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Dems complete election sweep of Congress
Nov 8 2006 11:24PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats completed an improbable double-barreled election sweep of Congress on Wednesday, taking control of the Senate with a victory in Virginia as they padded their day-old majority in the House.
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World welcomes shift in U.S. politics
Nov 8 2006 11:22PM (CT)
MADRID, Spain (AP) - The electoral rebuke for President Bush and the resignation of his defense secretary, both deeply unpopular away from American shores over the Iraq war, was celebrated throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
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Election turnout rate tops 40 percent
Nov 8 2006 11:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Almost 79 million people voted in Tuesday's election, with Democrats drawing more support than Republicans for the first time in a midterm election since 1990.
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Democrats looking ahead to January
Nov 8 2006 9:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Restored to power, congressional Democrats pledged Wednesday to press for a new course in Iraq and move promptly to raise the minimum wage. "We will not disappoint" the American people, said Rep. Nancy Pelosi, speaker-in-waiting.
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Bush pledges to work with Democrats
Nov 8 2006 8:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush pledged Wednesday to work with Democrats after the "thumping" that Republicans took on Election Day. He named a new defense secretary to oversee the war in Iraq, a change the president said was going to happen regardless of which party won the election.
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Dems pin hopes on Senate victory in Va.
Nov 8 2006 8:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Control of Congress in sight, Democrats ousted Sen. Conrad Burns in Montana on Wednesday and led in winner-take-all Virginia. Late victories padded their day-old majority in the House.
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Election briefs from around the nation
Nov 8 2006 4:15PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The Cook County Board presidency will remain a family affair, after Democrat Todd Stroger won the position held by his father for 12 years until a stroke forced him to retire.
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Envoy: U.S. vote won't alter Iraq policy
Nov 8 2006 2:15PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The American ambassador told Iraqis on Wednesday the sharp political realignment in Congress would not provoke upheaval in U.S. policy, but many in the battered capital had hoped otherwise on a day when at least 66 more people were killed in vicious sectarian attacks.
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Democratic House divides government
Nov 8 2006 2:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Exultant House Democrats plotted their return to power with a "new direction" for the country on the Iraq war and new scrutiny of the Bush administration. They scored an early victory Wednesday when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigned despite President Bush's flat refusal to fire him.
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Dems' wins in U.S. races concern Israel
Nov 8 2006 1:54PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israelis are worried the Democratic power swing in Washington curbing President Bush's power will lead to less decisive action on Iran's nuclear ambitions, which they consider an imminent threat.
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Arabs react to U.S. election results
Nov 8 2006 1:12PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Angered by the Iraq war and new violence in Gaza, some Arabs reacted harshly Wednesday to the drubbing of President Bush's party, saying the Republicans paid for failed U.S. policies across the Middle East.
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Dems' wins in U.S. are embraced overseas
Nov 8 2006 12:15PM (CT)
MADRID, Spain (AP) - The seismic shift that midterm elections brought to Washington's political landscape was welcomed by many Wednesday who oppose the war in Iraq and the harsh methods the Bush administration has employed in fighting terrorism.
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Democrats take crucial seats in Ohio
Nov 8 2006 8:21AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio, which clinched a second term for President Bush, helped make the remainder of it harder for him Tuesday, giving Democrats easy victories for Republican Senate and House seats, as well as the governor's office.
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Congress gets first Muslim lawmaker
Nov 8 2006 6:38AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Democrat Keith Ellison was elected as the nation's first Muslim member of Congress on Tuesday, easily winning a Minneapolis-area district Republicans had not carried since 1962.
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Exit polls: Scandals and Iraq hurt GOP
Nov 8 2006 6:37AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It turns out all politics isn't local. Voters angry at President Bush, peeved by Washington scandal and tired of the war in Iraq vented their frustration on Republican candidates across the country.
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Analysis: Voters decide they want change
Nov 8 2006 6:33AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Voters decided they want change, but they also are bound to get challenge and confrontation in a government split between Democrats and a president determined not to cede ground in his final two White House years.
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Midterms over, Dole looks to 2008 race
Nov 8 2006 5:18AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - It's back to the day job for Elizabeth Dole after a troubled tour as chief of the Senate Republican campaign effort in what she called a tough election cycle for her party.
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Media being cautious with exit poll data
Nov 8 2006 4:16AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Cautious use of exit poll information helped news organizations avoid the embarrassments that twice have afflicted election night coverage in this decade.
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Mass. taps black gov. in historic race
Nov 8 2006 3:13AM (CT)
BOSTON, Mass. (AP) - Democrat Deval Patrick captured the Massachusetts governor's office Tuesday and with it, a place in history as only the second black governor in the nation since Reconstruction.
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Clinton, Spitzer win easily in New York
Nov 8 2006 2:51AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton romped to a second term Tuesday, a race seen by many as a prelude to a 2008 presidential run, while Eliot Spitzer became the state's first Democratic governor in 12 years.
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Divided government a roadblock for Bush
Nov 8 2006 2:36AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House became the engine of Democratic intentions to redirect the nation. In ending 12 years of Republican control of the lower chamber of Congress, voters ushered in an era of divided government, confrontation and less predictably conservative lawmaking.
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