Maria Cantwell re-elected

Maria Cantwell wins re-election as a US senator from Washington state. Via the P-I:

With polls closed less than three minutes The Associated Press and CNN Tuesday projected Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell the winner over former Safeco executive Mike McGavick.

Cantwell, a freshman who barely won her seat six years ago, and moderate McGavick had largely agreed on the Iraq war, but voters stuck with the incumbent who vowed to fight for a fresh course.

McGavick never had any traction, and his campaign stumbled badly with self-inflicted wounds like the botched DUI revelations. Cantwell ran a tightly controlled, "make no mistakes" campaign and is rewarded with a large margin of victory, 54%-43%.

Now about the war, Senator....