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Saturday, November 21, 2009

November 07, 2006

Polls Begin to Close in West

Posted at 9:01 PM ET by Kent Allen

9 p.m. Poll Closings

  • New York: Lots of possibly close congressional races upstate, from the Massachusetts border to Lake Ontario.
  • Rhode Island: A close Senate race between Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse and incumbent Republican Lincoln Chafee.
  • Idaho: The western district is competitive, a late surprise.
  • Iowa: A couple of tight House races, one for each party.
  • Louisiana: No changes expected.
  • Minnesota: Democrat Amy Klobuchar is likely to defeat Republican Mark Kennedy.
  • Nebraska: The Democrats are pinning hopes on a possible upset in the western Nebraska congressional district.
  • Wisconsin: Possibly a close race for the open House seat that includes Green Bay.
  • Arizona: Democrats hope to pick up one or two House seats.
  • Colorado: There are a couple of Republican seats on the Democratic target list.
  • New Mexico: Republican incumbent Heather Wilson is under fire in her First Congressional District.
  • Wyoming: Republican Barbara Cubin is defending her at-large congressional seat.


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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