Mitt Romney Lost, But How Did The Other Key Races Turn Out Last Night?

07 Nov, 2012 by John Hawkins

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By John Hawkins
TPNN Contributor

Understandably, most people were focused on the Obama vs. Romney contest, but there were a lot of other important races last night. Overall, the GOP gained governorships, should roughly have a wash in the House, and lost Senate seats. Here’s a breakdown on how some of the most important races turned out.

House Races

Mia Love (R-UT) lost to Jim Matheson (D-UT)
Allen West (R-FL) lost to Patrick Murphy (D-FL)
Michele Bachmann (R-MN) defeated Jim Graves (D-MN)
Pete Stark (D-CA) lost to Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
Samuel Wurzelbacher (R-OH) lost to Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Steve King (R-IA) defeated Christie Vilsack (D-IA)
Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Il) defeated Marcus Lewis and Brian Woodwoorth

Henry Waxman (*D-CA) is ahead of Bill Bloomfield (I-CA), but the race wasn’t called when this went to print
Mike McIntyre (*D-NC) is ahead of David Rouzer (R-NC), but the race wasn’t called when this went to print

Senate Races

Jeff Flake (R-AZ) defeated Richard Carmona (D-AZ) for Jon Kyl’s Senate seat
Dean Heller (R-NV*) defeated (D-NV) Shelley Berkley
Joe Donnelly (D-IN) defeated (R-IN) Richard Mourdock for (R-IN) Richard Lugar’s seat
Angus King (I-ME) defeated (R-ME) Charlie Summers and Cynthia Dil (D-ME) for (R-ME) Olympia Snowe’s seat
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) defeated (R-MA*) Scott Brown
Claire McCaskill (*D-MO) defeated (R-MO) Todd Akin
Tim Kaine (D-VA) defeated (R-VA) George Allen for Jim Webb’s seat (D-VA)
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) defeated (R-WI) Tommy Thompson for Herb Kohl’s seat (D-WI)

Jon Tester (*D-MT) is ahead of (R-MT) Denny Rehberg, but the race wasn’t called when this went to print.
Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) is ahead of (R-ND) Rick Berg for Byron Dorgan’s seat (D-ND), but the race wasn’t called when this went to print