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in NY CD-23 and CA CD-10, and mayoral contest in NYC,
Boston, Miami, Houston, Boston, Atlanta, and elsewhere
... NEW JERSEY: Former US Attorney
Chris Christie (R) defeated Governor Jon Corzine (D)
by a 49% to 45% vote, with former State EPA Director
Chris Daggett (Independent) third with 6% ... VIRGINIA:
As expected, former Attorney General Bob
McDonnell (R) defeated State Senator Creigh Deeds
(D) by a lopsided 59-41 vote. This continues Virginia's
odd tradition, started in 1977, that whichever party
holds the White House has lost the last nine consecutive
gubernatorial contests in the state ... NY-23:
This 
was
the big upset of the 2009, aided largely by GOP infigting.
Center-right attorney Bill Owens (D) captured this
seat with 49%, marking the first time the Dems have
won this seat since before the Civil War. Accountant
Doug Hoffman (Conservative) -- who was backed by Sarah
Palin, Tim Pawlenty, and Rush Limbaugh -- was second
with 45%. GOP nominee Dede Scazzafava -- a liberal
Republican -- withdrew from the race days before the
vote and endorsed the Democratic nominee after she
faced such hostile opposition from leaders of the
conservative wing of her own party ... CA-10:
No surprise. Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi (D)
defeated attorney David Harmer (R) by a 53-43 vote,
with third party candidates splitting the remaining
4% ... NEW YORK CITY: Incumbent Mayor
Mike Bloomberg (R) spent $100 million from his own
pocket, a national record for candidate personal spending,
to defeat City Controller Bill Thompson (D) by an
unexpectedly close 51-46 vote ... GAY RIGHTS:
Maine voters repealed by the state's same-sex marriage
law by a 53-47 margin. By a 51-49 vote, Washington
State voters approved the so-called "everything
but marriage" R-71 ballot question. It grants
same-sex couples the right to enter in domestic partnerships
with virtually all the same state rights of marriage
except being legally able to call the relationship
a marriage. In Houston, out gay City Controller Annise
Parker placed first with 31%, followed by former City
Attorney Gene Locke at 26%. They head to a December
runoff. If elected, Parker would become the first
openly gay person elected Mayor of a major US city.
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