Election Results 2010

Let's look at the important results from last night's elections.

Nationally, Republicans gained 60 seats in the House and six seats in the Senate. Right now, this puts them with a 239-196 majority in the House and a 53-47 minority in the Senate. Harry Reid kept his seat, as did Nancy Pelosi. The results of yesterday's elections fell pretty much in line with the average poll results being touted in the last weeks of the campaign.

In Alabama, the Republicans swept everything as well.

Bentley beat Sparks for Governor, Ivey beat Folsom for Lt. Governor, Roby beat Bright for Congress AL-02 (by 4,867 votes), Chapman beat Gilliland for Secretary of State, and Strange beat Anderson for Attorney General.

Amendment #3, which would have taken $1 billion from the ATF and spend it on roads and bridges, failed miserably.

And the GOP took control of the Legislature for the first time in a LONG time. With results in one race VERY close, the Republicans have a 21-12 majority in the Senate with one independent (Harri Ann Smith). In the House, the Republicans have a 62-43 majority. As you can see, the GOP now controls 60% of the State Senate and 59% of the State House.

I will probably do analysis of the election results later, but I wanted to get the results out where you could see them as early as possible. The Republicans won a HUGE victory last night, both nationally and here in Alabama. Now we have to wait and see what they DO with it. Will they do a decent job, or will they squander it as the Dems recently did? Only time will tell.