The best news of the night, though, is right here at home. John Hostettler (Johnny Ho) lost his House seat to Democrat Brad Ellsworth. Ellsworth beat him 61% to 39%, with 96% of precincts reporting as of 11:39 pm EST. Now that was a whoopin!
Joe Donnely defeated Republican Chris Chocola (also known as Count Chocula) by 54% to 46%, with all precincts reporting.
But the best of all is the news that Baron Hill has defeated Republican Mike Sodrel, 49% to 46%, with 90% of precincts reporting. That's a 6,132 vote advantage, and I don't think we have to worry about a recount this time.
The current count in the House as of 11:39 pm EST is 152 seats to the Republicans, compared to 191 seats to the Democrats...an advantage of 39 seats. This will probably change by the time it's over, but it is starting to look like we have control of the House. For more info, click here.
This election is starting to look like a Democratic blowout...turnout has been high, and it looks like people finally had had enough of the nonsense to get out and vote these rascals out...thank God!
My congratulations to Baron Hill on a fine campaign. You fought hard, and you stuck with it, even though they threw everything but the kitchen sink at you...come to think of it, I thought I actually saw that too, at one point.
My congratulations also to Brad Ellsworth and Joe Donnelly, for their victories tonight. I wish you well in your new jobs as Representatives.
Congratulations to all the other Democrats across the country, who are riding a wave of change. This is indeed an historic night. I think CQPolitics.com said it best:
We're not going to make any official announcments yet, but to put it mildly, this is not shaping up to be a good night for the Republicans.That may be the biggest understatement of the night.
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