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GOP retains control of Senate

Jean Carnahan
Jean Carnahan  

(CNN) -- With Senator Conrad Burns' victory in Montana, the GOP retains control of the Senate. Burns defeated businessman Brian Schweitzer.

In another close race, Nebraska's Democratic Governor Ben Nelson defeated Attorney General Don Stenberg for an open seat.

Missouri voters gave the late Mel Carnahan a narrow victory over Republican Sen. John Ashcroft.

Carnahan's death came too close to November 7 to remove his name from the ballot. Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson, a Democrat who replaced Carnahan, has since said he would appoint Carnahan's widow, Jean, to fill Carnahan's seat. Saying her husband's values, vision and ideals are "just too important to let die," Jean Carnahan has agreed to take her late husband's seat. (FULL STORY)

A record-setting 10 women will serve in the U.S. Senate.

CNN projected that Republicans held 50 seats and Democrats 48 at 5:05 a.m. Wednesday with two races, Michigan and Washington, undecided. On top of the pending results in those two states, the wild card was the race for the White House. If George W. Bush wins, his vice president, Dick Cheney, would break any ties, even if Democrats capture the Michigan seat.

Top Senate races

Republican John Ensign , a former congressman, defeated Democrat Ed Bernstein in Nevada. Ensign replaces retiring Sen. Richard Bryan, a two-term Democrat. (FULL STORY)

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton defeated Republican Rep. Rick Lazio in her bid for the open Senate seat in New York. No sitting first lady has ever run for elected office. (FULL STORY)

Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman won a third term as the U.S. senator from Connecticut, beating out his Republican challenger, Waterbury Mayor Phillip Giordano. (FULL STORY)

Democrats picked up the only open Republican Senate seat when Florida Insurance Commissioner Bill Nelson beat out nine-term Congressman Bill McCollum . (FULL STORY)

In Delaware, William Roth, the powerful chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, was defeated by popular Delaware Gov. Tom Carper. The Democratic Carper has a lengthy political resume, having served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, and he is now finishing up his second term as governor. (FULL STORY)

Incumbent Democrat Sen. Chuck Robb of Virginia was defeated by former Gov. George Allen. The race was among the most expensive contests in the Commonwealth's history. The campaign in some ways mirrored the presidential contest: personality counts. The sometimes-aloof Robb stood in contrast with voters to Allen's more personable manner. (FULL STORY)

Democrats scored a victory in Georgia, where Sen. Zell Miller came out ahead of Republican former Sen. Mack Mattingly. Miller had been appointed to the seat in July after the death of Republican Sen. Paul Coverdell.

Republican Richard Lugar handily beat his Indiana opponent, attorney David Johnson, to win a fifth term.

In New Jersey, home of the most expensive Senate race in history, Democrat John Corzine defeated Republican Bob Franks. Corzine, a former CEO of Goldman-Sachs, spent nearly $40 million to beat the four-term congressman.

Corzine spent about $50 million to win his Senate seat, with more than half of that money coming from his own pocket. In exit polls, more than one quarter of voters said they were "very concerned" about the amount of money he spent in this campaign.

Polls showed Corzine benefited from strong support among African-Americans and Jewish voters, which make up over one quarter of the New Jersey electorate.

And Vermont incumbent Sen. Jim Jeffords beat out two opponents, Democrat Ed Flanagan and Independent Rick Hubbard, to win a third term in the Senate.

Vulnerable Republicans

In the final undecided race of the night, Michigan's Spencer Abraham is seeking his second Senate term but faces a tough challenge from Democratic Rep. Debbie Stabenow. With 79 percent of the votes counted, the two are in a tie. (FULL STORY)

Both parties are devoting millions of dollars to this contest, and issue advocates have spent untold sums on television and radio ads.

CNN originally reported that Washington Republican Slade Gorton was defeated by Maria Cantwell, a former Democratic congresswoman. However, it was later learned that because of absentee ballots, the race is still too close to call.

Democratic challenger Mark Dayton, defeated Minnesota Republican Sen. Rod Grams. Grams was viewed as one of the Senate's most vulnerable incumbents.

Roth and Carper
Republican Sen. William Roth and Democratic Gov. Tom Carper  

Other races

In other races:

  • Arizona Republican Sen. John Kyl did not face a Democratic Party challenger in his re-election bid and won handily. He was running against three third-party candidates -- the Green Party's Vance Hansen; Barry Hess, a Libertarian; and William Toel, an independent.

  • California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, won a second full term. The popular senior senator defeated Congressman Bill Campbell, a Republican from Silicon Valley.

  • In Hawaii, Democratic Sen. Daniel Akaka defeated Republican John Carroll.

  • Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, a Republican, bested her challenger, Democratic state Sen. Mark Lawrence. Snowe led in statewide polls by more than 50 points and some say Lawrence was only using this race to boost his name recognition as he prepares to mount a 2002 challenge to the state's other Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

  • Maryland Sen. Paul Sarbanes, a Democrat, easily defeated his Republican challenger Paul Rappaport.

  • Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy was elected to his seventh term in the Senate as he faced token opposition from Republican Jack E. Robinson and Libertarian Carla Howell. The Republican Party all but abandoned Robinson after he laid out his entire, foible-laced personal history on the Internet.

  • Mississippi Republican Sen. Trent Lott defeated Democratic challenger Troy Brown. Lott, the Senate majority leader, bested Brown in fund-raising by some $2.5 million and the race was perceived as such a sure thing that no polling was performed.

  • New Mexico Democrat Jeff Bingaman bested his Republican challenger, former Rep. Bill Redmond.

  • North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad, a Democrat, easily defeated Republican challenger Duane Sand, a young and inexperienced candidate who served in the Navy.

  • Ohio's Mike DeWine became the first Republican senator from that state to win re-election since 1952 after beating Democratic real estate broker Ted Celeste.

  • Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a Republican, defeated Democratic challenger Ron Klink, a four-term congressman.

  • Rhode Island Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee won his first full six-year term. Chafee was appointed to fulfill his father's term after his father, John Chafee, died in October 1999. The younger Chafee faced Democrat Bob Weygand, a two-term congressman and former lieutenant governor.

  • Tennessee has trended Republican in recent years, and incumbent Sen. Bill Frist -- the Senate's first physician in some 50 years -- prevailed over Democratic challenger Jeff Clark. Clark, a professor and political consultant, had a hard time gaining momentum.

  • In Texas, Democrat Gene Kelly, a retired Air Force lawyer, has lost to incumbent Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison.

  • Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Republican and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, won a fifth term over Democratic state Sen. Scott Howell.

  • Vermont Republican Jeffords defeated Flanagan, the first openly gay Senate candidate of either major party. The issue of gay civil unions has been a factor in this race as it has in other statewide contests.

  • West Virginia Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd won an eighth term after defeating Republican David Gallaher. A few days ago, Byrd became the second-longest serving member of the Senate in U.S. history, behind South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond.

  • In Wisconsin, Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl defeated Republican challenger John Gillespie. Kohl has spent some $3 million of his own money in this race and is considered a safe bet for re-election.

    In exit polls, half of Wisconsin families said they are better off financially now than they were than four years ago. Of those voters, seven of ten went for Kohl.

    Kohl was re-elected with support from city, suburban and rural voters. Ninety percent of Democrats, more than half of independents and a quarter of Republicans voted for him.

  • Wyoming Republican Sen. Craig Thomas won a second term over Democratic challenger Mel Logan, a coal miner.



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