Maybe I don’t know about the Senate, but I’m a bit perplexed. CNN keeps saying they need three seats to win control of the house. Other figures I’ve seen say 51%, which makes sense. However, the current Independent and Joe Lieberman count now as Independents. So, the Democrats have 46. If they get three more, they’ll have 49, and the Republicans 50, technically making the Republicans have more, right? But, neither would have the 51 seats needed to claim control.

Are the Independents being counted as Democrats since they caucus with them? I’m a little perplexed there. CNN is currently claiming 48/48, and if the Democrats get three more, they’d have 51, with the Independents. So, does this mean they’d kind of have to make a coalition government? I’ve never heard of this before, but have only really been following politics since 2000/2001 or so.

Can someone please answer me?

CNN is calling it, saying the Dems will win back the house. The Senate is still up for grabs, with each party constantly neck and neck, with leads from each every now and then. I’m not sure I want to know what’ll happen if they tie, which seems unlikely. But, it’s going to be hella close.

Back in Connecticut, Lieberman has won, Larson and DeLauro have won since before the primary, Johnson has lost her seat. However, Shays and Farrell are pretty close, though I fell Shays will pull through in the end. The real surprise is Simmons and Courtney. I thought Simmons would have it pretty much in the bag, but they’ve been neck and neck ALL NIGHT LONG. This is one of them that won’t be called tonight, and if either want a recall, maybe not for several days.

More to come…

I thought Johnson and Murphy was a toss-up, but that appears to be nothing compared to Simmons and Courtney. These two have been neck and neck nearly all night (50-50 right now). This is another race I will be closely watching. Like I said earlier, it’s going to be a close win for either candidate.

Chris Murphy is currently speaking at his headquarters, claiming a success over incumbent Republican Nancy Johnson, and most sources are backing him up. I knew that all these races would be deciding early, but Murphy’s win over Johnson is astonishing.

Also, Breaking News: Ned Lamont concedes defeat to Joe Lieberman.

At this hour, Lieberman, Shays, Simmons, Larson, DeLauro, and Rell seem to be keeping their seats, although Joe Courtney has been flip-flopping every few minutes with Simmons. At risk of losing their seat the most is Nancy Johnson, in which district Chris Murphy is doing extremely well.

Nationally, Democrats seem to be poised to take control of the House (108 to 88 according to CNN), and the Democrats are not doing so bad in the Senate either (tied right now). They’ve had a gain of three seats in the Senate, and need three more to take over. It could get very interesting in the coming hours, particularly with the Senate. I’m definitely going to be keeping my closest eye there.

Just got back from voting, so I thought I might take a little time to update. In my previous entry, I made my predictions, and I’ll stand by them for now…at least until the results start coming in.

I found a pretty cool way to get to the polls today: limo ride! The Campus Democrats sponsored the event, in which eligible voters were able to ride a stretch limo to the local Windham Middle School, the location of the polls for campus registrants.

I ended up changing one of my votes last minute. I was leaning toward Rob Simmons for the U.S. House 2nd District, but I changed it to Joe Courtney. Overall, I voted for mostly Democratic candidates except for Governor, in which Rell did indeed get my vote.

I will be back here from about 5-7, and then at least 9:45 to midnight, to update with current results, who’s calling what, and if I think they’re right or wrong and more! Stay tuned.