A very interesting story out of Iowa where three justices on the Iowa Supreme Court who had ruled in favor of gay marriage were defeated in retention elections.

It’s the first time since Iowa instituted the current retention system for justices in 1962 that any justice lost. Now three go down at the same time due to a fierce campaign by anti-gay outside groups.

The Seattle Times‘ Jim Brunner gives the inside read on where the uncounted votes in Washington State are coming in from and how that favors Democratic Sen. Patty Murray:

[T]he electoral math seemed to favor the three-term incumbent. She captured 62 percent of the votes counted Tuesday night in King County. It’s estimated nearly 350,000 additional votes remain to be counted there — more than a third of the total uncounted votes statewide.

Here are the latest results from Washington.

Former Karl Rove protege and U.S. attorney scandal figure Tim Griffin won election last night to the House from Arkansas.

The Denver Post calls the Colorado Senate race for Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet.

Log Cabin Republicans think with the election over they can nudge 4-5 Senate Republicans into voting to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

There are so many stories and themes to pick through in the carnage in the Democratic House caucus that political scientists will spend 20 years sorting it all out. But for right now, here’s a rundown of the biggest surprises and upsets.

In other news, George W. Bush claims: “I was a dissenting voice” on the Iraq War.

Our in-house Minnesota recount expert takes a look at what’s ahead in the state’s skintight governor’s race.

Sip your coffee slowly while you catch up on the overnight results in the constantly updating TPM Midterms Wire.

The Blue Dog caucus in the House was decimated yesterday, cut from 54 to 26 members.