont):
In
2009
a special election debacle resulted
in a Democratic congressman representing the region the first time
since the Civil War. Rep
Bill Owens
(D) managed to defeat investment banker Matt
Doheny
(R).
Legislature: A number of seats are not yet
decided. Democrats maintain control of the House by a wide
margin, but Republicans could win control of the Senate. The
balance
went
from
32D-29R-1v
and
107D-42R-1v
to
30R-29D-3undecided
and
100D-48R-2undecided.
Republicans
pick
up at least six U.S. House seats. One U.S. House
race and a number of legislative seats undecided.
North Carolina [+]
[Primary May 4
Runoff June 22].
Registered Voters: 6,195,310 [Dem. 2,767,127
(44.66%)
Rep. 1,956,675
(31.58%) Lib. 9,176 Unaffil. 1,452,332 (23.44%)].
U.S. Senate:
Sen. Richard Burr (R) defeated Sec. of State Elaine
Marshall
(D), who won the June 22 runoff; and management consultant
Dr. Mike Beitler (L) by 54.8% to 43.0% and 2.1%.
U.S.
House:
Balance
goes
from
8D-5R to 7D-6R. In an upset in
the 2nd CD (largely rural district that arcs around Raleigh), nurse Renee Ellmers (R),
a Tea Party favorite, defeated seven-term Rep. Bob Etheridge (D)
(first elected in 1996).
Etheridge probably cost himself his re-election in June 2010, when he was caught on video pushing a
videographer who asked him if he supported the Obama agenda.
Legislature: Republicans won control of both chambers; the Senate went
from 30D-20R to 31R-19D and the House from 68D-52R to 67R-52D. According the
NCSL, the North Carolina Senate has not been Republican since
1870.
Republicans pick up one U.S.
House seat and two legislative
chambers.
North Dakota [+]
[Primary June 8].
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U.S. Senate: Gov.
John Hoeven (R) routed state Sen. Tracy
Potter
(D) and Keith Hanson (L) by 76.1% to 22.2% and 1.6% to fill
the seat held by retiring Sen. Byron Dorgan (D).
U.S. House: State
Sen.
Rick Berg (R) defeated Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D) by
54.7% to 44.9%.
Legislature: Republicans
strengthened
their
majorities
in
both
chambers,
going
from
26R-21D
to
35R-15D in the
Senate and
from 58R-36D to 69R-25D in the House.
Republicans
pick up U.S. Senate seat and U.S. House seat.
Ohio [+]
[Primary May 4]. >
Republicans largely recouped their losses of the past two
cycles.
Registered Voters: 8,042,345. Ballots
Cast: 3,856,203.
Governor: Former Rep. John Kasich (R)
defeated
Gov. Ted Strickland (D) in
his
bid for a second term by a 49.3% to 46.7% margin. Republicans
also swept the other four state offices.
U.S. Senate: In the race to fill the seat held by
retiring Sen. George Voinovich (R), former
Rep.,
U.S.
Trade
Representative
and
OMB
Director
Rob
Portman
(R) defeated Lt. Gov. Lee
Fisher
(D) by 57.3% to 39.0%; other votes
went to Eric Deaton (C), Michael
Price (I) and Dan La Botz (Soc.).
U.S. House: Balance
goes from 10D-8R to 13R-5D; five new members
elected.
-1st CD (Cincinnati):in a
rematch former
Rep. Steve
Chabot (R) defeated freshman Rep. Steve
Driehaus
(D) by 52.4%
to 45.1%.
-6th CD (long strip of counties in Eastern Ohio along WV): retired Air
Force
Officer
and
businessman
Bill
Johnson (R) defeated Rep. Charlie Wilson (D),
first elected in 2006, by 50.3% to 45.1%.
-15th CD (Columbus): in a
rematch Iraq veteran and former state Sen. Steve
Stivers
(R) defeated freshman Rep. Mary
Jo
Kilroy
(D) lost by 54.6% to 40.1%.
-16th CD (Northeastern Ohio including Canton): businessman
and
former
Wadsworth
Mayor Jim Renacci (R) defeated freshman Rep. John
Boccieri (D) by
52.2% to 41.1%.
