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10:20 AM ET, November 5, 2014

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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
A Republican Wave Sweeps the Midterm Elections  —  In an echo of 2010, the GOP overshot its targets, taking the Senate and winning House and statehouse races across the board.  Now what will they do?  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Republicans took the Senate majority in a commanding sweep on Tuesday …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Meet The Real Next Senate Majority Leader: Ted Cruz  —  If you thought House Speaker John Boehner has had a miserable time trying to govern, wait until you see what incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is about to deal with.  —  The Kentucky Republican achieved his lifelong dream …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jay Newton-Small / TIME:
McConnell: No Shutdowns, No Full Obamacare Repeal  —  An exclusive interview with TIME about his plans as Majority Leader  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell was giddy, not an emotion often seen in the sober 72-year-old Kentuckian.  But that's the only way to describe TIME's interview with him in Perry County, Kentucky, on Monday afternoon.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
New York Times:
Negativity Wins the Senate
Carrie Budoff Brown / Politico:
No Obama pivot after midterms
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Paul: Hillary Clinton ‘soundly rejected’
Discussion: Mediaite, Politico and Hit & Run
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
An unhappy electorate is toughest on Obama and the Democrats
Discussion: New York Times, Vox and Guardian
Washington Post:   Newly empowered Republicans should set a course to deliver tangible results
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: Worst map since Eisenhower
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Guardian
Politico:
Mitch McConnell defeats Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Peter Baker / New York Times:
President Obama Left Fighting for His Own Relevance  —  WASHINGTON — Two things were clear long before the votes were counted on Tuesday night: President Obama would face a Congress with more Republicans for his final two years in office, and the results would be seen as a repudiation of his leadership.
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Washington Post:
Battle for the Senate: How the GOP woke up while Democrats were feeling the drag  —  One night in early September, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called a longtime colleague, Sen. Pat Roberts, from his living room in Louisville, furious about the 78-year-old Republican's fumbling and lethargic reelection campaign.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
After blowout, Obama to answer questions  —  President Obama will hold a news conference Wednesday afternoon, facing the White House press corps one day after Democrats were blown out in the midterm elections.  —  White House aides acknowledge that Tuesday night was tough …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
New York Times:
Republicans' First Step Was to Handle Extremists in Party  —  WASHINGTON — It was late spring, and Republican leaders knew that if they wanted to win the Senate, they needed to crush the enemy: not Democrats, but the rebels within their own party.  —  And Chris McDaniel …
Alexander Burns / Politico:
GOP takes control of Senate in midterm rout
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
27 senators who voted for Obamacare won't be part of new Senate  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CONGRESS OBAMACARE SENATE HEALTH CARE 2014 ELECTIONS  —  On Dec. 24, 2009, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed President Obama's healthcare law with a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority …
Helena Bottemiller Evich / Politico:
Berkeley breaks through on soda tax  —  Berkeley, Calif., a city known for its progressive politics, made history Tuesday night by approving the first real sin tax on soda in the United States.  —  Voters looked likely to approve Measure D, a penny-per-ounce tax, by a wide margin …
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Election Night Takeaways  —  This wasn't just a bad night for Democrats.  This was a downright drubbing.  —  So, what happened?  —  All Politics Is National: Democrats believed they could help isolate and insulate their vulnerable Democrats from an unpopular president by making each contest about the individual candidates.
Nathaniel Herz / Anchorage Daily News:
Sullivan lead holds in Alaska U.S. Senate race; Begich won't concede  —  Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan appeared to grab an insurmountable lead over incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Begich early Wednesday, with all of Alaska's precincts reporting.
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Tonight's darker omen for the GOP: Losing the Senate in 2016  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CONGRESS BARACK OBAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY 2014 ELECTIONS 2016 ELECTIONS CAMPAIGNS  —  However well Republicans do tonight, President Obama will retain a veto pen.  That means GOP control of both chambers …
Discussion: The Agonist
Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
MSNBC's Matthews and Sharpton Bash Grimes Concession Speech: ‘You Need to Be Gracious!’  —  In the Kentucky Senate race, Democrat challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes lost by a wide margin to Senator Mitch McConnell, and as such, gave a concession speech — one that the MSNBC election coverage team immediately tore apart.
Discussion: Hot Air and PoliticusUSA
Noelle Crombie / Oregonian:
Recreational marijuana passes in Oregon: Oregon election results 2014  —  Oregon voters said yes to marijuana Tuesday, making the state the third to allow the possession and sale of cannabis for recreational rather than strictly medical use.  —  The crowd at the Southeast Portland club Holocene …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Voters' verdict explodes Democratic myths  —  As Democratic losses mounted in Senate races across the country on election night, some liberal commentators clung to the idea that dissatisfied voters were sending a generally anti-incumbent message, and not specifically repudiating Democratic officeholders.
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Wendy Davis Was The Face Of ‘War On Women’ Politics.  How'd That Go?  —  This was a year when the War on Women messaging — previously employed so successfully by the Democrats — failed to yield the desired results.  Most of the discussions about that failure have focused on Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado.
Discussion: Washington Post
ABC News:
Meet Elise Stefanik, the Youngest Woman Ever Elected to Congress … Republican Elise Stefanik has become the youngest woman elected to Congress in history, winning her race against Aaron Woolf in New York's 21st open district 56-32, ABC News projects.  —  She's the first Republican to win the district …
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
4 indicted N.Y. pols win reelection  —  They may have won their midterms on Tuesday, but for a handful of newly reelected New York lawmakers, their next hurdle is avoiding prison time.  —  New York voters overwhelmingly reelected four lawmakers — one to Congress and three to the state Legislature …
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Rand Paul: Let D.C. Legalize Marijuana, If Voters Want  —  BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — As District of Columbia voters are seemingly poised to approve a ballot item to allow cultivation and possession of small quantities of marijuana for personal use, the Republican in charge of a subpanel with D.C. oversight says home rule should prevail.
Discussion: American Prospect and NPR
 
 
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Scott first black senator elected in South since Reconstruction
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and News One
Kris Maher / Wall Street Journal:
West Virginia Elects America's Youngest State Lawmaker
Discussion: NPR
Denver Post:
HICKENLOOPER POISED TO DEFEAT BEAUPREZ FOR COLORADO GOVERNOR
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Axelrod: White House changes would be ‘wise’
Paige St. John / Los Angeles Times:
Prop. 47 passes, reducing some crime penalties
Aleksander Chan / Gawker:
Philadelphia Police Release Terrifying Footage of Woman's Abduction
Discussion: CNN, News One and Mediaite
Anita Wadhwani / Tennessean.com:
Tennessee Amendment 1 abortion measure passes
Tarini Parti / Politico:
Rick Scott staves off Charlie Crist in Florida
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
 Earlier Items: 
Dara Lind / Vox:
Fox News definitely just broke the rules for exit polls
Washington Post:
Warner declares victory over Gillespie in tight U.S. Senate race in Virginia
Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Surprise Win for GOP's Larry Hogan in Maryland Governor Race
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Reuben Fischer-Baum / FiveThirtyEight:
The Minimum Wage In Wisconsin
Discussion: Raw Story, The Dish and National Review
Aaron Hepker / WHOTV:
Joni Ernst Wins Election, First Woman to Represent Iowa in US Senate
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