Elections and Voting

November 9, 2006 - Seven Southern states had races for governor on Tuesday, and both Democrats and Republicans can point to victories. Democrats must be pleased with the triumph of Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe (D), who held off politically-connected former U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson (R) and brought Democrats back into the governor's mansion.

November 8, 2006 - Despite glitches with voting machines in some precincts and charges of voter intimidation in isolated races, yesterday's election seems to have been free of the sort of widespread, catastrophic breakdowns that plagued the 2000 and 2004 contests.

November 8, 2006 - The first national election since Hurricane Katrina resulted in the Democrats taking control of the U.S. House -- but that means trouble for Louisiana's influence on Capitol Hill.

November 8, 2006 - Democrate Harold Ford Jr. ran one of the best campaigns in the modern history of Tennessee politics to make this race so close (Corker 51% v. Ford 48%), but his Republican opponent Bob Corker's campaign was better by just enough. Few would have expected this way back in April when State Sen. Rosalind Kurita (D-Clarksville) dropped out of the Democratic primary leaving Ford unopposed.

November 8, 2006 - As the nation fixes its eyes on the Senate outcomes in Virginia and Montana, there are still five U.S. House races in the South hanging in the balance, underscoring the competitive nature of the South in the 2006 elections.

November 8, 2006 - The Associated Press looks at the exit polls, and finds that the reports we've been seeing for months about frustrated Christian conservative "values voters" ended up having an impact:

November 7, 2006 - So far, there's been no update on this report from the Associated Press which appeared earlier today, confirming that the FBI and State Board of Elections in Virginia would be investigating multiple reports of voter suppression tactics: