Election night congrats

New Governors (Dem +6)
Ted Strickland, OH, defeating Ken Blackwell
Deval Patrick, MA, defeating Kerry Healy
Martin O'Malley, MD, defeating Robert Elrich
Elliot Spitzer, NY, defeating John Faso
Mike Beebe, AR, defeating Asa Hutchinson
Bill Ritter, CO, defeating Bob Beauprez

New Senators (Dem +4)
Sherrod Brown, Ohio, defeating Mike Dewine
Bob Casey, Pennsylvania, defeating Rick Santorum
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island, defeating Lincoln Chafee
Claire McCaskill, Missouri, defeating Jim Talent

New Representatives (Dem +28)
Harry Mitchell (AZ-05), defeating J.D. Hayworth
Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-08), defeating Randy Graf (Jim Kolbe's open seat)
Jerry McNerney (CA-11), defeating Richard Pombo
Ed Perlmutter (CO-7), defeating Rick O'Donnell
Lois Murphy (CT-05), defeating Nancy Johnson
Tim Foley (FL-16), defeating the Mark Foley seat
Ron Klein (FL-22), defeating Clay Shaw
Bruce Braley (IA-01), defeating Mike Whalen
Dave Loebsack (IA-02), defeating Jim Leach
Joe Donnelly (IN-02), defeating Rep. Chris Chocola
Brad Ellsworth (IN-08), defeating John Hostettler
Baron Hill (IN-09), defeating Mike Sodrel
Nancy Boyda (KS-02), defeating Jim Ryun
John Yarmuth (KY-03), defeating Anne Northup
Heath Shuler (NC-11), defeating Charles Taylor
Tim Walz (MN-01), defeating Gil Gutknecht
Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), defeating Jeb Bradley
Paul Hodes (NH-02), defeating Charles Bass
John Hall (NY-19), defeating Sue Kelly
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY-20), defeating John Sweeny
Michael Arcuri (NY-24), defeating Raymond Meier
Zack Space (OH-18), defeating Joy Padget (Bob Ney's open seat)
Jason Altmire (PA-04), defeating Melissa Hart
Joe Sestak (PA-07), defeating Curt Weldon
Patrick Murphy (PA-08), defeating Michael Fitzpatrick
Christopher Carney (PA-10), defeating Don Sherwood
Nick Lampson (TX-22), defeating Shelley Sekula Gibbs (Tom DeLay's open seat)
Steve Kagen (WI-08), defeating John Gard

Big holds
Ben Cardin, MD, defeating Micheal Steele (Senate)
Bob Menendez, NJ, defeating Tom Kean Jr (Senate)
Amy Klobuchar, MN, defeating Mark Kennedy (Senate)