Posted by
Team Turk on Tuesday, November 07, 2006 1:09:52 PM
From United Press International:
The U.S. Congress and 36 governors' chairs were up for grabs Tuesday as midterm elections inundated voters with choices and options.
Voters will also be choosing state legislators and in 37 states there are ballot initiatives ranging from abortion, embryonic stem cell research, same-sex marriage, the environment and the minimum wage, The New York Times reported.
While U.S. President George Bush has said throughout both terms he pays no attention to polls -- many of which recently show the Democrats gaining support -- Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee, was more cautious in an interview with the Times.
"I believe it's going to be very close; I think it remains an uphill climb," he said of retaining Republican control of the U.S. House of Representatives, although he sounded more confident about the U.S. Senate, the newspaper said.