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The Democrats have managed to retake the house, there are still 17 races yet to be declareable, but that's just determining majority
In the Senate, presuming that Lieberman and Tester are effectively Democrats, then it's 49 each, with 2 yet to report. The Dems need both to take control, due to Cheney's tiebreaker. The two races are the expected ones, Montana with Tester(D) vs Burns(R), with 6,000 in it with 85% of the votes counted. The second is Webb(D) vs Allen(R) in Virginia. Here it's a 99% reporting, with 1,170,564 for Webb, 1,162,717 for Allen, and 26,045 for the independent Parker.
What's probably not being reported that heavily is the Ballot Measures, which are refurendums that are run in states alongside the others some Highlights that people may want to know:
Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin all voted to Ban Same Sex Marriages yesterday. The Arizona vote on this is undecided and still very close, but leaning slightly towards no.
California and Oregon both had motions requiring Parental Notification for abortions. Oregon's one was defeated, California's one is looking like it, but isn't confirmed yet. South Dakota said no to a almost general ban on Abortion that would have challenged Wade vs Roe.
Michigan voted to prevent Affirmative Action in its universities and state apparatus
In different news, Missouri now allows stem cell research. Several states had motions to legalise marijuana, but none of them passed. Several also raised their minimum wages.
Just some things to think about.
In the Senate, presuming that Lieberman and Tester are effectively Democrats, then it's 49 each, with 2 yet to report. The Dems need both to take control, due to Cheney's tiebreaker. The two races are the expected ones, Montana with Tester(D) vs Burns(R), with 6,000 in it with 85% of the votes counted. The second is Webb(D) vs Allen(R) in Virginia. Here it's a 99% reporting, with 1,170,564 for Webb, 1,162,717 for Allen, and 26,045 for the independent Parker.
What's probably not being reported that heavily is the Ballot Measures, which are refurendums that are run in states alongside the others some Highlights that people may want to know:
Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin all voted to Ban Same Sex Marriages yesterday. The Arizona vote on this is undecided and still very close, but leaning slightly towards no.
California and Oregon both had motions requiring Parental Notification for abortions. Oregon's one was defeated, California's one is looking like it, but isn't confirmed yet. South Dakota said no to a almost general ban on Abortion that would have challenged Wade vs Roe.
Michigan voted to prevent Affirmative Action in its universities and state apparatus
In different news, Missouri now allows stem cell research. Several states had motions to legalise marijuana, but none of them passed. Several also raised their minimum wages.
Just some things to think about.