Corker Tops in Tennessee The seat vacated by Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist was won in an incredibly heated race by Republican Bob Corker.
Control of the Senate Remains to be Decided In Washington, Democratic incumbent Sen. Maria Cantwell is projected to win re-election against her Republican challenger, Mike McGavick, 56-to-41 percent.
Colorado Passes Marriage Protection Amendment With 37 percent of the precincts reporting, the battle over the definition of marriage in Colorado has been called with Amendment 43 passing by 57 percent of the popular vote.
DeLay's Seat Won by Democrat Former Democrat Texas Congressman Nick Lampson won the Texas House District 22 seat long held by Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who resigned in connection with the campaign funding scandal involving gambling lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
S.D. Abortion Ban Projected to Lose CNN is predicting that South Dakotans will reject Referred Law 6, 55 percent to 45 percent -- that's the referendum on the state’s abortion ban passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Mike Rounds in March.
Sen. Kyl Keeps His Seat Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl defeated Democrat Jim Pederson in Arizona's Senate race.
Wisconsin Votes to Protect Marriage CNN has projected that Wisconsin will become the 23rd state to protect marriage, with 59 percent voting for Referendum 1, with 23 percent of precincts reporting.
Pro-Abortion Challenger Wins Pennsylvania House Seat Another piece of bad news for pro-lifers watching House races tonight—Democrat challenger Joe Sestak has won the race for Pennsylvania House District 7 with 57 percent of the vote.
Ritter Rocky on Sanctity of Life Issues Colorado’s new governor will be Democrat Bill Ritter. Ritter was projected the winner with 58 percent of the vote by Fox News. Ritter beat out Congressman Bob Beauprez.
Senate Republicans Holding On For the Moment The tide has been turning toward Democrats overall in Congress, but Gary Bauer, president of American Values, said the battle is still on for Republicans in the Senate.
Spratt Wins 13th Term in Rural S.C. District South Carolina D-Rep. John Spratt won his 13th term in the rural Fifth Congressional District. Spratt raised considerable dollars from the North Carolina and the business community.
DeVos Comes Up Short in Michigan Businessman and Republican political newcomer Rich DeVos failed last night to unseat Michigan’s incumbent Democrat governor, Jennifer Granholm.
Virginia Senate Race Down to the Wire With 90 percent of the vote counted in Virginia, incumbent Republican Sen. George Allen is leading Democrat Jim Webb, 50 percent to 49 percent -- 1,025,262 to 998,701 votes.
Democrat Wins Indiana House Rematch According to CNN, Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., has won a rematch of the 2004 election, defeating Republican incumbent Chris Chocola with 53 percent of the vote.
Conservatives Do Well Overall Despite Senate Setbacks With early results being tabulated, it's too close to call for Republicans, according to Tom McClusky, vice president of governmental relations at the Family Research Council.
Connecticut Senate Joseph Lieberman has easily won his battle for re-election to the U.S. Senate. Lieberman ran as an independent, after losing a close primary to Democrat Ned Lamont in August, but says he will vote with the Democrats.
Casey Defeats Santorum in Pennsylvania Senate Race In Pennsylvania, Democrat Bob Casey Jr., the state treasurer and son of the late pro-life Democratic governor, is being projected a winner over Republican Sen. Rick Santorum.
DeWine Defeat Projected in Ohio In Ohio, Democratic Congressman Sherrod Brown is a projected winner over incumbent Republican Sen. Mike DeWine.
Incumbent Rendell Remains Pennsylvania Governor Despite reported widespread technical glitches with some Pennsylvania voting machines, the governor’s race emerged as a clear slam-dunk for a second term for incumbent Democrat Edward G. Rendell.
Menendez takes New Jersey U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, D-N.J., will represent the Garden State for a full term.
Stabenow Takes Michigan Senate Race As polls in the Eastern time zone began closing, another Democrat won a U.S. Senate race--this time, in Michigan, where incumbent Sen. Debbie Stabenow won her second full term by defeating Republican challenger Michael Bouchard.
Ellsworth Wins in Indiana Some of the first news out of the gate tonight from Indiana doesn’t look so encouraging for social conservatives.
Marriage Amendment Wins in Tennessee Tennessee became the 21st state to add a marriage-protection amendment to its constitution, with 85 percent of the popular vote.
Nelson Takes Florida Senate Race U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., has won his second full term on Capitol Hill -- striking a blow to the pro-family movement.
Sen. George Allen Leading in Va. One of the most watched Senate races is in Virginia, where incumbent Sen. George Allen, the Republican, is leading Democrat Jim Webb.
Byrd Winner NBC has projected that Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., will win re-election to the Senate.
Arizona Marriage Hangs in the Balance Though states with marriage-protection amendments on their ballots have enjoyed a 100-percent success rate in passing them, there's a possibility that could change tonight.
Braley to Replace Nussle in Iowa's First District Democrat Bruce Braley appears to have defeated Republican Mike Whalen in a bid to replace Republican Jim Nussle, who is the GOP candidate for governor in Iowa's 1st District.
Colorado Rejects Term Limits for Judges Colorado voters soundly rejected a populist attempt to subject judges to term limits. It would have made all seven Supreme Court justices and all 19 Appeals Court judges face a retention vote every four years (instead of every 10 and eight, respectively). Opponents argued the measure would have allowed the next governor to stack the courts, as well as delaying decisions and creating greater backlogs in the courts.
Election 2006: Not the Predicted Massacre? Republicans are hoping higher-than-expected voter turnout and a late surge in support will help win re-election for many incumbents in the Senate and House.
Missouri Incumbent Talent Leading In the Missouri Senate race, Sen. Jim Talent is leading Democrat Claire McCaskill, 53.6 percent to 42.7 percent.
Pro-Life Parental-Notification Initiatives Rejected California and Oregon voters rejected ballot measures to require notification of a minor’s parents before undergoing an abortion. Both issues would have prohibited abortions for minors until 48 hours after a physician notified the minor's parents or legal guardian. Under Oregon’s Measure 43, teenagers under 15 would have needed outright parental consent for any surgical procedure.
South Dakota Abortion Ban Defeated South Dakota voters have rejected the state’s historic ban on virtually all abortions. “No” votes outnumbered "Yes" by 10 percentage points.
South Dakota Votes Against Abortion Ban South Dakota voters have rejected the state’s historic ban on virtually all abortions. “No” votes outnumbered "Yes" by 10 percentage points.
State Marriage Amendments Win in the South While Republicans lost three seats so far in the U.S. Senate, South Carolina became the 22nd state in the nation to add a marriage-protection amendment to its constitution.
Don't Forget to Pray for Election Day The National Day of Prayer Task Force urges all believers to petition God about the outcome of Nov. 7's races.
The High Cost of Indifference If polls are to be believed, there is a feeling among some values voters that Election Day is no big deal. They couldn't be more wrong.
Explore Importance of Voting Your Values New Focus on the Family Web site allows you to register to vote, explains the importance of casting a ballot based on the issues you care about.
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