Shaheen projected to win in New Hampshire

Following Mark Warner's apparent victory in Virginia, Jeanne Shaheen has captured a second U.S. Senate for the Democrats, defeating incumbent Republican John Sununu. Shaheen ran against Sununu six years ago and lost.

This time, though...victory.

Some background on the race from PBS:

One day ahead of the election, Shaheen seems to be in a strong position. The former governor is 9.6 points ahead of incumbent Sen. John Sununu, according to an average of polls from the Web site RealClearPolitics.com. Individual polls put her between 6 and 13 points ahead.

Shaheen, who lost to Sununu in 2002, has run a "low-risk" campaign this time around, University of New Hampshire political science professor Dante J. Scala told the New York Times. She's relied mainly on tying Sununu to an unpopular president, reiterating that he has voted with President Bush 90 percent of the time.

Regrettably, it looks like Democrat Tom Allen has failed to defeat incumbent Republican Susan Collins in Maine. That would have been a nice pickup but it looks like Collins has escaped a possible Democratic tidal wave.