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.

• Santorum Loss: Another Departure From the '08 Field? ( 9:43 PM ET)
• Barone: Fox Ditches Exit Polls ( 9:43 PM ET)
• Close House Race in N.H.; Republican Predicts 'Wipeout' ( 9:39 PM ET)
• Gay Rights Backers Say Virginia Loss Is a Partial Win ( 9:38 PM ET)
• Barone: Exit Polls Can Lean Democratic ( 9:29 PM ET)
• Mashek: Fox News is the Republican Network ( 9:25 PM ET)
• Democrats All Smiles About the Senate ( 9:23 PM ET)
• Most Expensive Campaigns for 2000, 2002, and 2004 ( 9:22 PM ET)
• Elizabeth Dole Is Confident . . . Sort Of ( 9:18 PM ET)
• Women in Congress ( 9:11 PM ET)
• Erbe: Celebratory Mood at Dems' HQ ( 9:09 PM ET)
• Polls Begin to Close in West ( 9:01 PM ET)
• Barone: GOP Turnout Push in Indiana May Misfire ( 8:53 PM ET)
• Minimum Wage Victories ( 8:53 PM ET)
• The Dems Go Westward, Ho! ( 8:47 PM ET)

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