that was the case in the u.s. senate race too. now the democrat thought this was going to be a close race in an early on -- here we go over here. here? here. hi. the democrats were thinking -- uh-oh. this is going to be close and tim kaine was a little bit worried in the beginnings but he had the end. peggy fox is there with the story. >> reporter: at 10:30, networks began calling the race for tim kaine. >> the next junior senator. [ cheering and applause ] tim kaine and holton. >> reporter: former governor tim kaine had 30 supporters on stage and family members including holeton who was a virginia governor in 1907. >> it's a great night to be a virginian. >> reporter: kaine railed against the expensive campaign $80 million worth and the outside interests. >> we were able to overcome the influence of the negative ads and prove once again the strength of people power grass roots campaigning. >> reporter: he now joins another former governor in the u.s. senate. there wasn't a lot of celebrating throughout the evening because tim kai

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u.s. senator for virginia. >> two democrats from virginia in the u.s. senate, can't remember when that happened last. as we go to break, a reminder for election 2012 analysis you can follow@wusa 9. >> election night bulletin. president obama has won a second term. as president of the united states. in the last few moments, cbs news has projected that president obama would carry the state of ohio and with that, the president has amassed more than the 270 electoral votes necessary to win. repeating now the president has won re-election. this is the presidential race map as it stands right now. 270 electoral votes needed to win. president obama has 274. that is it. it is done. this is the scene in chicago at the president's victory rally. as you can see, quite a large crowd, quite an enthusiastic crowd, having just gotten the news that the president has been elected to another four year term. bob schaffer. >> president obama, despite the state of the economy, has become the first president re- elected since fdr with an unemployment rate this high. >> it's a

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earlier on, it was thought the entire u.s. senate was going to rest on this race. the democrats will pick up seats from republicans in massachusetts in maine and in to indiana. that is not a great deal. both allen and cane are very, very tight as brian moran said there are no obama-allen voters. in maryland, we have a situation where john delaine, a democrat, is trying to -- in the redrawn sixth district. >> all right, those are the key races. we know you will be here throughout the night and we'll talk to you later. >> thank you. >>> coming up now, election day traditions. we're going to take you inside president obama's routine and show you where heel watch the results tonight. >> our political coverage continues on our website, www.myfoxdc.com. and there it is there. coming up next, we're going to be in the web center to walk you through what you find on the website, including the all- important results. stay close.  . >> welcome back. we're live in the web center right now. our team of web producers have been working hard to keep you up to d

for state democrats sending 7 members to the house of representatives and return cardin to the u.s. senate. >> this is a day that will change history not just for baltimore not just for maryland but for our country. >> reporter: and it was a night of history for maryland voters. passing all major ballot questions, including expanded game redistricting and the dream act. marled became one of the first -- maryland became one of the first stays to pass same sex marriage. now after a night of celebration, the country picks it up essentially where it left off. democrats control the white house and senate and republicans held on the control of the house and with looming economic and employment issues at hand how will the two sides work together this time? >> we have got to stop the partisan politics on both sides of the aisle and pull together and make things happen. >> i think the difference today is we know the fiscal realities and we have to deal with it for the sake of the country all of us should put our nation first night democratic propose -- >> it's not a democratic or republican proposa

. >> we haven't talked about the u.s. senate race in maryland. ben cardin the incumbent running against the republican senate candidate. how is cardin looking in maryland? >> and then the independent candidate as well. ben cardin, i will eat this glass if he doesn't win. it's an overwhelmingly democratic state. the two people running against him will speak up the -- split up the anti-cardin vote. >> let's look at virginia. cane versus allen. they're in the homestretch and have been neck-in-neck for months now. cane seems to be doing better lately. is that the trend? >> i think northern virginia he comes out, cane does, with a big lead. he speaks spanish and that helps with latino voters. he was a likable, where's a likable guy and popular governor. allen's tried to attach him to brama. i don't think this worked. >> and we're talking about senate control right now. the democrats are holding on to it by a thin thread. what do you see as far as all of the races nationally, shaping up as far as to control the u.s. senate? >> they were worried. it's no

