Election Night 2009

In Boston challenge Councilor Micheal Flaherty takes on 16 year mayor Thomas Menino Republican Robert"Tax and Spend" McDonnell Wins in Virginia Gov. Jon Corzine (D) counts on large turnout in urban centres like Newark. Republican challenger, Chis"Two Ton" Christie, has sought to channel the anger and frustration concentrated in suburban and exurban areas. Chris Daggett is the independent. The rural northern New York state 23rd congressional district is a very conservative area held for decades by the GOP Democrat Bill Owens takes on Doug Hoffman of the far-right Conservative Party.