Nov. 2, 2010 Live Blogging Election Night: Updates as they Roll

Ongoing updates in the order I find the breaking news, hopefully in alphabetical order. Ongoing updates on Wednesday. Please refresh the page to latest results updated throught Wednesday.

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NANCY PELOSI RIDES IN THE BACK!

OBAMA TO CALL FOR PARTISANSHIP IN NEWS CONFERENCE TOMORROW.

11:40 p.m. CDT 11/2/10 
Republicans reach 218 in the House, 
and climbing.


8:45 a.m. CDT 11/3/10
Republicans @ 239 in House, 
hopefully climbing
Democrats in House @ 184


Republicans in Senate @ 46
Democrats in Senate @ 49

11/2/10 8:20 p.m. from Drudge: Republicans wine Senate Seats in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, New Hampshire, South Dakota.

11-2-10 8:20 p.m. from Drudge: Democrats win Connecticut, Deleware, Maryland, New York, West Virginia.

11-2-10 8:20 p.m. from Drudge: Too close to call: Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wisconsin.

11-2-10 8:30 p.m. Fox says Nevada is too close to call.

ALASKA 11/3/10 8:00 a.m. CDT: Fox this morning reports that Lisa Murkowski holds the lead at this time. The rece is still too close to call.

ARKANSAS: Republican John Boozman wins the U.S. Senate seat, and sends Democrat Senator Blanche Lincoln back to Missouri.

ARIZONA: Republican Senator John McCain keeps his senate seat - says this will be his last race. McCain defeated Democrat Rodney Glassman.

CALIFORNIA: Democrat Jerry Moonbeam Brown wins California governship, defeating Republican Meg Whitman. California, don't even think of a bailout!

CALIFORNIA: Democrat incumbent Senator Barbara Boxer defeats Republican Carly Fiorina for the U.S. Senate. Babs, remember when you told Republican Senator Jim Inhofe: "We won, get over it" (or something similar), wish I could hear what Inhofe has to say to you in private. 12:11 a.m. CDT: About an hour after reporting that Boxer has won, twitterers tweeted that the race is tied with Fiorina slightly ahead of Boxer. So, what's going on? Take a look at this time stamped two hours behind Oklahoma time, which is correct. It shows Fiorina in the lead 47.3% to 47% for Boxer.


11/3/10: Final results this morning show Boxer defeating Fiorina 52% to 42%.

COLORADO: 11:55 p.m. CDT Democrat incumbent Senator Mike Castle is slightly behind Republican challenger Ken Buck at this time.

CONNECTICUT: Democrat Richard Blumenthal (who lied about his military service - several times) wins the U.S. Senate seat over Republican Linda McMahon.

DELAWARE: Fox News calls the Delaware U.S. Senate race for Democrat Chris Coons. The controversial Republican Christine O'Donnell loses, as many predicted.

FLORIDA: Fox News calls the Florida U.S. Senate race for Marco Rubio! Woot! Rubio received 50% of the vote with former Republican Charlie Crist (who couldn't win the Republican primary - and filed Independent), losing big time with only 29% of the vote. Democrat Kendrick Meek almost did as well as Charlie Crist with 20% of the vote.

Marco Rubio

FLORIDA 8th District: According to CNN, incumbent Democrat Congressman Alan Grayson has lost his U.S. House seat. They nasty, rude and contention congressman lost to Republican Dan Webster, who Grayson called "Taliban Dan." WOOOOOHOOOOOO!

FLORIDA 22nd District: Republican Lt. Col. (ret) Allen West has defeated incumbent Democrat Ron Klein. Wooot!

FLORIDA: Republican Rick Scott defeat Democrat Alex Sink for Florida governor.

Rumored that Charlie Crist has a real estate agent hunting for tanning salons at a bargain basement price, since Obama hit them with a "special tax." [Just kidding...but who knows?]

IOWA: Republican Senator Charles Grassley retains his U.S. Senate seat, defeating Democrat Roxanne Conlin.

ILLINOIS: Republican challenger, Congressman Mark Kirk defeats Obama's close friend Alexi Giannoulis, for Obama's previous U.S. Senate seat. Kirk replaces Roland Burris who was appointed to Obama's seat after the 2008 elections.