there is no united states senator, in the u.s. senate remotely like mike lee. [applause] i tell you afterwards, he and i went and visited -- first time we met and we spend the next couple of hours debating constitutional law, and brand-new senator elect, and that is very down in the bowels there. pretty sure i saw minutes wandering around. i spent a couple hours with mike walking around, i remember it was this friday because it was the day that committee assignments were due, he handed in his request i remember one of the things we've talking about at the time was the national debt. and estimated the value of the land owned by the united states government. it was at $14 trillion. and rather than the united states the parent being the largest landowner in the world, and we begin discussing that, in the presence of a fellow federalist. he mike was the first major national figure and rightfully launched. it was just a month or two later visiting it after dinner talking about the senate and what can i do to help? and he looked over and says i can do that i can do th

>> reporter: and with senator-elect deb fischer she will be 1 of 19 women in the u.s. senate, a record number and voters in connecticut will give us our youngest senator choosing democrat chris murphy, a member of congress right now, and now the democrats will hold on to control. nothing will change on the house side either where republicans will be in charge with lots of work to do. matt? >> all right. kelly o'donnell for us, thank you very much. elizabeth warren is now the senator-elect from massachusetts after defeating incumbent republican scott brown. senator-elect warren, good to see you, good morning to you and congratulations. >> thank you. good morning to you. >> you've become the first woman to be elected to the senate from massachusetts. you will hold a seat that was held for nearly 50 years by ted kennedy. at some point last night, as your victory was announced, you guaranteed that democrats would hold the senate. just talk to me about the significance of your win. >> well, this is a win for america's middle class. this is a win for every family that really has be

the symbol of new york city was it will up in blue after president obama was reelected. >>> the u.s. senates is more blue this morning. california among others has reelected senator dianne feinstein to a fourth term. she defeated little known republican elizabeth emken of danville. feinstein was very emotional. she hugged her family during the victory party in san francisco. while her landslide victory was predicted she did become a bit emotional when her grandmother introduced her on stage. >> you have no idea what that introduction meant to me. and how emotional it is and how very wonderful it is to have you as my granddaughter. >> thank you. >> so thank you. >> i love you. >> 78-year-old senator feinstein raised more than $9 million. >>> voters decided not to shake up congress last night despite approval ratings that are in the gutter. republicans will keep control of the house, democrats maintain their majority in the senate. ktvu alison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the political landscape emerging this morning on capitol hill. >> reporter: pam, earlier this year repub

post, there will be an immediate political question for the democrats as to what happens to his u.s. senate seat in massachusetts. senator kerry had mostly been talked about as a potential replacement for secretary of state hillary clinton. the post reporting tonight that that nomination for secretary of state is instead almost certain to go to united nations ambassador susan rice. republicans tried to make into a scandal susan rice's comments after the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. her comments that the attack was thought to be linked to islamist protests rather than an organized terrorist attack. but the administration and the intelligence committee have stepped up to defend her remarks that sunday. and if she is tapped by president obama to replace secretary clinton as secretary of state that would imply that the president is willing to keep backing susan rice up all the way. the current defense secretary is leon panetta. he used to run the cia where he was succeeded by general petraeus. now that seat is also available. the same administration sources talking to "the post" also

