US Senate races **live commentary thread**

[politicallefty]

I am sorry about Berkley. I didn't predict her to win, but I would have gladly taken a loss to get an extra Senate seat. That said, that appears like it might have happened with North Dakota. Despite my official prediction, I think Heitkamp has won. It's at a 3000-vote margin with 100% of the vote in. I'm not sure why it hasn't been called yet. That's really impressive in my eyes, especially when you look at the lopsided margin in the presidential race. A quick look at the map makes it seem like Tester may hold on as well. Missoula isn't in yet and I'm fairly certain that is where Tester should do quite well. I think we may be looking at a 55-45 Senate right now, which is the upper max I thought may happen (although not particularly likely).

I also want to say that I'm incredibly impressed with Senator McCaskill, who has won by a 55-39 landslide. Most of the pollsters completely botched this race, other than SUSA which has appeared to have nailed it with a 15% margin. (That's somewhat odd since most pollsters at least had Missouri within the margin-of-error in the final result in the presidential race.)

This really is a big night for Senate Democrats. And, as Democrats, we should be proud of our new in-coming Senators. If Heitkamp wins, there will be a record 20 women in the Senate. Personally, I most look forward to Baldwin and Warren. I think they'll make fantastic Senators and I think Warren is a rare person worthy of filling the shoes of the late Senator Kennedy. I believe he would be proud. Though I don't want to demean her victory in any way, I think Baldwin's victory is vengeance for Russ Feingold's defeat in 2010. I really am very happy if the Senate turns out this way. It's more than I had imagined.

[politicallefty]

SOOO close to taking out Bachmann. F***!

That is disappointing, but it looks we took down West! That's freakin' awesome.

That's also not to mention how successful the Illinois Democratic gerrymander was, including the defeat of the odious Joe Walsh. Democrats can be proud of Congresswoman-elect Tammy Duckworth.