INDIANA: Republican Larry Bucshon defeated Democrat Trent Van Haaften. According to CNN, this seat of one of three in the state Dems are in danger of losing.

KENTUCKY: Fox News has just called the Kentucky U.S. Senate race for Republican Rand Paul, leaving Jack Conway, known for hitting below the belt, trailing Paul 53% to 47%.

RAND PAUL: "I have a loud and clear message that doesn't mince words,  we've come to take our government back!" 

LOUISIANA: Republican Senator David Vitter retains his U.S. Senate seat, defeating Democrat Congressman Charlie Melancon.

MARYLAND: Democrat Senator Barbara Mikulski retains her senate seat, defeating Republican Eric Wargotz.

MARYLAND 1st District: Democrat incumbent Frank Kratovil is defeated by Republican andy Harris, 55% - 41%.

MASSACHUSETTS: Democrat Barney Franks goes back to Washington, defeating former Marine Sean Bielat. (I really hate this!) If there was any justice....

MASSACHUSETTS: Democrat Governor Deval Patrick retains the governorship, defeating Republican Charles Baker.

MICHIGAN: Republican Rick Snyder defeats Virg Bernero for Governor.

MICHIGAN 1st District: Democrat incumbent Gary McDowell has been defeated by Republican Dr. Dan Benishek.

MINNESOTA 5th District: Incumbent Democrat Keith Ellison has defeated challenger Republican Joel Demos.

MINNESOTA 6th District: Incumbent Republican Michelle Bachmann defeated Democrat challenger Tarryl Clark.

MISSISSIPPI 4th: Democrat incumbent Gene Taylor defeated by Republican Steven Palazzo. Taylor is a 21-year-veteran of the House. 

MISSOURI: Republican and current Congressman Roy Blunt has defeated Robin Carnahan for Republican Kit Bond's seat in the U.S. Senate. Another seat staying Republican.

MISSOURI 4th District: Democrat incumbent Ike Skelton has been defeated by Republican Vicky Hartzler. This is a big one!

NEVADA 9:45 p.m. CDT The U.S. Senate race between Democrat incumbent Harry Reid and Republican Sharon Angle is still too close to call. Get this: Skelton is pro-life, voted against health-car and was endorsed by the NRA - and he lost to a Republican.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Republican candidate, Kelly Ayotte wins the U.S. Senate seat retiring Republican Senator Judd Gregg's will vacate. The losing Democrat is Paul Hodes. The win was 62% to 35%. Ayotte was endorsed by Sarah Palin.

NORTH CAROLINA 2nd District: 10:20 pm CDT It appears Republican Renee Ellmers may have defeated Bad Bob Etheridge for the U.S. House seat. Still awaiting confirmation

NEW YORK: Democrat Andrew Cuomo will be New York's next governor, defeating Republican Carl Paladino.

NEW YORK 15th District: Corrupt Congressman Charlie Rangel keeps his seat in the U.S. House.

NORTH DAKOTA: North Dakota Governor John Hoeven has won a U.S. Senate seat for ND, defeating Democrat Tracy Potter. The state has not had a Republican govenor for 24 years.

OHIO: Senator Rob Portman retains the Republican seat in the U.S. House, defeating Lee Fisher.

OHIO: Democrat Governor Ted Strickland defeated by former Republican Congressman, John Kasich.

OKLAHOMA: Senator Tom Coburn retains the U.S. House seat.

OKLAHOMA: Republican Congresswoman Mary Fallin will be the first woman in the Governor's mansion, and steps into the office with a Democrat term-limited-out. Jari Askins, the former Democrat Lt. Governor was defeated by Fallin 58% to 42%.

PENNSYLVANIA: Fox at 8:46 p.m. CDT The race between incumbent Joe Sestak and Pat Toomey is too close to call. 10:40 p.m. CDT: I'm reading that Toomey is up 120,000 votes and that Toomey wins, but this is unconfirmed. 11:10 p.m. CDT Fox calls it for Pat Toomey for Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat.

PENNSYLVANIA: Republican Tom Corbett is projected to defeat Democrat Dan Onorato for Pennsylvania's governors race.

PENNSYLVANIA 10th District: Democrat incumbent Chris Carney was deafeated by Republican Thomas Marino, 54% - 46%.