>>> one of the few bright spots for republicans in the election this year was the u.s. senateff flake's race in arizona was one of the few contested senate seats that was in reach for the republicans, but it appeared the republicans actually did reach. but today the democrat in that race, former surgeon general richard carmona, kind of essentially hinted at not conceding that race. his campaign today, saying they might have declared defeat too soon. they are now watching the vote count in arizona very closely. as of this weekend, arizona had not counted roughly one in every four votes that were cast in the election. still, half a million votes left to count and a bunch of close races in the state are hanging in the balance. this botched election in arizona, which is still not over, and the remarkable, potential unconcessioned u.s. senate race by richard carmona, may ultimately go back to this guy. >> as you know, 250 citizens of this valley, this state, came to me. asking me as the head of a law enforcement agency to look into president obama's birth certificate as released by

u.s. senator -- marylanders will choose a new u.s. senator. >> question one through seven on your ballot, a includes expanded gambling. is some information you need to know. you can bring information into the booth. you are not allowed to use your cell phone or computer equipment inside the polling place. you can bring two children inside the clothing place. you have to leave the polling place after you vote. it is a good idea to bring a valid form of identification with you. the polls are open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. for a complete coverage, you can go to our website, wbaltv.com. error details on the latest presidential candidates and you can search for your polling place -- there are details on the latest presidential candidates. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. are you heading to the polls today, or did you vote early this year? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> a man remains in critical condition after police say someb

of representatives and return ben cardin to the u.s. senate. >> this is day that will change history not just for baltimore not just for maryland but for our country. >> reporter: and it was a night of history for maryland voters passing all major ballot questions including redistricting and the dream act. >> you made the difference. >> reporter: maryland became one of the first states to pass same sex marriage by a popular vote. after a night of celebration they pick up where they left off democrats control the white house and senate and republicans held onto control of the house and with looming economic and employment issues at hand how the two sides will work together this time. >> we have got to stop the partisan politics on both side of the aisle and pull together an make things happen. >> we know the fiscal realities. we have got to deal with it for the sake of the country all of us should put our nation first night not a democratic proposal or republican proposal. we have to come together as a compromise for the good of our country and

but a record 18 women will be serving in the u.s. senate come 2013. >>> just can't get enough of 9news now coverage of election 2012. it continues on our website. wusa9.com. log on to find all the results from the race to the presidency all the way down to the local school board race. >>> there's some other news one week after being displaced by sandy, thousands of residents have boarded buses and searched online for alternative polling places to cast their ballot. voter turnout remains strong despite the devastation in new york and new jersey. >> polling stations were relocated throughout the new york region. alison harmelin is in queens and she has more. >> reporter: bill left home on his bicycle in search of a place to vote. >> we were just circling around figuring out where the biggest spots were where people could be. >> reporter: these tents mark the spot where residents of new york's devastated rock aways are casting their ballots. election officials brought in generators to power the polls. a giant relief for voters who thought they

similar to getting pregnant by being raped, just put yourself in the father's position, he lost his u.s. senate to incumbent democratic senator bob casey of pennsylvania. republicans who were forced to campaign on their anti-abortion politics, by and large, did not fare well this year. but by all means, republicans, follow the anti-abortion movement's advice and campaign harder on your abortion politics next time. really. really, go for that one third of the electorate that thinks they agree with you on this issue before they've heard you really explain it. maybe you can petition to change the rules of mathematics so that 36% will add up to a majority. regardless, definitely talk more about rape, you guys. keep it up. >>> hey, to all of you who waited in long, long, long lines to cast your vote in this election, your democracy thanks you, yay! how about this. let's never have to do that again. let's fix that. who's with me? that's next. you can prevent gas with beano meltaways, or treat gas with these after you get it. now that's like sunblock before or sun burn cream later. oh, somebody out th

next four u.s. senate debates. first, senator john and democratic challenger tom chest nut face off in wyoming. and heidi and represent rick debate in north dakota. followed by democrat cynthia republican charlie summers and independent candidates in maine. and later incumbent independent senator we are knee sanders faces john john macgovern for a seat in vermont. >>> for the last four years, the status quo in washington has fought us every step of the way. it's -- they spent millions from stopping us from reforming the health care system. spent millions trying to stop us from reforming wall street. they engineered a strategy of gridlock in congress. refusing to comprise even on ideas that democrats and republicans used to support in the past. and what they're counting on now is that you'll be so worn down and discouraged by all of the squabbling so tiring of all the dysfunction you'll give up, walk away, and leave the power to be in power. >>> my conviction of better days ahead is not based on promise and rhetoric

