Washington Post: “Senate Democrats… actually expanded their Senate majority — something basically nobody would have guessed even a year ago.”

Posted by Peace is real! on Nov 08, 2012; 6:47am
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 Kara J — You’ve never let up. You refused to quit. And you just did the unthinkable—you not only saved the Senate from a Republican takeover, you increased the Democratic majority!
 
From the bottom of my heart—thank you.

Many said we had no chance to keep the Senate, let alone gain seats. But you refused to let Karl Rove bury Democratic Senate candidates with money. And we did not only what many said was unthinkable— we did what most said was impossible.
 
We defied the odds and gained two Democratic Senate seats (take a look at the results below):
 
You elected a record number of women candidates. You elected our first openly gay Senator. You elected our first Asian American female Senator. You defeated Todd “legitimate rape” Akin and Richard “God intended pregnancy from rape” Mourdock.
 
If Karl Rove thought that millions of progressives couldn’t stand up to a handful of billionaires—you proved him so wrong. I am so proud. You did it.

Words can’t express how grateful I am. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Patty

State Democrat D% Vote Republican R% Vote
Arizona Richard Carmona 45% Jeff Flake 50%
California Dianne Feinstein 61% Elizabeth Emken 39%
Connecticut Chris Murphy 55% Linda McMahon 43%
Delaware Thomas Carper 66% Kevin Wade 29%
Florida Bill Nelson 55% Connie Mack 42%
Hawaii Mazie Hirono 63% Linda Lingle 37%
Indiana Joe Donnelly 50% Richard Mourdock 44%
Maine Angus King (I) 53% Charles Summers 30%
Maryland Ben Cardin 54% Daniel Bongino 27%
Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren 54% Scott Brown 46%
Michigan Debbie Stabenow 58% Pete Hoekstra 38%
Minnesota Amy Klobuchar 65% Kurt Bills 31%
Mississippi Albert Gore 40% Roger Wicker 57%
Missouri Claire McCaskill 55% Todd Akin 39%
Montana Jon Tester 49% Denny Rehberg 45%
Nebraska Bob Kerrey 42% Deb Fischer 58%
Nevada Shelley Berkley 45% Dean Heller 46%
New Jersey Bob Menendez 58% Joe Kyrillos 40%
New Mexico Martin Heinrich 51% Heather Wilson 45%
New York Kirsten Gillibrand 72% Wendy Long 27%
North Dakota Heidi Heitkamp 50% Rick Berg 49%
Ohio Sherrod Brown 50% Josh Mandel 45%
Pennsylvania Bob Casey 54% Tom Smith 45%
Rhode Island Sheldon Whitehouse 65% Barry Hinckley 35%
Tennessee Mark Clayton 30% Bob Corker 65%
Texas Paul Sadler 40% Ted Cruz 57%
Utah Scott Howell 30% Orrin Hatch 65%
Vermont Bernie Sanders (I) 71% John MacGovern 25%
Virginia Tim Kaine 52% George Allen 48%
Washington Maria Cantwell 59% Michael Baumgartner 41%
West Virginia Joe Manchin 61% John Raese 36%
Wisconsin Tammy Baldwin 51% Tommy Thompson 46%
Wyoming Tim Chesnut 22% John Barrasso 76%
  25 races won (two independent) 8 races won

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