PENNSYLVANIA 11th District: Republican Lou Barletta takes Congressman Paul Kanjorski's U.S. House seat, 54% - 46%, in a very blue district. 

SOUTH CAROLINA: Fox News has called the South Carolina Senate race for Republican incumbent, Senator Jim DeMint challenged (kinda-sorta by Democrat Alvin Greene). Greene is facing felony charges for showing lewd material to a college student.

SOUTH CAROLINA: 9:20 p.m. CDT Governor's race between Republican Nikki Haley and Democrat Vincent Sheheen is too close to call.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Republican challenger Renee Ellmers has defeated man-handling-Democrat-incumbent-Bob Etheridge. Woot!

SOUTH CAROLINA 2nd District: 9:20 p.m. CDT Still no word on the U.S. House race between incumbent Congressman Joe Wilson and Democrat challenger Rob Miller.

SOUTH CAROLINA 5th District: Democrat 28-yr incumbent John Spratt is defeated by Republican Mick Mulvaney, 54% - 46%.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Republican Kristi Noem defeats Democrat-at-large incumbent Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.

TEXAS: ABC calls Texas governor for the sitting-Republican-Governor Rick Perry.

TEXAS 17th District: Republican Bill Flores becomes a new congressman in Texas, defeating long time congressman Chet Edwards,  61% - 37%.

WEST VIRGINIA: Democrat Governor Joe Manchin wins the U.S. Senate seat, defeating Republican  John Raese.

VERMONT: Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy retains his U.S. Senate seat against Republican challenger Len Britton.

VIRGINIA 2nd District: Democrat incumbent Glenn Nye is defeated by Republican Scott Rigell.

VIRGINIA 5th District goes to Republican Robert Hurt, defeating Democrat Tom Perriello - who Obama showed up to campaign for just a few days ago. Perriello loses to Hurt 52% to 46%.

WISCONSIN: 8:45 p.m. CDT U.S. Senate race between Democrat incumbent Russ Feingold and Republican Ron Johnson is too close to call. Democrat incumbent Senator Russ Feingold is defeated by Republican Ron Johnson.

NOTE: CBS is whining that only 8% of Hispanics turned out to vote.

John Boehner Breaks Down in Remarks on Republicans Controlling the House

An emotional Congressman John Boehner (R-OH) breaks down during remarks on Republicans taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives on election night, November 2, 2010.

John Boehner

John Boehner Breaks Down

I live-blogged election results last night until about 12:30 a.m. CDT. Read it here.

Posted by Maggie @ Maggie's Notebook

Second American Revolution Video (They will Not Force Us or Control Us)

Great new video: Uprising (The Second American Revolution)

They will not force us.
They will stop betraying us.
They will not control us.
We will be victorious.

We the People Revolution

Please grab the video. Let's spread it around!

Uprising - Second American Revolution (video)

Thanks to Eye On the World

Photo Credit: MAKLI.COM

Posted by Maggie @ Maggie's Notebook

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Maffei Calling Buerkle's Donors in NY-25? Is it Legal...Ethical...Business as Usual?

Karen at The Lonely Conservative has received information, that if true, begs the question: how far is too far for Democrats? She has been energetically working, through her blog, for Ann Marie Buerkle's campaign for Congress in NY-25.

Ann Marie Buerkle

Dan Maffei

Karen received information today that at least two donors to Buerkle's campaign were contacted by Democrat opponent, Dan Maffei, or his "people," asking why they donated to Ann Marie Buerkle.

The Lonely Conservative is asking some questions of her own, and you might be able to answer some of them. Please visit her, and if have you have some pertinent information, or past experiences - wherever you are located, please think about sharing it with her. Is Dan Maffei's Campaign Intimidating Donors?

Posted by Maggie @ Maggie's Notebook
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Harry Reid has Special Names for Angle Voters - and His Polls are Just Fine - Thank You Very Much!

Two counties making up 86% of the Nevada vote had Republicans coming out in droves - maybe a death knell for Harry Reid's Senate career. Washoe and Clark County, the first in Reno and Clark in Las Vegas, say Republican voting is "disproportionately high." Reid, though, says it's all fine...everything is fine, and says those voting for Sharron Angle are both rude and obnoxious.