i find it so significant that the democratic committee in the u.s. senate, senator dianne feinstein is now saying, you know, we need this information. i mean, they can't call it politics if the democrats are asking for it. >> you can't possibly look at this and not wonder what the heck were they doing? several explanations, totally conflicting. totally strange pattern of behavior in the four months leading up to this attack, including not protecting the embassy. an embassy that is attacked, you put extra security there. why was there no extra security? why did the president take as along as he did to react? why weren't more forces put in? why do we have two conflict explanations? and why does the evidence keep getting discovered by the press and outside people, not by -- by the fbi, by administration officials and if they are going to put out the information to the senate, why don't they put it out for two days when nobody's around. >> sean: my goodness. you would have to be stupid not to come to the conclusion that there is something very suspicious here.

keeping control of the u.s. senate. we talked to virginia party chairman brian moran a short while ago and this is what he had to say about the big win tonight. >> we feel good. we've been looking at the numbers as soon as they started reporting and thank goodness northern virginia came in. once the numbers came in from fairfax, we felt real good about it. >> tim kaine winning the senate seat on the strength of the turnout in favor of northern virginia in places like fairfax, loudoun and prince williams counties. he'll be on the satage in about five minutes. we'll bring that to you live. >> thank you. >>> turning to the republican side of the senate race in virginia, richard jar dan with the george allen campaign in richmond? no, not richard. okay. >> what we're going to do is turn to maryland instead. one of the big issues on the ballot, several of them, question six. voters are deciding whether or not to approve gay marriage. looking at the latest thumb ber numbers now, chris gordon will report from baltimore in a min

u.s. senator named ben. by helping restore thousands of acres of oyster beds, he kept hundreds of oystermen on the job... which keeps wholesalers in business... and that means more delivery companies... making deliveries to more restaurants... which hire more workers. and that means more oystermen. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approved this message. >>> the investigators hold off ahead of the the election. dow jones up almost 20678 the nasdaq up and the s&p 500 up just over three. >> in tonight's consume alert, some hurricane sandy victims say they're being gouged by consumers. they say her chants are hiking -- merchants are hiking prices on essential goods and the new york attorney general is launching an investigation. price gouging is illegal in times of emergency. >> all right. aren't you excited? we're down to the wire. tomorrow is the big day and how the candidates are wrapping up their campaigns >>> hey, a sunny sky. the chil

u.s. senator named ben. by helping restore thousands of acres of oyster beds, he kept hundreds of oystermen on the job... which keeps wholesalers in business... and that means more delivery companies... making deliveries to more restaurants... which hire more workers. and that means more oystermen. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approved this message. >> this is 11 sports. >> the negative emotion comes from our recent history. last year, ray rice ran for more than 200 yards in cleveland. he has yet to score a touchdown on the road this year. the ravens have struggled on offense on the road. sunday, as the ravens head to cleveland, he knows the importance of coming out of this and moving the ball and scoring early and often. >> one thing we are not quite as good at on the road as we are at home is being on the same page. it might be any combination. tomorrow night, we will get a sneak peek of the basketball team. they will play an exhi

similar to getting pregnant by being raped, just put yourself in the father's position, he lost his u.s. senateo incumbent democratic senator bob casey of pennsylvania. republicans who were forced to campaign on their anti-abortion politics, by and large, did not fare well this year. but by all means, republicans, follow the anti-abortion movement's advice and campaign harder on your abortion politics next time. really. really, go for that one third of the electorate that thinks they agree with you on this issue before they've heard you really explain it. maybe you can petition to change the rules of mathematics so that 36% will add up to a majority. regardless, definitely talk more about rape, you guys. keep it up. ry to stump some political junkies with questions from bing elections. do you know where your polling place is? maybe somewhere around my house. mine's just, right over that way. well you can find out exactly where it is using bing elections. it's a good day for politics. which way do you lean politically? conservative. republican. well, using the bing news selector you can find new

