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November 07, 2006

Online Betting Markets Predict Dems Take House; GOP Holds Senate

Posted at 6:11 PM ET by James Pethokoukis

With the first polls closing at 6 p.m. in the eastern parts of Tennessee and Kentucky and the network exit surveys beginning to slowly leak into the blogosphere, here are the latest election odds — as of 5:40 — from the TradeSports and Washington Stock Exchange online betting markets.

— The GOP to hold the U.S. House 14% (TS); 7% (WSX)

— The GOP to hold the U.S. Senate 70% (TS); 55% (WSX)

— Republican Michael Steele to win Maryland U.S. Senate race 37% (TS); 30% (WSX)

— Democrat Ben Cardin to win Maryland U.S. Senate race 70% (TS); 70% (WSX)

— Republican Mike Bouchard to win Michigan U.S. Senate race 3% (TS); 27% (WSX)

— Democrat Debbie Stabenow to win Michigan U.S. Senate race 95% (TS); 73% (WSX)

— Republican Jim Talent to win Missouri U.S. Senate race 44% (TS); 37% (WSX)

— Democrat Claire McCaskill to win Missouri U.S. Senate race 61% (TS); 63% (WSX)

— Republican Conrad Burns to win Montana U.S. Senate race 30% (TS); 33% (WSX)

— Democrat Jon Tester to win Montana U.S. Senate race 70% (TS); 64% (WSX)

— Republican Tom Kean to win New Jersey U.S. Senate race 10% (TS); 30% (WSX)

— Democrat Robert Menendez to win New Jersey U.S. Senate race 96% (TS); 70% (WSX)

— Republican Mike DeWine to win Ohio U.S. Senate race 8% (TS); 10% (WSX)

— Democrat Sherrod Brown to win Ohio U.S. Senate race 94% (TS); 89% (WSX)

— Republican Rick Santorum to win Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race 6% (TS); 22% (WSX)

— Democrat Bob Casey to win Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race 94% (TS); 77% (WSX)

— Republican Lincoln Chafee to win Rhode Island U.S. Senate race 33% (TS); 51% (WSX)

— Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse to win Rhode Island U.S. Senate race 84% (TS); 49% (WSX)

— Republican Bob Corker to win Tennessee U.S. Senate race 78% (TS); 69% (WSX)

— Democrat Harold Ford, Jr. to win Tennessee U.S. Senate race 19% (TS); 31% (WSX)

— Republican George Allen to win Virginia U.S. Senate race 30% (TS); 48% (WSX)

— Democrat Jim Webb to win Virginia U.S. Senate race 73% (TS); 54% (WSX)

This entry originally appeared in James Pethokoukis's Capital Commerce blog on USNews.com.


The staff of U.S. News & World Report are live in Washington watching the results roll in. Silla Brush is at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee headquarters and Will Sullivan is reporting from the Republican National Congressional Committee headquarters. Ken Walsh and Dan Gilgoff are in the U.S. News offices, while Michael Barone is live nationally on Fox television and Gloria Borger is live on CBS.

U.S. News photographers are also dispatched around the nation, filing photos live to our photo gallery.

Our hour-by-hour guide to tonight's key races will help you find the bellwethers throughout the nation.

As the numbers roll in, if you have anecdotes to report or questions about the returns that you'd like us to address, please email electionresults @ usnews.com.

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