-18th CD (Chillicothe to New
Philadelphia):
state Sen. Bob Gibbs (R) defeated Rep. Zack Space
(D), first elected in 2006, by 53.9% to 40.4%.
Democrats were able to stave off
Republicans in one targeted race.
-13th CD (Northeast Ohio): Rep. Betty
Sutton (D), first
elected in 2006, defeated
Tom Ganley (R) by 55.5% to
44.5%.
Legislature: Republicans picked up the House,
going from 56D-46R to
59R-40D; they also
added a couple of seats in the Senate, going from 21R-12D to 23R-10D.
Republicans
pick up the governorship, five U.S. House seats, and one legislative
chamber.
Oklahoma [+]
[Primary July 27
Runoff Aug. 24].
Governor: Rep. Mary
Fallin (R) defeated Lt. Gov. Jari
Askins (D) by 60.5% to 39.6% in the race to succeed term-limited
Gov. Brad Henry (D).
U.S. Senate: Sen.
Tom Coburn (R) had
no trouble in his bid for a second term, gaining just over 70% of the
vote to defeat retired schoolteacher Jim Rogers (D) and independents Stephen Wallace and Ronald Dwyer.
U.S. House: In the open 5th CD, James
Lankford (R), who until
recently served as director of the Falls Creek summer camp, won the
Aug. 24 runoff and went
on
to
a
solid
win
over
attorney
Billy
Coyle
(D).
Legislature:
Republicans strengthened their majorities in both chambers; the Senate
went from 26R-22D to 32R-16D and the House from 62R-39D to 70R-31D.
More: Oklahoma
voters decided 11 state ballot questions, more than in any other state.
Republicans
pick
up
the
governorship.
Oregon [+]
[Primary May 18].
Registered Voters:
2,072,306. Ballots Cast: 1,461,444.
Governor: In the race
to succeed term-limited Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D), former Gov. John
Kitzhaber (D), who served two terms (elected in 1994 and 1998),
defeated former NBA player Chris
Dudley (R) by 49.3% to 47.7% with Greg
Kord
(C) and Wes Wagner (L)
each getting a bit over 1%.
U.S. Senate: Sen. Ron
Wyden
(D), first elected in a Jan. 1996 special election, defeated law professor Jim
Huffman (R) by 57.3% to 39.2%; three other candidates obtained a
bit over 1% each.
U.S. House: The closest House race was in the 5th CD (centered on
Salem), where freshman Rep. Kurt
Schrader (D) defeated state Rep. Scott Bruun (R) by 51.3%
to 45.9%.
Legislature: The Senate went from 18D-12R to 15D-13R and 2undecided and
the House from 36D-24R
to 30D-30R.
More: Oregonians
voted on seven ballot measures.
Republicans tie
in one legislative chamber.
Pennsylvania [+]
[Primary May 18]. >
Republicans achieved their broadest gains
in Pennsylvania. However, at least in most races, Pennsylvania
voters had only two choices because the Democratic and Republican
parties used state laws to challenge third party and independent
candidates.(>)
Governor: In the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Ed Rendell (D), Attorney General Tom
Corbett
(R) bested Allegheny
County Exec. Dan Onorato (D) by 55%
to 45%.
U.S. Senate:
Party-switcher Sen. Arlen Specter (D) was
supposed to win this race, but Rep. Joe
Sestak
(D) defeated him in the primary. However, in November former Rep. Pat
Toomey (R) edged to a narrow win over Sestak, 51% to 49%.
U.S. House: Balance goes from 12D-7R
to
12R-7D; five new
members elected.
-3rd CD (Erie
area): freshman Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper (D)
lost to auto dealer Mike
Kelly
(R) by 55.5% to 44.5%. In 2008 Dahlkemper defeated
incumbent Rep. Phil English (R) by 51.2% to 48.8% while the district
went narrowly for McCain by 49%-%49%.
-7th CD (greater Philly area; open Sestak seat): state Rep. Bryan Lentz (D)
lost to former U.S. Attorney Pat
Meehan
(R) and Jim Schneller (I)
by 54.9% to 44.1%
-8th CD (Philadelphia area including all of Bucks County): Rep. Patrick Murphy (D)
(the first Iraqi veteran elected to Congress), lost to former Rep. Mike
Fitzpatrick
(R) in a re-match of 2006 by 53.7% to 46.3%.