i think that was the last greatest senate in the u.s. congress. thank you for your time. guest: i think that was the greatest single legislative accomplishment in american history. i would also say that dirksen, his leadership, delivered 27 out of 33 republicans in the senate even while the republican party was nominated barry goldwater who was one of the few who was opposed. that was a great accomplishment. what i have said in the book is that that kind of legislation continued in the 1960's and into the 1970's. they did things the same way. it was not as enormous as an accomplishment as the civil rights act but the panama canal treaties or rescuing new york city or a saving chrysler, that was all done on a bipartisan basis. that is the way the great senate operated. host: the gulf of tonkin resolution was also on a bipartisan basis. guest: it was within a period of weeks after the civil rights act of 1964 that they did the gulf of tonkin resolution. many of them always regretted doing it. the truth is, they decided to give political cover to president johnson during the

and in maine, independ angous king easily won the state's u.s. senate seat currently held by olympia snow. the one notable senate pickup for republicans in nebraska where deb fischer flibed ben nelson's seat defeating bob kerrey. democrats hold 51 seats and harry reid already called on republicans to end their "strategy of obstruction gridlock and delay." we're still waiting for the official results from the races in montana, nevada, and north dakota. mark halpern, if we go back to the top of that list, elizabeth warren versus scott brown, tight all the way. what did elizabeth warren do in the end to win? >> she ran as a democrat in a state where the president won by a big margin. >> that helps. >> very difficult. they knew if the president won by 20 seats or more, it will be difficult to overcome. she made very few mistakes. and now she'll become one of the leading voices in the senate for progressives around the country. >> what does she bring to the senate? >> she brings that passion. and from a real liberal left perspective in terms of economic issu

u.s. senator. >> snowe: we weren't solving the big problems. and that's what really stunned me. >> kroft: i think the american public is just baffled as to why the congress, not just the senate, can't get together and come up with some solutions. why is it? >> snowe: you know, that's a very good question, steve. if you think about the objective of public service, it is to solve problems. we're not dealing with tax reform. we're not dealing with the debt ceiling crisis. we're not dealing with the automatic cuts. we're not dealing with expiration of the tax rates. i finally said one day, you know, "is there something else we're doing that i'm not aware of? >> kroft: was that one of the reasons you left? >> snowe: it is. i mean, we're talking about issues that are looming on the horizon that threaten our fiscal wellbeing as a nation. >> kroft: it's not always been this way. the senate was once a showcase for american political talent, and people like lyndon johnson, ted kennedy, and howard baker forged alliances with political opponents to pass lan

u.s. senator born in japan -- fukushima, japan. the other new women senators are republican nebraska state senator deb fischer and former north dakota attorney general heidi heitkamp. and those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. two weeks before the election of president obama privately revealed one of the essential factors to his re-election -- the latino vote. in a conversation with editors at the des moines register, obama said -- obama was right. latino voters turned out in record numbers on tuesday and exit polls show obama won 71% of the latino vote. mitt romney won just 27%, less than any presidential candidates published any republican candidate in 16 years. in 2004, george w. bush won 44% of the latino vote. for the first time, latinos made up more than 10% of the nation's electorate. obama's a one huge margins of african-american and asian- american voters. on wednesday, senate majority leader harry reid called the democrats the party of diversi

