Live blogging election 2006

Liberalprogressive is calling it a night.

YAWN!

BREAKING NEWS!!!

MSNBC is predicting that the Democrats take the house!!

In the morning, well, later in the morning, I will update the last three Senate Races, MO, MT and VA.

VA is looking pretty good for Dems, but may be a recount.
MO is looking pretty good for Dems.
MT is looking OK for Dems.

All of these races are still too early to call. Democrats need all three of these to win majority in Senate as well as the House.

Dems gain 3 in Senate!! (3 to go)
PA-Casey-D
OH-Brown-D
RI-Whitehouse-D

OK, early returns (From msnbc.com and AP):

Senate:
IN-Luger-R
ME-Snowe-R
MS-Lott-R
TX-Hutchinson-R
UT-Hatch-R
WY-Thomas-R
AZ-Kyl-R

TN-Corker-R
MT-Too early to call
VA-Too early to call
MO-Too early to call
VT-Sanders-I
CT-Lieberman-I
OH-Brown-D ----Breaking News!!!
PA-Casey-D ----Breaking News!!!
WV-Byrd-D
DE-Carper-D
FL-Nelson-D
MA-Kennedy-D
NJ-Menendez-D
NY-Clinton-D
MN-Klobachur-D
MI-Stabenow-D
ND-Conrad-D
NE-Nelson-D
NM-Bingaman-D
WI-Kohl-D
MD-Cardin-D
RI-Whitehouse-D ---Breaking News!!




House:
CT-Larson-R
DE-Castle-R
FL-Miller-R
FL-Crenshaw-R
FL-Brown-Waite-R
FL-Stearns-R
FL-Mica-R
FL-Keller-R
FL-Putnam-R
GA-Kingston-R
GA-Westmoreland-R
GA-Price-R
GA-Linder-R
GA-Deal-R
GA-Norwood-R
GA-Gingrey-R
VA-Forbes-R
VA-Goode-R
VA-Cantor-R
VA-Davis-R
CT-DeLauro-D
FL-Miller-D
FL-Boyd-D
FL-Brown-D
FL-Castor-D
GA-Bishop-D
GA-Johnson-D
GA-Lewis-D
IL-Rush-D
IL-Jackson-D
IL-Lipinski-D
IL-Gutierrez-D
IL-Emanuel-D
IL-Davis-D
IL-Schakowsky-D
IN-Ellsworth-D
KY-Yarmuth-D
VA-Moran-D
VA-Boucher-D



Govenors:
CT-Rell-R
GA-Perdue-R
OH-Strickland-D
MA-Patrick-D
PA-Rendell-D
MA-Patrick-D
NH-Lynch-D
TN-Bredesen
IL-Blagojevich-D
OK-Henry-D
AZ-Napolitano
NM-Richardson-D




Other notes from MSNBC.com's exit poll results:

• majority of Americans see this as a national election
• majority of Americans are dissatisfied with congress
• majority of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction
• majority of Americans are unhappy about the war

ELECTION 2006

OK, I posted my desire for people to get out and vote today before I even went to the Polls this am and I just wanted to share my experience.

I had no problems voting at all, but the lines in my district in Northern VA were long. I waited over an hour to vote at 8:00am.

People were calm and waited patiently and everyone seemed in a pretty good mood. Now, there were probably 8 people outside handing out Democratic campaign literature and sample ballots and 1 republican representative. There were probably 60-80 people in line.

I saw only 4 people with the peach colored republican sample ballot. Everyone else had the Blue Democratic sample ballots. I thought that was kind of telling, but I do live in the blues of blue precincts in a very red state.

I am also going to try to live-blog the election results as well.

Some early poll information that may be telling:

On MSNBC.com's live broadcast, Charlie Cook said it could be a huge gain for Dems in the House and he would be surprised if they didn't make big gains in the Senate as well.

TODAY'S THE DAY!!

Well, today is it, election day in the 2006 mid-term elections!

I really feel that Democrats have an excellent chance to take both the House and Senate. People are really motivated and will be out voting today. I did some phone banking for Move-on.org's call for change, and I can tell you, people are motivated and excited about today.

But the work isn't done. The job today is getting people out to the polls. Many people often plan to vote and then on election day, life gets in the way. Kids, shopping, work, school take up so much of our time and attention and before you know it, the polls have closed and another election day has gone by. But voting today is every bit as important as everything else on your 'to do' list.

Imagine how you will feel tomorrow if you didn't vote and the republicans retain control of either the House and Senate or both.

What difference could have been made if you and millions like you would have made it to the polls?

Who will be responsible when the next hurricane or natural disaster hits and the republicans still have no disaster relief plan?

Who will be responbile for doing nothing to improve the situation in Iraq?

Who will be responsible for not fixing our failing health care system?

Who will be responsible for not fixing the Medicaid prescription drug fiasco?

Who will be responsibile for not raising the minimum wage?

Who will be responsible for not checking the president when he seeks his next war in Iran? North Korea?

Who will be responsible when the next republican corruption scandal breaks?

If you do not vote today, you have only yourself to blame.

The midterm elections are every bit as important as the presidential elections, and this time around, perhaps more so.

So, the choice is this:

We can either stay the course with the president's failed policies in Iraq, Katrina, jobs, health care and allow them to further their policy of corruption.

Or

We can choose something differnt, something better.

My sense, is people are ready and hungry for change and motivated to make that change happen!

Be the change you want to see in the world!

VOTE