Election 2008

With Republican Sen. Gordon Smith's concession in the Oregon Senate race, Democrats inch closer to a filibuster-proof Senate.

Sen. Stevens could be headed for re-election despite polls that showed him far behind. Struggling to explain the discrepancy, analysts wonder about a “Stevens Effect.”

Rahm Emanuel to serve as chief of staff; Obama constructs panel of economic advisors; Jeff Merkley wins Oregon senatorial race; candidates campaign for Georgia senatorial runoff; Minnesota recount underway; Stevens holds lead in Alaska.

Aides reveal divisions and bickering between the Palin and McCain teams as the McCain campaign gets its inevitable dissection.

While some journalists argue Palin cost McCain the election, others argue he didn’t want to be president in the first place.

On Thursday morning, Republican Sen. Gordon Smith conceded the Oregon Senate race to Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley, moving the Democratic Party closer to a filibuster-proof Senate majority.

California has passed Proposition 8; previously solemnized and future same-sex marriages there and elsewhere are in limbo. What happens next?

Though it first appeared that Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss had defeated Democratic challenger Jim Martin, it now seems the Georgia Senate race isn’t resolved.

A Democratic official says that Obama staffer Robert Gibbs will fill the cabinet post of White House press secretary.

Obama offers Rahm Emanuel chief of staff position; Ga. race a runoff; Merkley wins Oregon; Minnesota needs a recount; Stevens may become first convicted felon elected to Senate.

The new House will be without three champions of the space program at a time when several recent events have challenged NASA’s primacy.

President-elect Barack Obama’s message of change has resonated not only with Americans, but with citizens and governments around the world.

Among the highest voter turnout in a century, young voters, African Americans, Hispanics and Jewish voters made up a significant portion of those who chose Obama.

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama defeated John McCain in the traditionally Republican state of Virginia, indicating the Democratic shift occurring in the South.

Barack Obama’s team has spent an unprecedented amount of time strategizing the Obama cabinet. He has reportedly asked Ill. Rep. Rahm Emanuel to be his chief of staff.

Stevens leads in the Alaska Senate race, but 40,000 absentee ballots remain to be counted.

Democrats recorded considerable gains in Election 2008. With the 111th Congress in place, what will its members work on first?

Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., is claiming victory over Democratic challenger Al Franken. But with an unofficial margin of fewer than 1,000 votes out of the 2.9 million ballots cast, and rumors of voting problems, the race must go to a recount.

Wall Street got off to a slow start on Wednesday amid job loss concerns; however Asian markets posted rallies on the back of greater certainty about U.S. economic policy.

In a close vote, Californians appear to have passed a gay marriage ban, which would make it the third state to do so this Election Day.

Larry Joe Doherty, former judge on the TV series "Texas Justice," loses the 10th Congressional District against Republican incumbent Michael McCaul.

Now that the Election Day 2008 dust has settled, many agree: the work has just begun for President-elect Barack Obama, who faces a number of pressing concerns.

Washington voters have passed a physician-assisted suicide measure.

Conn. Rep. Christopher Shays, the last New England Republican in the House, lost his seat Tuesday, illustrating the GOP’s failures outside of conservative districts.

California voters rejected Proposition 4, a Constitutional amendment that would require doctors to inform the parents or guardians of underage girls if they sought an abortion.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn, whose remarks about Obama’s “anti-American views” buoyed the campaign of Democratic challenger Elwyn Tinklenberg, held on to her seat with a narrow projected margin.

Facing minorities in both houses of Congress and a loss of the White House, the Republican Party is looking beyond 2008, though which path they follow from here remains uncertain.

Democratic candidate wins landslide victory, becoming the first African-American to hold the country’s highest office. Here’s how he got there.

Obama elected 44th president; Dems fail to get filibuster-proof Senate; Proposition 8 to pass in Ca., La., and Fl.