it says tim kaine, u.s. senate. kaine is attributing his success to this sort of grass roots support and enthusiasm. he thanked his supporters last night at a victory rally in richmond. this race received national attention when democrat jim webb announced his retirement. the republican party saw it as an opportunity to gain a seat in the senate, a seat previously held by george allen before he was succeeded by webb in 2006. now, millions of dollars was spent on negative tv ads. much of the money coming from groups outside of virginia. and here's what tim kaine had to say about all of that. >> our victory tonight proves it's the number of people that stand with you, not the number of zeros behind a check that decide elections in the united states of america. and tonight we also prove that virginiians are ready to keep moving forward with leaders committing to finding common ground to help strengthen the middle class and the entire nation. >> and we're going to be hearing more from senator-elect tim kaine. he's going

appoint somebody to run the part of the party that is responsible for electing democrats to the u.s. senaterry reid offered the job to virginia senator mark warner. mark warner said, no. harry reid offered the job to minnesota senator, al franken. al franken said, no. he then offered the job to new york senator, chuck schumer. chuck schumer said, no. nobody wanted this job. finally, on his fourth try, he convinced someone to take this terrible, terrible job. poor patty murray. the senator from washington state. look at this. democrats beseech murray to take the job. nobody wants to be set up for failure. nobody wants to take on a job at which they are almost guaranteed to fail. and in 2010, the job of trying to secure democratic control of the senate in this year's election, seemed like a completely impossible prospect. look at this. democrats face an extremely tough map in 2012. the democrats must defend 23 seats while just ten republicans are up for re-election. no way, right? odds totally stacked against the democrats. no way democrats can hold the senate under those circumstances. that

u.s. senator? other than us yourself, if you weren't here, which two candidates could you see being best for maine out of the candidates here tonight? >> well, since you mentioned you're so close to angus, i'll take you out of the picture. i you want to look at who i think articulates their positions as closely as they can, i think senator dill articulates her position. andrew does. so if i were not on this stage, i think i would have to look at one of the three over there. >> because -- i'm not qualified because of my connection with angus? thank you, secretary summers. >> charlie summers you may ask another candidate a question. summer: cynthia, you and i have seen commercials run by angus's friends to suggest i'm engaged to more than one woman i had someone from my office call me that said if i was engauged in a war onwoman i was losing because seven of my appointees are women. my question to you is, given that the democratic senatorial committee has not endorsed you, isn't it in fact the democr

u.s. senator. election day also saw voters decide on a series of landmark ballot initiatives to rewrite state laws. advocates of marriage equality ended tuesday with four out of four victories, as voters legalized same-sex marriage in maine and maryland, upholding same-sex marri washington state and defeating a measure to ban same-sex marriage in minnesota. in addition to same-sex marriage, maryland voters also affirmed the dream act, allowing undocumented immigrants to receive in-state tuition. in florida, voters defeated a measure that called for amending the state constitution to restrict abortion rights and bar public funds from funding abortions. in california, voters defeated ballot measures to repeal the death penalty and another that would have required labeling of genetically modified foods. a separate measure to ease penalties for nonviolent offenses under california's three strikes law was approved. california voters rejected measure that would have curbed the political influence of unio

there will now be a record number of women serving in the u.s. senate. >> go, girls. and in missouri claire mccaskill managed to keep her senate seat. they say todd akin badly damaged his political campaign with his comments about pregnancy and rape, and we'll keep a close eye on michele bachmann. it looks like her seat is in jeopardy as well. >> and there was some backlash. >>> and we have all the state-by-state results online. for a closer look at that, check out abc.com. >>> so what is next now that president obama has pulled off such a decisive win? >> and we're going tell you. >>> up next, the real story behind this election and what it could mean for the next four years. you are watching a special edition of "america this morning." you're watching a special edition of "america this morning." ♪ a portion of every bottle that they sell goes to fight ♪ ♪ breast cancer and i think that's swell. ♪ ♪ the more you take, the more they'll pay, ♪ ♪ so make them write a big check today. ♪ ♪ and if you're feeling a little slow, ♪ ♪ then 5-hour energy will hel

