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VA-R (Not a blow out, but not pretty)

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NJ will be "KEY".

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New York's 23rd Congressional District

Why it matters: A conservative backlash against a moderate Republican candidate propelled this race into national headlines as proof of an ongoing family feud between the far right and moderates for control of the party.

What's the story?: Local Republican leaders picked Dede Scozzafava because of her appeal to centrist Republicans, independents and even some Democrats. But it sparked a conservative revolt, and Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman outpolled Scozzafava, forcing her to withdraw. Scozzafava has since endorsed Democrat Bill Owens.

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Virginia governor

Why it matters: This race is seen as an early referendum on voters' attitudes toward President Obama and his policies and an opportunity for Republicans to turn back recent Democratic gains.

What's the story?: Obama was the first Democrat to win a presidential contest in Virginia since the 1960s, and the last two governors have been Democrats. Polls show Republican Bob McDonnell with a double-digit lead.

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New Jersey governor

Why it matters: A moderate third-party candidate could split the Republican vote and give an unpopular Democratic incumbent a second term.

What's the story?: Gov. Jon Corzine trailed Republican challenger Chris Christie during the summer, but recent polls show them in a dead heat. Growing support for independent Chris Daggett might be siphoning votes away from Christie.

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Atlanta, Georgia, mayor

Why it matters: Thirty-five years of African-American control of the mayor's office could end in Georgia's capital city.

What's the story?: White City Councilwoman Mary Norwood is the front-runner in this nonpartisan race between her and chief competitors City Council President Lisa Borders and former state lawmaker Kasim Reed. Incumbent Shirley Franklin, limited to two terms, recently said she is voting for Reed.

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Polls show Republican Bob McDonnell with a double-digit lead.

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It is "very easy" to steal an election using absentee ballots, claims Jan Tyler, a former Denver Elections Commissioner who now runs the website National Election Reform Examiner. She said some people shoveling her driveway, for example, told her they knew that "six or seven absentee ballots were sent to dead people," and she fears the numbers across the country could be much larger than experts believe and that prosecutors do not take infractions seriously enough.

Fox News has found ongoing allegations of absentee ballot fraud in at least a dozen states involving recent elections, including contests this year. 38 ballots from this past September’s primary were thrown out by a judge in Troy, New York in an on going ballot fraud case that could lead to criminal prosecutions. Both Democrats and Republicans are accusing each other of illegal election activities there. And in New Jersey, where the race between Democrat incumbent Governor Jon Corzine and Republican challenger Chris Christie is extremely close, there have recently been a rash of absentee ballot related arrests in two local races. This comes as officials say about 2,300 absentee ballot applications do not match the signatures of those voters' registration cards, raising concerns about voter integrity or possible suppression on Tuesday. 19 people have been indicted this year for absentee ballot fraud related charges in elections in Atlantic City and Newark, and one campaign worker has plead guilty.

One of the nation's leading officials who has led the fight against voter registration fraud is the Secretary of State of Nevada, Ross Miller. He told Fox News "you have to have safeguards in the system, which we do," in his state. His office broke the case against ACORN, the troubled activist group, allegedly engaged in voter registration fraud in Las Vegas during the 2008 election. Those allegations have now lead to the first criminal case against ACORN itself, where ACORN and a former official will face trial in April. While Miller, a Democrat, says people must be held accountable and that there should be "aggressive prosecutions," where wrongdoing is found, he says of absentee ballot fraud that "overall across the country, I don't think it’s widespread."

Both Mr. Miller and Ms. Tyler appeared on Fox News Channel to discuss voter issues on the eve of Tuesday's election.

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Looks like ME will have same sex benefits...etc...

2 out of 3 predictions isn't bad...when one was a close race

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Do republicans really want to alienate/witch hunt moderates

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Maine same-sex marriage vote: Gay marriage repealed

Voters repealed the state's same-sex law, according to the Bangor (Maine) Daily News.

With 87 percent of precincts reporting, nearly 53 percent of voters chose to reject the law, with more than 47 percent voting to retain it, according to the Daily News.

When Gov. John Baldacci signed the legislation on May 6, he did so knowing there was a possibility that voters could overturn it. In September, opposition groups delivered the necessary signatures to get a vote.

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Who are you calling a moderate?

She is about as liberal as you can get!

Once again your political savvy is shown for what it is ......

TP

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And I know how that breaks your heart...

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I still think that it was a small fracture of the party, but not conservativism

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Conservativism won big this election.

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And the bad news for Dems is that Reed said last night that it probably won't come up this year.

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Did Boehner pay him off to say that on election day? What a moron.