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Part 0.6 - Election Night
Good evening, and welcome to CNN America Votes 2006. I'm Anderson Cooper, and besides me are Wolf Blitzer, Lou Dobbs, and Paula Zahn live from our studio in New York. For the last four years, Republicans have held both Houses of Congress, as well as most of the governorships, but Democrats think they have a good chance of coming up on top tonight. It's 7PM and polls have closed in Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia. We expected that they'd be closed in Indiana by now as well, but it sounds like the state is keeping them open a bit longer thanks to voting problems.
We can start off by making a few projections here.
CNN is ready to project that Bernie Sanders has been elected to the United States Senate from Vermont. Though this is technically an independent pickup, Sanders identifies as a "democratic-socialist", and is expected to caucus with the Democrats.
We can also call that Republicans have held on to the governors mansions in Vermont, South Carolina, and Georgia. None of these were expected to be competitive before the election, and so no surprises here just yet.
In the meantime, we'll be keeping an eye on the Virginia Senate, and a few key House races - Kentucky's 3rd and 4th districts, Georgia's 8th and 12th districts, and Virginia's 2nd district.
Senate race highlights:
Arizona:
John Kyl (R): 819,467 (53.00%)
Jim Pederson (D): 677,782 (43.84%)
(Republican hold)
Connecticut:
Ned Lamont (D): 431,240 (38.07%)
Joe Lieberman (Connecticut for Lieberman): 398,884 (35.21%)
Jack Orchulli (R): 291,426 (25.72%)
(Democratic hold)
Missouri:
Claire McCaskill (D): 1,082,501 (50.55%)
Jim Talent (R): 992,432 (46.34%)
(Democratic pickup)
Montana:
Jon Tester (D): 206,297 (49.96%)
Conrad Burns (R): 196,153 (47.50%)
(Democratic pickup)
Tennessee:
Bob Corker (R): 903,647 (49.36%)
Harold Ford Jr (D): 903,222 (49.34%)
(Uncalled - Recount?)
Virginia:
Jim Webb (D): 1,179,897 (49.48%)
George Allen (R): 1,176,146 (49.32%)
(Uncalled - Recount?)
Other Democratic pickups: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
Overall Senate vote:
Democrats: 34,017,747 (53.94%) - 22 seats (+4 gain)
Republicans: 26,370,080 (41.81%) - 10 seats (-6 loss)
Other: 2,683,214 (4.25%) - 1 seat (+1 gain)
Uncalled - 2 seats
Good evening, and welcome to CNN America Votes 2006. I'm Anderson Cooper, and besides me are Wolf Blitzer, Lou Dobbs, and Paula Zahn live from our studio in New York. For the last four years, Republicans have held both Houses of Congress, as well as most of the governorships, but Democrats think they have a good chance of coming up on top tonight. It's 7PM and polls have closed in Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia. We expected that they'd be closed in Indiana by now as well, but it sounds like the state is keeping them open a bit longer thanks to voting problems.
We can start off by making a few projections here.
CNN is ready to project that Bernie Sanders has been elected to the United States Senate from Vermont. Though this is technically an independent pickup, Sanders identifies as a "democratic-socialist", and is expected to caucus with the Democrats.
We can also call that Republicans have held on to the governors mansions in Vermont, South Carolina, and Georgia. None of these were expected to be competitive before the election, and so no surprises here just yet.
In the meantime, we'll be keeping an eye on the Virginia Senate, and a few key House races - Kentucky's 3rd and 4th districts, Georgia's 8th and 12th districts, and Virginia's 2nd district.
One day later....
Senate race highlights:
Arizona:
John Kyl (R): 819,467 (53.00%)
Jim Pederson (D): 677,782 (43.84%)
(Republican hold)
Connecticut:
Ned Lamont (D): 431,240 (38.07%)
Joe Lieberman (Connecticut for Lieberman): 398,884 (35.21%)
Jack Orchulli (R): 291,426 (25.72%)
(Democratic hold)
Missouri:
Claire McCaskill (D): 1,082,501 (50.55%)
Jim Talent (R): 992,432 (46.34%)
(Democratic pickup)
Montana:
Jon Tester (D): 206,297 (49.96%)
Conrad Burns (R): 196,153 (47.50%)
(Democratic pickup)
Tennessee:
Bob Corker (R): 903,647 (49.36%)
Harold Ford Jr (D): 903,222 (49.34%)
(Uncalled - Recount?)
Virginia:
Jim Webb (D): 1,179,897 (49.48%)
George Allen (R): 1,176,146 (49.32%)
(Uncalled - Recount?)
Other Democratic pickups: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
Overall Senate vote:
Democrats: 34,017,747 (53.94%) - 22 seats (+4 gain)
Republicans: 26,370,080 (41.81%) - 10 seats (-6 loss)
Other: 2,683,214 (4.25%) - 1 seat (+1 gain)
Uncalled - 2 seats
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