UPDATED NOV. 18, 2008: With veteran Senator Ted Stevens losing his seat to Democratic challenger Mark Begich, the Democrats’ chance for a 60-seat, filibuster-proof Senate supermajority has not died. One Senate race remains uncalled but leans red (Minnesota) and one (Georgia) is headed for a Dec. 2 runoff election.
Senator Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., has retained his position as chair of the Homeland Security Committee, but he continues to rile Democrats for his endorsement of Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his sharp criticism of Democratic candidate Barack Obama in a speech at the RNC this past September. Lieberman has continuing caucusing with the Democrats ever since officially becoming an “Independent Democrat,” but is under no compulsion to continue doing so.
Current U.S. Senate party affiliation numbers
58 D (56 D + 1 I + 1 ID) | 1 Runoff | 1 R leads | 40 R
» 11/7: The polls were wrong in Alaska, and Sen. Ted Stevens remains in political limbo
» 11/6: Democrats are on a political high with most elections (mostly) decided
» 11/6: Vote counting continues in Georgia and elsewhere
» 11/5: Alaska Senate race still undecided
» 11/5: North Carolina’s Senate race radically changed
» 11/5: AP calls Minnesota Senate race
» 11/5: The other contests