he did win the u.s. senate seat. rogers never heard from him so he called him up and he asked obama, would he come? and obam said, steve, i'm too busy. i'm getting phone calls from warren buffett and from steve jobs and bill gates and all these important people. and rogers said, you promised. and obama told him, well, you know, steve, you're not supposed to believe promises made by politicians, are you? and rogers got very angry. and demanded he show up. and eventually he did show up, obama. but the point of the story is that so many of the african-american leaders, businessmen and political people have spoken to for this book, told me similar stories in which they were there for him, for obama, on day one. they were what the call day-one people, supporting him, organizing for him, contributing to him, and that once he was elected to either the senate and then eventually to the presidency, they never heard again from him. there was a lack of gratitude. a lack of sense of obligation. and it wasn't only african-america

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u.s. senator. a law degree from the university of wyoming -- he was elected to the legislature in 1964 and the u.s. senate in 1978 where he served three terms and was elected as majority leader. leaving the senate, he has been director of the institute of politics at harvard and has practiced law. he is the author of the book "right in the old gazoo -- a lifetime of scrapping with the press." the breakfast is being underwritten by areva, a growing player in renewable energy and nuclear energy. we thank them for their support. as always, we are on the record here. please no live blogging or other means of filing -- to give you some time to think. there is no embargo, but c-span has agreed not to air the video of the breakfast until noon today to give those of you who actually paid to attend the breakfast time to file. finally, if you'd like to ask a question please do the traditional thing and send me a subtle, nonthreatening signal. with that, thanks again from our supporters and viewers. >> he alw

not only did the president win virginia, democrat tim kaine was elected to the u.s. senate. bob barnard has more. >> reporter: it was an exciting night last night nationally and in virginia. i thought i would share what my priorities are going to be beginning today. >> reporter: democrat tim kaine greeting reporters in richmond at his campaign headquarters, the day after the virginian elected the former governor senator. and what was traditionally a solid red state, both u.s. senators from virginia will be democrats. >> if anyone has a sense after tate -- 2008 that virginia going bluffs a fluke, last night demonstrated it's not, we are a true battleground state and both parties have to take our state seriously. >> reporter: he said virginia should be considered a purple state where republican george allen lost in what was predicted and turned out to be a close and costly race. $82million spent resulting in the second statewide defeat in seven years. >> after a hard-fought contest, we were reminded how closely divided we are here in virginia politically. >> reporter: virginia

there will be a record number of women serving in the u.s. senate. >> go, girls. and missouri democrat, claire mccaskill was able to keep her senate seat. todd akin badly damaged his campaign by his comments on pregnancy and rape. and michele bachmann, we'll keep an eye on it. her seat is in jeopardy, as well. >> and there's some backlash. >>> we have all of the state-by-state results online. for a closer look at that, check out abcnews.com. >>> and so, what is next now that president obama has pulled off such a decisive win? >> we're going to tell you. up next, the real story behind this election and what it could mean for the next four years. you're watching a special edition of "america this morning." introducing the all-new 2013 chevrolet malibu, our greatest malibu ever. ♪ >>> i have listened to you. i have learned from you. and you've made me a better president. and with your stories and your struggles, i return to the white house more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead. >> president obama, cel

to virginia now in addition to the race for the white house, the u.s. senate showdown between tim kaine and george allen will be the big race to follow. there are two statewide amendments. question one has to do with eminent domain and when and if your property can be taken from you. question 2 deals with the general assembly and whether it can delay the start of a veto session by up to one week. in virginia when you go to the polls, you must show an acceptable form of identification like a driver's license or a virginia voters registration card. in the district now the appear. s to watch include question no. 5 -- amendments to watch include question no. five it. would change the way council members can remove a fellow council member for wrongdoing. question 6 would force a council member convicted of a felony out of office and make them ineligible to ever hold the office again. question 7 would do the same thing for the office of mayor and the big race to watch is the special election to fill the council chairman's seat. it was left vacant following kwame bro