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With the Republican primaries rapidly approaching, campaign ad season is just about to get crazy — and it was only a matter of time before cringe-worthy ads to start showing up. (more)

LOS ANGELES — Republicans are relishing the coming of a new day on Capitol Hill. But across the country in California, the party of Nixon and Reagan is drifting toward obscurity. (more)

Look closely at the recently-elected 112th Congress. Notice all those bright new faces of “color”? Guess what, most of those faces are Republican. The GOP fielded a large number of ethnic candidates, and, to the surprise of some, a large number won. The new Republican crop includes five Hispanic freshmen, including one woman, Jaime Herrera, who won an open seat in, of all places, Washington. And the two Hispanic Republican candidates in Texas won by defeating Democratic incumbents. (more)

In their postmortems of the 2010 elections, many in the Senate Republican establishment have placed the blame for their inability to regain the majority on Senator Jim DeMint’s principled pre-election endorsements. Once again these establishment elites are wrong. (more)

November 2 was a good day for those who support substance-abuse prevention, and a bad day for potheads and for those who support marijuana legalization. (more)

This election broke the mold in many ways, including the role that women played in the political arena. In fact, while the tug-of-war between champions of limited government and supporters of activist, big government will undoubtedly continue for decades, expectations for women in our political system may be permanently altered. (more)

Check out TheDC’s liveblog from last night (more)

Every great production needs an equally spectacular soundtrack.  So, I offer you this official playlist to commemorate the circus maximus that was the 2010 midterm election season (If you care to remember it, that is): (more)

Most attendees The Daily Caller interviewed at Comedy Central political pundits Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s rally to “Restore Sanity and/or Fear” didn’t know for whom they are voting on November 2. They did, however, know they’re voting Democrat, down the line, because, they said, Republicans don’t fit their mold of “moving forward” in the country. (more)

A look of the key races in the 50 states: (more)

In 2010, Obama euphoria dwindled and made way for the Tea Party. From Alaska’s Joe Miller to Delaware’s Christine O’Donnell, upsets over establishment candidates have swept the nation. But there’s another type of candidate that may gain Republicans seats this election cycle: the mavericks. (more)

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — It’s hard to turn off Meg Whitman. The most expensive campaign for governor in U.S. history — about $162 million and counting — is inundating California voters with an unprecedented array of TV and radio ads, glossy magazines, smartphone messages, Facebook videos, postcards and phone calls that will test how far a Republican dollar can go in a state Democrats often dominate. (more)

In a close election race against former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina, California Democrat Sen. Barbara Boxer is facing new ethics complaints over asking teachers to send their students to work for her campaign. (more)

Republican Carly Fiorina’s senatorial campaign launched a new ad attacking Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer for exaggerating facts when she talks about the economy and healthcare. (more)

A new National Republican Senatorial Committee ad attacking California’s junior Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer targets women, a demographic with which Boxer’s Republican opponent Carly Fiorina polls badly. (more)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California GOP Senate challenger Carly Fiorina was sidelined Tuesday from the campaign trail in the final week of a close race to be treated for an infection associated with her reconstructive surgery after breast cancer. (more)

Democratic candidates in California have extended their leads over Republican challengers in the races for Senate and the governor’s mansion, a new Fox News poll shows. (more)

The race for the open Connecticut Senate seat, which has been seen as a possible pick up for Republicans, is trending to stay in Democratic hands, narrowing the number of opportunities the GOP has to win the Senate. (more)

Best-case scenario for the GOP: their hopes of taking the Senate come down to Washington, California and Pennsylvania. (more)

A series of polls in recent days have shown key Senate races tightening, with the leads of both Republican and Democrat candidates shrinking rather than either party gaining momentum. (more)