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Republicans celebrating this week's gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey hope for an anti-Obama political wave that could reach all the way to blue California, where GOP moderate Carly Fiorina entered the 2010 U.S. Senate race Wednesday.

A wildly unpredictable race for a House seat in Upstate New York gave conservatives across the country a reason to cheer - and look forward to the 2010 midterm election - even before polls closed Tuesday.

That goes double for congressional elections, since the Post is the "hometown paper" of the federal government's company town.

Gov. John Garamendi is heading to Washington, D.C., today to be sworn into Congress after beating four other candidates in a special election to fill the Congressional seat vacated by Rep.

Mona Pasquil has been appointed acting lieutenant governor of California, 'Philippine News' has learned.

Northeast New York Central Labor Council President Betty Lennon, New York State AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes and union members get out the vote for Bill Owens.

Robert McDonnell, the Republican candidate for governor in Virginia, greeting voters in Glen Allen.

Rep. William L. Owens was sworn in as the north country's new congressman Friday, just in time to cast what could be a defining vote of his term on a politically divisive health care reform bill.

Fox & Friends graphic says, "Republicans' hope rekindled; Wins send shockwaves thru Congress" From the November 4 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends : In fact, Democrats won the nation's only two congressional races NY-23: Democrat Bill Owens defeated Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.

It's Election Day in only a few places around the country on Tuesday, and Republicans are expected to do most of the celebrating, riding a wave of anti-incumbent sentiment.

Things went pretty well for the Republican Party on Election Night, 2009. In Virginia, Republican Bob McConnell was elected governor , defeating Democrat R. Creigh Deeds.

John Garamendi as key Republican gubernatorial victories this week in Virginia and New Jersey rattled moderate Democrats before a showdown vote set for Saturday.

As the dust settled from Tuesday's elections, one of next year's potentially bruising campaigns came into focus on Wednesday as Carly Fiorina , a former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard and a Republican, declared her candidacy for the Senate seat long held by Barbara Boxer , a Democrat.

The outcome of all seven contests that we were tracking tonight appears settled, or very nearly so: Virginia Governor: Republican Bob McDonnell wins by 17 points, toward the upper end of the range predicted by the pollsters, although not to anybody's great surprise.

On Election Day 2009, the Democrats won the two seats which were open in the U.S. House of Representatives, while the Republicans gained two key gubernatorial offices.

The decision by Maine voters to repeal a state law legalizing same-sex marriage is energizing supporters of the ban on gays in the military, who hope Democrats will recognize the political costs associated with repealing the policy and back down.

John Garamendi, currently California's lieutenant governor and its former insurance commissioner, has won a special congressional election in Northern California's 10th District.

Regardless of Republican gloating, I'm not reading too much into yesterday's election.

While Republicans in Virginia and New Jersey won their state's governorships, Democrats proved victorious in two big money Congressional special elections Tuesday in California and New York.

Actually, the president should have been watching. Indeed, he should have stayed up late.