Three Senate Races Uncalled, So Far: 56 DEM, 41 REP
Posted Nov 05, 2008 at 9:37 AM
Maurice Berger, Political Director, PollTrack
Three Senate races remain uncalled. In Georgia, Republican Saxby Chambliss leads--and is slightly over the fifty-percent mark--but must be certified to having passed this threshold in order to avoid a runoff. In Alaska, the convicted Republican incumbent Ted stevens leads by less than +1% with 99% of the vote counted. In Oregon, Gorgn Smith (r) leads by a slim margin but with only 75% of the vote in. Additionally the race has been called by some news organizations for Minnesota, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman over Al Franken (d) in a razor-thin finish: 42.1% to 42%. This race, however, will undoubtedly be headed for a recount. Here are the results (all called correctly thus far by PollTrack):
US Senate Winners: 5 November 2008
Solid Democrat: Arkanas: Pryor; Delaware: Biden; Illinois: Durbin; Iowa: Harkin; Massachusetts: Kerry; Michigan: Levin; Montana: Baucus; New Jersey: Lautenberg; Rhode Island: Reed, West Virginia: Rockefeller; Virginia: Warner (d) vs Gilmore (r) (VA)
Likely Democrat: South Dakota: Johnson (SD)
Lean Democrat: Louisiana: Landrieu (LA); Colorado: Udall (d) vs Schaffer (r) (CO); New Mexico: Udall (d) vs Pierce (r) (NM); New Hampshire: Sununu (r) vs Shaheen (d); North Carolina: Dole (r) vs Hagan (d)
Too Close To Call (as of 9:00 AM, 5 November 2008)
Georgia: Chambliss (r) vs Martin (d)
Alaska: Stevens (r) vs Begich (d)
Oregon: Smith (r) vs Merkley (d)
Lean Republican: Kentucky: McConnell; Mississippi (special): Wicker (r) vs Musgrove (d); Minnesota: Coleman (r) vs Franken (d) vs Barkley (called for the REP, but may be headed for recount)
Likely Republican: Maine: Collins (ME), Nebraska: Yohanns vs Kleeb (d), Oklahoma: Inhofe (OK)
Solid Republican: Alabama: Sessions ; Idaho: Lish (r) vs LaRocco (d) (ID), Kansas: Roberts (KS), Mississippi: Cochran (regular); South Carolina: Graham Tennessee: Alexander ; Texas: Cornyn; Wyoming (regular): Enzi; Wyoming (special): Barrasso (r) vs Carter (d)
Balance Of Power Tally: DEM-56, REP-41, TCTC-3
Current Balance: DEM-51 (49-D, 2-I) to REP-49
BOLD: Victor
Italics: Incumbent
