in the first senate district, roger neli, a sitting assembly republican squared off against ted gaines in the primary. gaines is now going to go against democratic rancho cordova kell cooley. he is a very experienced sacramento hand if he is able to pull off. supervisor mar: supervisor maxwell has a well. supervisor maxwell: can you say the independent in central valley went back to being a democrat? >> no, the seat went back to democrat. it had been a democrat seat and a democrat prevailed. that keeps the numbers at 52. in the senate, once the two seats settle out, both expect to go the way they have for decades. we expect gaines to win, and we expect a democrat to replace peza. and that would put their proportion at 254615. >> so in your memo, you recorded a rolling wave with the democratic governor, lieutenant governor and both house us. this is the first time in how long that much of a democratic power shift? >> yes, it is significant. you would have to go back to -- in greg davis' administration, there were prompt proportions in both houses but not at the level we have in the asse

ted strickland has gained back on john kasich who was leading by 17 points in one poll a couple weeks. >> woodruff: we know that ohio has had a difficult time with the economy, like the rest of the country but probably more pronounced in some ways. what have been the issues most on the voters' minds in this governor's race? >> well i think the economy is absolutely the most important issue. we do have an unemployment rate that's been dropping for last six months. but it's still at 10%. that's pretty high. i mean it's definitely a lot higher than its low point back in february of 2007. but it's been very difficult for reporters as we've been chasing these two candidates for governor to get answers about what they're going to do about job creation and really more importantly for many people there's a huge budget deficit. many states are facing budget deficits coming up. ohio's is estimated between $4 billion and $8 billion. the candidates aren't talking about ha they intend to do about that. they've been talking more about this election is about jobs. it's about the economy. it's about

we just talked about ted koppel lamenting that fact. who is gaining in power? ll, i think like juan says, certainly conservatives and folks who didn't get mainstream media coverage before in many cases are driving coverage. i think the the perfect distillation of what ted koppel is upset about is a facebook post by sarah palin which can sort of outblast everything on the internet and in media for at least a couple hours of a news cycle. that is -- it's not necessarily that she is the only one that can do that. people in smaller ways are able to get their message out in ways they weren't able to before. >> bill: this is an interesting point. i want you to explain it a little bit more clearly. if sarah palin can go on the internet on her facebook page and she can say something provocative, all right? directly to the people. doesn't have to gone 00 abc news or the nbc news as they used to be able to have to do. so she can say unfiltered whatever she wants to say and you, mary katharine, are submitting that when she does that the reaction is so huge that nobody even

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ted sorenson tonight. >>> and, a halloween mystery solved. the true story of a real life zombie. >>> good evening. as the campaign barrels into its final hours, new signs tonight that the republicans are heading for major gains. our latest abc news poll shows likely voters favor republicans over democrats for the house 49% to 45%. putting republicans in an even stronger position than they were in when they swept into power back in 1994. much more on the election coming up in a moment. but we're going to start tonight with that foiled terror plot. there were some important developments today. we learned that one of the bombs flew part of its journey aboard passenger planes, not just cargo planes. the one person arrested has been released without charge. and, we're learning more about just how sophisticated these bombs were, and how close they came to reaching their targets. so we're going to turn now to chief investigative correspondent brian ross. brian, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, dan. the investigation is moving at a rapid pace, and the more u.s. and british authorities learn about the plot and the bombs hidden in printers, the more they are worried. following the lead of the british, senior a

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