Factoids

Illinois had some name confusion this time around... the Republican candidate for governor, Jim Ryan, was hurt by the fact that outgoing Gov. George Ryan was tainted by scandal. No relation, but it hurt nonetheless. In the same state, the not-even-close Senate race was contested by Durbin and Durkin. I guess the Republicans were counting on getting lots of crossover voters in the far-sighted sector.

The fewest number of seats received by a candidate for Senate was 350 votes for Mattson, Natural Law party, Delaware. BWAHAHAHA.

Louisiana has a unique (and perhaps superior) electoral system: if no candidate gets a majority, there's a runoff between the top two. I think this is a worthwhile system to watch. If it works well, keep an on other states that might emulate it. As of now the Democratic incumbent Landrieu has 46%, while 3 Republicans share 51%. So it's definitely up in the air.