Harry Reid - Special Words Just for Angle Voters

According to Democrat propagandist Politico:

Some 47 percent of early voters in the bellwether Washoe County so far have been Republicans, while 40 percent have been Democrats, according to the Washoe County Registrar. Nearly 11,000 people had voted in Washoe over the first three days of early voting, which began Saturday.

Here's the good news:

Out of the nearly 47,000 votes cast in Clark County, 46 percent were Democrats, 39 percent Republicans, according to the Clark County Election Department. But while Democrats make up 46 percent of the county's registered voters, Republicans constitute just 33 percent.

Washoe County is home to Angle, a former Reno state legislator, whereas Reid's hometown of Searchlight is in Clark County.

Maybe a glimpse into election day? Democrats stay home? Well, we don't know, and we should not "assume" anything. Every vote counts.

Red State points out that Angle led in 7 of 9 polls published in October. The lead is small, but nevertheless it is a lead she has maintained.

Reid, with his 50% unapproval rating in Nevada, told CNN just 6 days ago, "everything is fine." "Everything is going well in Nevada." He also said his poll numbers are "fine." We'll see about that. I'm feeling a little cocky - but only a little. By election day it will be a healthy does of fear and even the flu couldn't keep me away from the polls. Sometimes fear is a good thing.

So are you one of the "rude and obnoxious" Angle voters? Another question: how do you feel about early voting? Join the conversation at The Lonely Conservative, who has more.

Posted by Maggie @ Maggie's Notebook

Rush Limbaugh Christine O'Donnell: No Establishment or Separation of Church and State

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is in the spotlight all across the Nation today. Christine O'Donnell holds it and beams it square in the face of political Liberal ignorance. This full segment video of Rush Limbaugh explaining why Christine O'Donnell is right, as she debates Chris Coons in their campaign for the previous Senate seat held by Joe Biden, is a concise explanation of why Separation of Church and State is a myth. Be sure to listen at about 9 minutes-in as Rush quotes Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. See the video below.

Christine O'Donnell

Many have unwittingly accepted the Liberal position that the First Amendment is about Separation of Church and State, rather than the prohibition of Congress to establish religion. A few years ago, I had this same conversation with someone near and dear to me. Proclaiming Separation of Church and State, I explained to him much of what Rush goes through in this video. After listening, seemingly intently, he said "well, that's not the way people think of it."

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Many thanks for the video from Liberty and Tyranny, a WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot Channel

Headline of the Day: 10-19-10: America Forecloses on Pelosi's House

336 HOURS: 

SPEAKER FACES FORECLOSURE ON HOUSE

Politico:Republicans put 99 Democrat-held House seats in danger

Source: DrudgeReport

Posted by Maggie @ Maggie's Notebook

Two-Time Ten Buck Friday Winner Joel Demos Faces Muslim Opponent Keith Ellison

While away on vacation, I missed three Ten Buck Friday Winners, and I'm on a mission to catch-up. I'm making my donations and hope you will too. The latest winner announced on October 8th is Joel Demos. In my opinion, this is one of the most important U.S. House races for November, because his opponent is a practicing Muslim with close ties to all the major Islamic organizations, including Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam.  See an entertaining video below.

Joel and Jenny Demos

With this win, Demos is now a two-time winner of the Ten Buck Friday polls. He is running for the U.S. House seat for the 5th District of Minnesota. It is good news that TBF can funnel additional funds and publicity for him.

Demos' opponent is Muslim Congressman, Keith Ellison - one of the most Liberal in in the House of Representatives, who won his last election with 71% of the vote. Obviously, Joel Demos needs our support.

His conservatism is unquestionable, as you'll see with a quick visit to his website, so I want to talk about his opponent. Keith Ellison was the first Muslim converted congressman elected to The People's House, soon followed by Muslim convert Andre Carson from Indiana.

To demonstrate the concerns of Muslims in Congress, Ellison spoke to the North American Imams Federation in 2006. The Imams are trained at the American Open University (AOU):

The AOU is a radical school that emphasizes the paramount role of Shari’a law in an American context. Its chairman Jaafar Sheikh Idris regards democracy as “the antithesis of Islam,” arguing that human beings have no right to make their own laws. “No one,” he claims, “can be a Muslim who makes or freely accepts or believes that anyone has the right to make or accept legislation that is contrary to the divine law.”  

