WASHINGTON – Republicans wrested Virginia from the Democrats Tuesday in a one-sided sweep of top offices, and New Jersey's unpopular Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine fought for his political life as independent voters swung behind the GOP in elections in both states. It was a troubling sign for President Barack Obama and his party heading into an important midterm election year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_election_rdp

Great News!!!!!! We hope to get rid of Lloyd Doggett who is in the House from Texas since he supports all the crap obama is trying to push down our throat! I hope all State follow suit. Let's clean house in WDC!!!

Is this the "one sided sweep" you're talking about? Looks like about 7 to 2 nationally with one house seat win.


November 3, 2009 10:58 PM
Election Results 2009
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Here's a summary of the winners and losers from the key races decided on Election Day 2009:

Virginia Governor: Bob McDonnell (R) defeats Creigh Deeds (D)

New Jersey Governor: Chris Christie (R) defeats Incumbent Jon Corzine (D)

New York Congressional District 23: Bill Owens (D) defeats Doug Hoffman (C)

California Congressional District 10: John Garamendi (D) defeats David Harmer (R)

Maine Referendum: Gay Marriage Law Repealed

Maine Referendum: Expands Medical Marijuana Law

Breckenridge, Colo., Referendum: Legalizes Marijuana Possession

Ohio Referendum: Approves Casinos

New York Mayor: Incumbent Michael Bloomberg (I) defeats Bill Thompson (D)

Detroit Mayor: Incumbent Dave Bing defeats Tom Barrow

Cincinnati Mayor: Incumbent Mark Mallory (D) defeats Brad Wenstrup (R)

Pittsburgh Mayor: Incumbent Luke Ravenstahl (D) defeats Kevin Acklin (I) and Franco Dok Harris (I)

Boston Mayor: Incumbent Thomas Menino (D) defeats Michael Flaherty

Minneapolis Mayor: Incumbent R.T. Rybak (D) defeats 10 challengers

St. Paul Mayor: Incumbent Chris Coleman (D) defeats Eva Ng (R)

Atlanta Mayor: Runoff Next Month Between Mary Norwood and Kasim Reed

Houston Mayor: Runoff Next Month Between Annise Parker and Gene Locke

CBSNews.com Election Night Coverage:

Results
All Election Night 2009 Results
Republicans Sweep N.J., Va. Gov. Races
N.Y. Democrat Owens Wins House Seat
Maine Voters Reject Gay Marriage
Breckenridge, Colo., Votes to Legalize Pot
Atlanta's Race For Mayor Heads To Runoff


Analysis
What McDonnell's Win Means for the GOP, Obama
Corzine's Fall Has Been Festering for a While
What Doug Hoffman's Loss Means to Conservatives
Lessons for the White House from '09 Election Results
Why Christie Won in New Jersey
McDonnell Won Due to Turnout, Independents
Exit Polls in Va. and N.J.: The Obama (Non) Factor?
Michael Steele: GOP Has "Found Its Voice Again"
David Plouffe: Obama "Delivering on His Promise"

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ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 1, 2009
N.Y. Democrat Owens Wins House Seat
Conservative Party Candidate Hoffman Loses Seat Strongly Republican for Decades
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Democrat Bill Owens, left, beat Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman, right, after Republican Dierdre Scozzafava, center, dropped out of the special election. (CBS/AP)

New York's 23rd Congressional District Democratic candidate Bill Owens celebrates his victory at Democratic headquarters in Plattsburgh, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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(CBS/AP) A Democrat won a special congressional election in a heavily Republican district in northern New York by exploiting a battle between moderates and conservatives for control of the GOP.

With 88 percent of the precincts reporting early Wednesday, lawyer and retired Air Force Capt. Bill Owens defeated businessman Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate, 49 percent to 46 percent.

Dierdre Scozzafava, a moderate Republican, withdrew from the race Saturday under pressure from the party's right wing because of her support of abortion rights and same-sex marriage. She still picked up 5 percent of the vote.

Hoffman conceded the race Wednesday.

Hoffman started at a distant third and was viewed as a spoiler at best, cutting away at Scozzafava and opening the door for Owens. But prominent Republicans such as former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty endorsed Hoffman instead of the party-picked Scozzafava.

"Hoffman became the talisman for anger at the GOP establishment in Washington, anger at the big spending ways of Democrats in Congress, anger at the media -- a way to clear through a bundle of different resentments that tend to be shouldered by a party that has lost his way," says CBS News chief political consultant Marc Ambinder.

But Hoffman lost, explains Ambinder, largely because voters in the 23rd District did not embrace his philosophy. "They saw Hoffman as a carpetbagger -- he didn't even live in the district -- who was trying to hijack their district for his own ideological ends."

Owens' victory may signal renewed strength among Democrats, or at least reassure them of Republicans' perceived weakness. The seat has been strongly Republican for decades. The outcome leaves Republicans holding only two seats in the state's 29-seat congressional delegation. Republican John McHugh vacated the seat in September to become Army secretary.

"They're in a civil war over the definition of their party," said Paul Blank, a Democratic consultant. "And the extremists have won."

Republicans will be sorting out their identity as the party tries to strike a balance between growing its ranks and preserving the values that set it apart from the Democratic Party.

"I think that the Republican Party is broad enough to handle many different candidates, but the fact is that I'm a commonsense conservative Republican - I am not a radical," Hoffman said Monday. "The point is that Assemblywoman Scozzafava was not a moderate Republican. She was an ultraliberal Republican."

Hoffman went from single diget popularity two months ago to within 5 percentage points of winning. That's without major party backing or funding. There's another election in the 23rd in 12-months. That will tell the tALE.

Hoffman is basically a run of the mill conservative and a CPA. Most accountants should be conservatives -- mean old men who watch your money. We've suffered enough from the liberal brand of accountants.

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Hoffman is basically a run of the mill conservative

A monotoned robot. Yes that would be him.

I'm sure all the liberal politicians have taken notice, except Pelosi and Reid. B/W will be disappointed to find the "teabaggers" as he calls them have not and will not go away.

Change so far...??? Pretty much what I predicted pre-election.