Other national election tidbits

Updated 1:35 a.m. – Alaska Senate race

It looks like Senate Democrats may be in danger of counting a chicken before it hatched. Stevens is ahead of Begich with 45 percent of precincts reporting.

Updated 12:05 a.m. Nov. 5 – More on Prop. 8

Down 56-44 with 18 percent of precincts reporting, but there's plenty of hope.

A. L.A. County is coming in very slowly. Contra Costa and Alameda are even slower.

B. At the same time, 25 percent of SF is "yes" in reports so far?? And almost a third of Santa Cruz?

1. Marilyn Musgrave getting smoked in Colorado in her House re-election bid.

2. Arizona's House delegation looks to be 5-3 Democrat. Lord can't quite make it 6-2.

3. New Mexico Dems win all three House races plus Udall's Senate bid. The Land of Enchantment may be the second-largest state after Massachusetts where one party controls the governor's mansion, both houses of the state legislature, and all Senate and House seats.

4. No word yet on Prop. 8; this, unlike Obama for president in California, probably won't be called for some time. Early voting, with 18 percent of precincts in, showed it winning 54-46. Let's hope late-reporting urban precincts change that.

5. No call yet on Franken in Minnesota, who could be the last Democratic Senate pickup, not counting Begich in Alaska. (Saxby Chambliss looks to avoid a runoff in Georgia.)

6. Chris Shays loses in Connecticut. No more GOP from New England in the House.

7. In other state ballot issues, Arkansas banned same-sex parental adoptions, Arizona banned same-sex marriage, and Washington state approved a right-to-die issue.