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Judy Woodruff speaks with Amy Walter, editor of The Hotline, and Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Report, about the political implications of Tuesday's gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia.

REPUBLICANS WON the big prize on Tuesday. But voters in Bergen and Passaic counties gave Republicans a more stunning victory on a local level.

Corrected at 10:40 a.m. on Nov. 6. Did we really learn much from the off-year elections? I don't think so.

In the history of modern politics, we've never seen a worse case of media overkill.

New Jersey's next governor vowed Friday to veto any tax increase the Legislature sends to his desk in the coming year.

New Jersey's governor-elect says he won't uproot his four school-age children to move to the chief executive's mansion in Princeton Township.

Republican victories in the Virginia and New Jersey governors' races may or may not indicate a national comeback for the GOP, but they could convince former Maryland Gov.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said anxious politicians in his party who face tough congressional races next year should settle their nerves by focusing less on this week's governor's races than on the special congressional elections that have taken place since President Barack Obama was sworn in.

Republicans who won gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday already are turning their attention to the very different challenge of governing during the Great Recession.

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine is directing members of his Cabinet to come up with $400 million in savings options as he struggles to keep the state budget in balance.

Republicans view their gubernatorial victories in New Jersey and Virginia as a sign that Americans are fed up with White House policies while the Obama administration claims the results are not about the president.

Political change swept through Bergen County for the second straight year Tuesday night, but this time the Republicans were, for the most part, the beneficiaries.

Republican Chris Christiea s election as New Jersey Governor stymied plans by the Democratic Legislature to raise the fourth-lowest gasoline taxes in the U.S. to finance the statea s depleted highway trust fund.

A new Governor in New Jersey, McDonnell by a landslide in Virginia. Gay marriage shot down in Maine, an important Democratic Congressional win in GOP territory and surprisingly close race for Mayor in New York City.

As the final votes were being counted, it was possible to draw some lessons from Republican Bob McDonnell's victory in Virginia and the close, three-way governor's race in New Jersey, never mind that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has taken to saying that the elections don't mean much.

Although New Jersey's election produced an about-face in the governor's office on the gay marriage issue, both sides of the debate have been readying for a post-election battle in the Legislature.

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Newest updates will be at the top.* Update 22 - 10:10 PM: Huge: The AP has just projected Christie to win NJ.

Some notable races and measures in Tuesday's election: - CALIFORNIA: Democratic Lt.