Republican Party wins big in 2010
Tuesday night’s midterm elections will help shape the path of lawmaking for at least the next two years. The night was full of mixed results for the Democrats. The Democrats held on to the Senate despite losing the House of Representatives to over 60 Republicans. Majority leader Harry Reid held on to his seat in Nevada. The Democrats suffered the loss of former Illinois Senate seat of President Barack Obama to Republican Mark Kirk.
Other GOP pick-ups were Arkansas, Indiana, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. A bright spot during the night was when Democrat Joe Manchin won in West Virginia.
Analysts speculate that the Tea Party fueled House of Representative wins, but hindered the Senate chances.
Examples can be found in places like Delaware where the GOP nominee Christine O’Donnell lost to Democrat Chris Coons in a terrible defeat. O’Donnell had previously had to explain her past experience in witchcraft. Polls suggest her opponent in the primary earlier this year Mike Castle would have beaten Coons handily. Although control of both houses had been proclaimed, a number of races hadn’t been called yet by the next morning.
In Colorado, Democrat Michael Bennet was still in a race too close to call with GOP candidate Ken Buck.
Alaska and Washington state were also in the too close to call as well. Alaska is particularly a race to watch because incumbent Lisa Murkowski is waging a write-in campaign. This type of campaign hasn’t been won since Strom Thurmond decades ago.
President Obama in a news conference on Wednesday told reporters he takes the blame for the “shellacking” election night, but said he would like to work together with the GOP.
Posted by Ian Bridgeforth
on Nov 5 2010. Filed under Other.
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