Politics: Five Democratic Senate victories – or probable victories
- yesOur boy Richard Blumenthal won in Connecticut, meaning there will be no wrestling in the chamber.
- yes In West Virginia, Joe Manchin was able to parlay his popularity in the state into a Senate seat of his own.
- no In Pennsylvania, Arlen Specter slayer Joe Sestak lost to his GOP counterpart, Pat Toomey.
- no In Illinois, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias fell to Mark Kirk in the race for Obama’s old seat. source