Politics

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:

November 7, 2006 - A follow-up to our earlier post about Durham County, North Carolina, and their enlightened decision to extend poll hours at a precinct where 100 voters where waiting this morning at a locked church.

November 7, 2006 - OK, sorry for the bad joke in the headline, but South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was turned away from the polls because he forgot his voter registration card:

November 7, 2006 - Citizens across the country have been encountering difficulties at the polls today, with some of the problems occurring in the South.