CNN just called the Maryland Senate seat for the Dems, one of the close races desperately needed by that party. The network just showed a graphic of races they’ve called, and it was overwhelmingly blue. (Which, if you’ve been living under a rock for the past eight years, is the color all the networks use to represent Dems, as opposed to Republican red. Say, at what point the official colors of the Communist Party become the Republicans’ favorite color?)

And as I type this, they’ve just announced that Jim Yarmuth will oust incumbent Repub Anne Northrup in Kentucky.

Rhode Island’s Senate seat was just called for the Dems, which is almost sad, because Repub Lincoln Chaffee was very moderate and actually opposed Bush on the war. I have to wonder whether he could have kept his job if he had switched parties.

The current seat count:
Senate (51 for a majority)
GOP 44
Dem: 43

House (218 for a majority)
GOP: 66
Dem: 83

This article appears in November 3 • 2006.

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