Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Republican wave crashes in Democratic California (AP)
• Slim margin leaves Ill. governor race in limbo (AP)
• No regrets, says Pelosi, first female US House speaker (AFP)
• In Alaska, fierce ballot-by-ballot count looms (AP)
• New reality: Obama, GOP talk compromise, conflict (AP)
• Republican Election Wins: What Next for Obama, Democrats? (Time.com)
• Ike Skelton, Pentagon Favorite, Loses (Time.com)
• Reid's early ad barrage shaped Nevada race (AP)
• 112th Congress: David McKinley, R-W.Va. (1st District) (CQPolitics.com)
• Inside Ask America: How do our votes compare to Election Day results? (Y! News - Ask America)
• 112th Congress: Too Close to Call: Dick Muri, R-Wash. (9th District) (CQPolitics.com)
• 112th Congress: Leading at Press Time: John Koster, R-Wash. (2nd District) (CQPolitics.com)
• Opinion: Pleased that Pennsylvania has returned to a multi-party system (associatedcontent)
• What happens in American politics in the next two years? (associatedcontent)
• Democrat moving ahead with Conn. gov. transition (AP)
• Scorecard on Palin's picks: wins, losses, errors (AP)
• 112th Congress: Too Close to Call: Keith Fimian, R-Va. (11th District) (CQPolitics.com)
• 112th Congress: Leading at Press Time: Blake Farenthold, R-Texas (27th District) (CQPolitics.com)
• 112th Congress: Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn. (3rd District) (CQPolitics.com)
• Money, message, mad electorate make Scott Fla. gov (AP)

Republican wave crashes in Democratic California (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:55 PM PDT AP - The Republican tide that candidates Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina promised would wash over California instead crashed against the peaks of the Sierra Nevada, turning Election Day 2010 into a GOP trouncing in the nation's most populous state.

Slim margin leaves Ill. governor race in limbo (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:48 PM PDT AP - Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bill Brady were stuck in limbo Wednesday instead of launching a transition or tackling one of the nation's worst budget problems, as the Illinois governor's race dragged on along with a handful of other contests nationwide.

No regrets, says Pelosi, first female US House speaker (AFP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:44 PM PDT AFP - Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she had "no regrets" after strong Republican gains in the House of Representatives cut short her stint as the first female Speaker of the House.

In Alaska, fierce ballot-by-ballot count looms (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:43 PM PDT AP - A fierce ballot-by-ballot fight loomed Wednesday in the Alaska Senate race as lawyers and election monitors prepared to descend on the state capital and haggle over how many voters validly penned in the name of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in her historic write-in bid.

New reality: Obama, GOP talk compromise, conflict (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:35 PM PDT AP - A chastened President Barack Obama signaled a new willingness to yield to Republican demands on tax cuts and jettisoned a key energy priority on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he and fellow Democrats absorbed election losses so severe he called them a shellacking.

Republican Election Wins: What Next for Obama, Democrats? (Time.com) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:35 PM PDT Time.com - The swing voters who flocked to Barack Obama two years ago turned against his agenda, leaving Democrats to ponder how to rebuild a winning coalition for 2012

Ike Skelton, Pentagon Favorite, Loses (Time.com) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:35 PM PDT Time.com - Rep. Ike Skelton was one of the Democratic heavyweights felled in Tuesday's election.

Reid's early ad barrage shaped Nevada race (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:34 PM PDT AP - Republicans said for months that if the Nevada Senate race was a referendum on Harry Reid, the unpopular Majority Leader would lose. Reid didn't let that happen. He adeptly painted opponent Sharron Angle as an extremist immediately after she won her primary — and proceeded to make the contest as much about her awkward and unconventional statements as Reid's own troubles.

112th Congress: David McKinley, R-W.Va. (1st District) (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:24 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Election: Defeated Mike Oliverio, D, to succeed Alan B. Mollohan, D, who lost the primary

Inside Ask America: How do our votes compare to Election Day results? (Y! News - Ask America) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:23 PM PDT Y! News - Ask America - Now that the election is over, Ask America, the Yahoo! News informal polling forum, is looking back at how people weighed in on some of this campaign season's hottest topics. In total, nearly 8 million votes came into the forum, …

112th Congress: Too Close to Call: Dick Muri, R-Wash. (9th District) (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:22 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Election: Opposed Rep. Adam Smith, D

112th Congress: Leading at Press Time: John Koster, R-Wash. (2nd District) (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:17 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Election: Opposed Rep. Rick Larsen, D

Opinion: Pleased that Pennsylvania has returned to a multi-party system (associatedcontent) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:14 PM PDT associatedcontent - Democrat Joe Manchin's high-powered Remington television ad depicting him shooting a hole into Obama's version of cap-and-trade was impressive. Yet, Manchin's election success may mark a turning away from the progressive-left coalition which has swamped the first two years of the Obama presidency.

What happens in American politics in the next two years? (associatedcontent) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:14 PM PDT associatedcontent - The 2010 general election is over. Now what? Republicans will hold a majority of seats in the House of Representatives where a simple majority is all that is needed to get things done. The Senate remains in the hands of Democrats but not after some close calls and scary moments.

Democrat moving ahead with Conn. gov. transition (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:13 PM PDT AP - Former Stamford, Conn., Mayor Dan Malloy is moving ahead with plans to form a transition team in anticipation of becoming Connecticut's next governor after the secretary of the state said he won Tuesday's election.

Scorecard on Palin's picks: wins, losses, errors (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:13 PM PDT AP - Sarah Palin's scorecard? More than three dozen of the Republicans she supported won seats in Congress to challenge President Barack Obama and possibly smooth a presidential run by their benefactor. Yet big losses in Delaware and Nevada may have cost the Republican Party crucial seats in the Senate.

112th Congress: Too Close to Call: Keith Fimian, R-Va. (11th District) (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:07 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Election: Opposed Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D

112th Congress: Leading at Press Time: Blake Farenthold, R-Texas (27th District) (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Election: Opposed Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz, DResidence: Corpus Christi

112th Congress: Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn. (3rd District) (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 03:59 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Election: Defeated John Wolfe, D, to succeed Zach Wamp, R, who ran for governor

Money, message, mad electorate make Scott Fla. gov (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2010 03:57 PM PDT AP - Two powerful forces combined to give Rick Scott just enough support to become Florida's next governor: $73 million of his own money, plus a wave of voter anger that delivered knockout victories to many other Republicans in the state.

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