Polls are closed, votes being counted: PHOTO

Elections test US voters' mood: PHOTO
People in the US states of New Jersey and Virginia have been voting to choose New governors.

Mpls Begins Election Hand Count Wed.: PHOTO
MINNEAPOLIS - The city of Minneapolis will begin hand counting the ballots from Tuesday's election on Wednesday. The first results are likely to be available late next week. The count will continue six days a week, and the entire count for all races is expected to be complete by December 21. On Tuesday night, results of the first, second and third choice rankings will be posted on the Minnesota Secretary of State's webpage. If no candidate receives the required number of votes to be elected...

Election Night Open Thread and Chat: PHOTO
The future of our civilization depends on tonight's election returns! Well, not really, but those that want to discuss it with fellow NBers can do so here or join a chat just started here .

Tonight's Other Election: PHOTO
CA-10 has gotten almost no attention because it is considered a safe Democratic seat, even though it has gone to a Republican much more recently than NY-23. Nate Silver gives odds : I might take about a 15-1 flier on Harmer -- and if Republicans do win here, or perhaps even pull close enough that the outcome will be uncertain for several days as California finishes counting mail ballots, they'll really have something to crow about. With that said, I suspect that Garamendi will more likely...

Maine Polling Wrap-Up: PHOTO
Mark Blumenthal offers his final thoughts on what we can expect tonight and advises not taking exit polls very seriously. He's unsure about Maine: A 2004 paper by Joe Shipman , then director of election polling for SurveyUSA, showed that polling on ballot measures had triple the rate of error (9.5 average error on the margin) as polls in presidential Elections (3.4) and nearly double that of contests for statewide offices (4.6). I summarized the assumed reasons for that greater error rate...

East Haven mayor wins second term: PHOTO
East Haven (WTNH) - East Haven Mayor April Capone Almon, who had an arrest and an ethics complaint lodged weeks before the election, will hold onto her job for a second term. Republican challenger John Finkle conceded. "People have gone out of their way to support me," Mayor Capone Almon said. Finkle's campaign included an Internet ad which highlighted Mayor Capone Almon's controversial past year; some classified this as a negative campaign. "It's funny because when people say, 'well, your ads...

Live Blogging Election Night 2009 [Elections]
Have cable news on and Secretary of State sites loaded up? Good, let's all start looking for interesting nuggets as the returns from this off-year election night start coming in. At the Gawker Decision Desk tonight is Peter Feld . When an incumbent runs for reelection, it all comes down to whether or not people think he's doing a good job, not a normal comparison between two candidates. Love him or hate him , Mike Bloomberg is sweeping toward a third term not because of his heavy spending or...

An upstate NY election takes on outsize importance: PHOTO
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Light turnout and few problems
Voter turnout is running about normal for a municipal election year and there have been few problems at the polls. At 6:30, about 650 out of 1,770 registered voters in Saint Cecilia's parish center in the precinct had cast ballots. That also was the scene of one problem; the Bureau of Elections received several complaints that machines were positioned in a way that allowed people waiting behind them to see their vote. The same complaints had been registered during the May primary. A bi-partisan...

Scarborough: Economy will decide elections
Scarborough: The races in N.Y., Virginia and N.J. will be decided on one issue: The Economy.

Election Results November 2009: 2009 November Elections Carry Big Implications
Election results November 2009 are important. The election results in November 2009 are 2009’s most important political event.

Does GDP Trump Gay Marriage? -- By: Maggie Gallagher: PHOTO
Joe Scarborough takes this moment to post on the meaning of the Elections under the headline " Election Night Preview: GDP Trumps Gay Marriage ." So I go on record: Does economic collapse trump Gay Marriage? Yes. Is this an intelligent question? No. Here's a better question: Did voting for Gay Marriage hurt Dede Scozzafava? Yes yes yes (see my last post ). I do not know why economic conservatives would want to deny social conservatives a share in this victory. For once, we were all on the...

And Yes -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez: PHOTO
I'm just trying to suck Jonah into election-night Cornering.

For This I'm Missing V? -- By: Jonah Goldberg: PHOTO
Yes, it's good to know that Virginia is a blowout for the GOP. But other than that the election night TV viewing is painfully dull.

Polls Closed in New Jersey … Let the Counting Begin for Governors Race: Christie & Corzine
  The polls have closed in the Garden State … will it be incumbent Jon Corzine or will Republican challenger Chris Christie win New Jersey’s Governorship? The last Rasmussen poll prior to the election had Christie with a 3% point lead over Corzine, 46% – 43% . CNN is stating that 6 in 10 NJ voters said in exit polling that President Barack Obama had no effect on their vote in this off-year gubernatorial election. It’s nice of CNN to provide cover for The One....

Just the Analyst the People Want -- By: Jonah Goldberg: PHOTO
Larry King is talking to Jesse Ventura about the election returns. Must miss TV.

TEMS Special: Election Night review!: PHOTO
Tonight, we present an Ed Morrissey Show special at 9 pm ET to review the election results in New York, New Jersey, and Virginia. Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson of the Hugh Hewitt Show , Jim Geraghty of Campaign Spot , Mary Katharine Ham , and other guests will join us to review the results and their meaning. Don’t miss it! Rick Moran of Right Wing Nut House will have his own round-table discussion starting at 8 pm ET on Blog Talk Radio . Don’t forget to contribute to Project...

Election Night: Dems Test Obama's Sway: PHOTO
The November 2009 Election Day results as well as the exit polls in New Jersey, New York and Viriginia test the mood of the electorate one year after President Barack Obama was elected.

The Associated Press: Health care issues: Hold off for a better economy?
A look at key issues in the Health Care debate: THE ISSUE: Why can't President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats wait until after the Recession is over to try to reform Health Care? THE POLITICS: The Recession is likely to take years to abate, but the 2010 midterm Elections aren't far off. Obama and the Democrats who control Congress campaigned last year on a promise to extend Insurance]Health Insurance to all and to curb the cost of Care. By the next Election Day, the party in control wants a...

Virginia election: Republican Bob McDonnell delivers blow to Democrats: PHOTO
American voters have delivered a sharp rebuke to Barack Obama by rejecting Democratic candidates in Virginia, the swing state that helped deliver him The White House almost exactly a year ago.

Voters choose K'zoo mayor, commission: PHOTO
<a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&amp;task=viewaltcast&amp;altcast_code=160e0c173c">2009 Elections: Gay Rights, commission races</a>

U.S. hopes for 'new chapter of partnership' with Afghanistan
Moscow, November 4 (RIA Novosti) - The United States welcomes the naming of Hamid Karzai as the president of Afghanistan and hopes it will help to open 'a new chapter for partnership' between the countries, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of State said. "I think that we look forward to initiating a new chapter of our partnership with Afghanistan with the victory of President Karzai in the recent Elections," Ian Kelly told a daily press briefing. Karzai was declared the winner of...

Divided Republicans hope for big victories in Virginia, New Jersey: PHOTO
Voters across the country headed to the polls Tuesday for a series of Elections deemed by some analysts as the first major referendum on President Obama's young presidency.

Southern Californians vote on numerous races, revenue issues today; congressional race in Bay Area
Voters are going to the polls today in four Southern California counties, while a new member of Congress is being chosen in a special Bay Area contest. Elections are underway in Ventura, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. In a special election in the Bay Area's 10th Congressional District, Democratic Lt. Gov. John Garamendi is heavily favored to replace former Democratic Rep. Ellen Tauscher, who resigned to take a job in the Obama Administration.  Garamendi, 64, who...