-10th CD (Northeast PA): Rep. Chris
Carney
(D) lost a rematch with former
U.S. Attorney Tom Marino (R) by
55.1%
to
44.9%.
This district went 54% to 45% for
McCain in 2008.
-11th CD (Scranton and Wilkes-Barre: Rep.
Paul
Kanjorski
(D), first elected in 1984, lost to Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta (R), by
54.6% to 45.4%. Barletta succeeded in his third try for the seat
(he also ran in 2002 and 2008).
Democrats barely held on to a couple of targeted seats.
-4th CD: Rep. Jason Altmire (D)
defeated attorney Keith Rothfus (R) by 50.9%
to 49.2%.
-12th CD (Southwest PA seat held by Rep. Murtha): Rep. Mark Critz (D) defeated
businessman Tim Burns (R) by 50.8% to 49.2% in a rematch of the May 18 special
election.
Legislature:
Republicans now
control both chambers of the General Assembly. The House went from 104D-98R-1v to 112R-91D. The Senate went from
30R-19D-1v to 30R-20D.
Republicans
pick up the governorship, one U.S. Senate seat, five U.S. House seats,
and one legislative chamber.
Rhode Island [+]
[Primary
September
14].
Governor: Former Sen. Lincoln Chaffee (I),
defeated entrepreneur John Robitaille (R), Treasurer Frank Caprio (D), and software engineer/entreprenuer Ken Block (M) by
36.1% to 33.6%, 23.0% and 6.5%.
U.S. House: Providence Mayor David Cicilline
(D) defeated House Minority Whip John Loughlin (R) by
50.6% to 44.6%.
Legislature: Republicans
picked up a few seats, but Democrats maintained their overwhelming
majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly. The Senate
went from 33D-4R-1I/o
to 29D-8R-1I/o and the
House from 69D-6R to 65D-10R.
Independent
wins
the
governorship.
South Carolina [+]
[Primary June 8 Runoff
June 22].
Registered Voters: 2,631,459. Ballots Cast:
1,365,480.
Governor: State Rep. Nikki
Haley (R) emerged from the June 22 runoff with considerable
momentum (cover of Newsweek for
example)
and
defeated
state Sen. Vincent
Shaheen
(D) and Morgan Bruce Reeves
(G/UC) by 51.4% to 46.9%.
U.S. Senate: Sen. Jim
DeMint
(R) defeated unemployed veteran Alvin Greene (D) and Tom
Clements
(G) by 61.5% to 27.7% and 9.2%.
U.S. House: Balance goes from 4R-2D
to
5R-1D; four new
members elected. In the 5th CD (north central SC), Rep.
John Spratt (D),
first elected to Congress in 1982 and chairman of the House Budget
Committee, lost to state Sen. Mick
Mulvaney
(R). by 55.1% to 44.8%. There were three open seats,
all of which stayed Republican. In the 1st CD (coastal strip from
Myrtle Beach to Charleston), opened by the
retirement of Rep. Henry Brown (R), small business owner and state Rep. Tim
Scott (R) made history by becoming "the first African-American
Republican to be elected to Congress from the Deep South since
Reconstruction." In the 3rd CD (SW part
of the state), opened by
Rep. Barrett's run for governor, real estate executive and state Rep. Jeff
Duncan (R) defeated commercial pilot Jane Dyer (D). In the
4th CD (Greenville-Spartanburg), Rep. Inglis lost the primary to
7th Circuit Solicitor Trey Gowdy (R); Gowdy defeated
retired executive Paul Corden (D). In an expensive contest in the 2nd CD, Rep. Joe
Wilson defeated Rob Miller (R) by 53.5% to 43.8%.
Legislature:
Republicans maintained strong majorities in both
chambers. The Senate stayed at 27R-19D and the House went
from 72R-51D to 76R-48D (75R-48D-1v following
Haley's resignation).
Republicans
pick
up
one
U.S.
House
seat.