Election Night Blog

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Click here to see a photo gallery of some of the best shots from the past few days of HRC's Election 2006 campaign frenzy. From the volunteers on the ground to last night's celebrations to the labors of your humble blogging team, it's all here -- take a look!

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In a HISTORIC VICTORY for GLBT equality, the proposed domestic partnership ban on the Arizona state ballot has been DEFEATED.

This initiative would have banned domestic partnerships for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples in Arizona.

HRC was proud to support our coalition partner Arizona Together to make this key win a reality. Kudos to all fair-minded Arizonans who beat back this mean-spirited initiative!

Republican former Arizona representative and co-chair of Arizona Together Steve May said, "When we first got started no national organization thought we could win ... except HRC. They believed in us and we thank them so much."

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NPR has announced that the proposed ban on domestic partnerships in Arizona has lost, but we're still awaiting confirmation from CNN. If the ban does fail, it would be a major victory for GLBT equality -- stay tuned and we'll let you know the moment we hear for sure.

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First up, the latest numbers:

So far, 208 HRC endorsees have won their races! Only 16 have lost, and seven races are still outstanding. For details, check our list of state-by-state returns.

Here at HRC headquarters we had a late night last night, so as you can see we're running on caffeine this morning. Stay tuned, and we'll let you know as soon as we find out about all the straggling races that matter to GLBT and straight-supportive Americans.

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HRC endorsee for U.S. House Ed Perlmutter is replacing an outgoing member of Congress with a zero on HRC's Congressional Scorecard.

Perlmutter's campaign was the target of an outrageous message from anti-gay leader James Dobson -- read our earlier post on this.

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What an incredible night! More than 200 pro-equality candidates have been elected and we now have a fair-minded majority in the U.S. House. Also, the news is looking good in Arizona--we are on the verge of a historic victory for equality where a discriminatory measure to ban all domestic partnerships may be defeated.

Please check back tomorrow for more updates and a final recap on all of HRC's top priority races across the country!

Posted by Marty Rouse

Chant of "First in the Nation" is breaking out all across the Wyndham hotel. I can't hear myself!

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So far, 200 HRC endorsees have won their races, and just 10 have lost. Only a handful of races are still to be called -- stay tuned...

Posted by Georgie Aguirre-Sacasa

Thousands have gathered at the Hotel Albuquerque in old town New Mexico, waiting to hear the results of New Mexico's 1st congressional district race. From D.C. to Alamagordo, N.M., all of us are waiting to see whether HRC endorsee Patricia Madrid will prevail over anti-gay candidate Heather Wilson.

Spirits are high. Stay tuned ... this could be history in the making.

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As of right now, 198 HRC-endorsed candidates have won, and only 10 have lost.

Sixteen races are still to be called.

Team HRC is going strong!