Yahoo! News: Elections

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• (AP)
• Dem Cuomo wins NY governor's seat his father held (AP)
• Democrats hold Conn. Senate seat (AP)
• Outspoken Fla. Democratic Rep. Grayson unseated (AP)
• Lexington, Ky., voters elect 1st openly gay mayor (AP)
• US Midterms: Live Results (AFP)
• GOP captures captures House seats in Ind, Fla, Va (AP)
• GOP Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard elected SD governor (AP)
• Hoeven elected to US Senate after decade as ND gov (AP)
• Brownback wins Kansas governor's race (AP)
• Kan. GOP's Moran rolls to big win in Senate race (AP)
• Unopposed Republican Thune retains SD Senate seat (AP)
• Appointee no more: NY's Gillibrand wins Sen. seat (AP)
• US Sen. Charles Schumer cruises to 3rd term in NY (AP)
• Coons beats O'Donnell in Delaware Senate race (AP)
• Republicans roll, Democrats win key Senate race (Reuters)
• GOP gains Senate seats in Indiana and Arkansas (AP)
• A list of House turnovers (AP)
• Virginia House Democrat Boucher loses re-election: networks (Reuters)
• Boozman wins fight for Ark. Senate seat ends (AP)

(AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:00 PM PDT AP - Latest election calls from AP:

Dem Cuomo wins NY governor's seat his father held (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:08 PM PDT AP - Democrat Andrew Cuomo coasted past tea party Republican Carl Paladino after an exceedingly nasty race to win election Tuesday as governor of New York — the same job Cuomo's father, Mario, held in the 1980s and '90s.

Democrats hold Conn. Senate seat (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:51 PM PDT AP - Democrats have hung onto Connecticut's Senate seat with Richard Blumenthal beating Republican Linda McMahon, former World Wrestling Entertainment chief executive.

Outspoken Fla. Democratic Rep. Grayson unseated (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:10 PM PDT AP - Florida's Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson has been ousted after earning notoriety in his single term for harsh rhetoric that included accusing Republicans of wanting sick people to "die quickly."

Lexington, Ky., voters elect 1st openly gay mayor (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:08 PM PDT AP - Voters in Lexington, Kentucky's second-largest city, have elected the city's first openly gay mayor.

US Midterms: Live Results (AFP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:08 PM PDT AFP - WASHINGTON - 8:50 pm: Manchin, the governor of West Virginia, beat Republican businessman John Raese to win the Senate seat from the state. He made waves with a campaign ad in which he shouldered a rifle and fired a bullet through papers labeled "cap-and-trade bill."

GOP captures captures House seats in Ind, Fla, Va (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:07 PM PDT AP - Republicans have captured six Democratic seats as they press to regain control of the House.

GOP Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard elected SD governor (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:02 PM PDT AP - Republican Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard (DOO'-gahrd) has been elected South Dakota's new governor over Democratic candidate Scott Heidepriem (HY-duh-prim).

Hoeven elected to US Senate after decade as ND gov (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:02 PM PDT AP - North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven has won the U.S. Senate race, making him the first Republican from the state to hold that office in a quarter-century.

Brownback wins Kansas governor's race (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:01 PM PDT AP - Republican Sam Brownback is returning home to be governor of Kansas after 16 years in Washington.

Kan. GOP's Moran rolls to big win in Senate race (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:01 PM PDT AP - Republican Congressman Jerry Moran has won the U.S. Senate race in Kansas, easily beating his novice Democratic opponent.

Unopposed Republican Thune retains SD Senate seat (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:01 PM PDT AP - South Dakota Republican John Thune has easily retained his U.S. Senate seat in a rare unopposed race.

Appointee no more: NY's Gillibrand wins Sen. seat (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:00 PM PDT AP - Democratic U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (KEHR'-sten JIL'-uh-brand) has been elected in New York to the seat she was appointed to last year to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton.

US Sen. Charles Schumer cruises to 3rd term in NY (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:00 PM PDT AP - Democratic U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has eased to a third term over a little-known Republican challenger in New York.

Coons beats O'Donnell in Delaware Senate race (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:00 PM PDT AP - Democrat Chris Coons easily won Delaware's Senate race Tuesday over Republican Christine O'Donnell, a tea party favorite who struggled to shake old cable-show footage in which she spoke out against masturbation and talked about dabbling in witchcraft as a teenager.

Republicans roll, Democrats win key Senate race (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:59 PM PDT Reuters - Republicans rolled up key election wins on Tuesday but Democrats scored a crucial Senate victory in West Virginia that could ensure they retain at least a slender Senate majority.

GOP gains Senate seats in Indiana and Arkansas (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:59 PM PDT AP - Republicans picked up Senate seats in Indiana and Arkansas and toppled House incumbents in three states in midterm elections Tuesday night, early fruits of a drive to break the Democrats' grip on power in Congress.

A list of House turnovers (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:58 PM PDT AP - A look at the winners of seats in the U.S. House that changed hands from one party to another in Tuesday's elections. List is by state, congressional district and last name of candidate:

Virginia House Democrat Boucher loses re-election: networks (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:58 PM PDT Reuters - Virginia Democratic Representative Rick Boucher lost his re-election bid on Tuesday to Republican state lawmaker Morgan Griffith, CNN and Fox projected, a boost for Republicans seeking to win control of the House of Representatives.

Boozman wins fight for Ark. Senate seat ends (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:55 PM PDT AP - Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln lost her seat to a Republican challenger Tuesday after months of criticism that she was too closely aligned with the Obama White House, especially on health care.

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