He also declared that no Muslim elected to Congress can swear to uphold the U.S. Constitution and remain a Muslim “for in order to pledge loyalty to the constitution, a Muslim would have to abandon part of his belief and embrace the belief of secularism—which is practically another religion.” That Keith Ellison supports an institution linked to someone who holds views in such deep conflict with normative American values is deeply troubling. Source: Creeping Sharia

In the past, Ellison voted with Barack Obama 96%+ of the time. The following is from a previous post:

Ellison is supported by Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam, and has close associations to the Counsel on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Muslim-American Society (MSA), the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), the Muslim Brotherhood and the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). Read details of these Islamic connections here. 

Ellison also writes under the alias "Keith Hakim." He evaded paying income taxes for five years - had liens placed on his property and eventually paid $25,000 to settle the tax evasion. He failed to pay parking tickets and moving violations and had his driver's license suspended "multiple" times. Still yet, he won a seat in the People's House.  Read about Ellison at Discover The Networks.

Via Nice Deb, via The Other McCain, consider this from McCain:

Beat Keith Ellison . . .For the Children!

You’re looking at that picture [above] and saying, “Oh, how sweet!”

Meanwhile, Keith Ellison’s supporters are looking at that picture and shouting: “Death to the infidel dogs!”

 Read about Ellison's radical Muslim donors at InvestigativeProject.

Demos is endorsed by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.  Read about Joel on the issues here. Hopefully you have already participated in the Demos win with TBF, and donated to him in the last few days. If not, please donate here.

Vote Joel Demos for Congress

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1. The Other McCain
2. Stop the ACLU 
3. Proof Positive 
4. just a conservative girl 
5. JBlog Central 
6. Maggie's Notebook 
7. Polemicon
8. The Conservative Lady 
9. Right Truth 
10. The Camp of The Saints 
11. AmericanNation 
12. GeeeeeZ!
13. Randy's Roundtable 
14. Left Coast Rebel
15. Mind Numbed Robot
16. Hack Wilson
17. The War Planner
18. Libertarian Advocate 
19. Lady Cincinnatus
20. RightKlik 
21. Conscientiously Conservative
22. Old Line Elephant
23. Spartanburg Tea Party
24. Anthropocon
25. MerrieMarie
26. Conservative Scalawag
27. 20/10 Blog
28. Fuzzy Logic
29. Before it's News
30. Action for Liberty
31. Adrienne's Corner
32. Reaganite Republican
33. Lonely Conservative
34. Michigan Blogger
35. Nice Deb
36. Pirate's Cove
37. That's Right
38. Potluck
39. Rightosphere
40. Caught Him With a Corndog
41. The Resistance
42. IOwntheWorld.com
43. Gulag Blog
44. MoreMonmouthMusings
45. Right, Wing-Nut!
46. World Daily News
47. Lilac Sunday
48. At The Point Of A Gun
49. WyBlog
50. Red Virginia Conservative Railroad
51. Thirteen Stars
52. America! Oh How We'll Miss You!
53. Salisbury News
54. Liberty at Stake
55. No Sheeples Here
56. Wizbang
57. Auldarrow's Blog
58. Letters from Glome
59. Allied Liberty News
60. Obi's Sister
61. Ruby Slippers
62. EIB Enthusiasts
63. Being an American Mom
64. Conservative Hideout 2.0
65. The Save Jersey Blog
66. DaTechguy
67. Practical State
68. Si Vis Pacem
69. Give Us Liberty
70. Ramparts360
71. Left Coast Resistance
72. Woody's Place
73. Three Beers Later
74. Minnesota Democrats Exposed
75. CD5
76. Obama Fail Blog
77. LorieByrd.com
78. Conservatives4Palin
79. Gulag Bound
80. American Thinker Blog
81. Fire All Politicians
82. ConservativeNC.com
83. The Real Revo
84. Liberal Whoppers
85. America's Watchtower
86. Rossputin.com
87. Texas GOP Vote
88. Dallas County Young Republicans
89. Granite Grok
90. RedStateEclectic