The bad news is that among the 95-percent is Cong. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.). After winning the Ames, Iowa, Straw Poll, Bachmann just barely edged out Democratic challenger Jim Graves to keep her seat. On expects that she will continue to be one of the most vocal far, far members of the House.
Her fellow Minnesota House member Cong. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), one of the most progressive members on the Hill and the first and only Muslim congressional representative elected kept his seat by a considerably wider margin in a win over Republican Chris Fields.
Here are the numbers (we have some fun with these at the very end):
8,620- Number of votes that Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson got in New Hampshire, a swing state
697- Number of votes that Socialist Party candidate Peta Lindsay, who is only 28, got in Vermont.
72.8 %- Percent Mitt Romney got in Utah, the state in which he got the most support
70.6 %-Percent President Barack Obama got in the state of his birth, and is also the state in which he got the highest support.
51.2 %- Percent Obama got in Colorado, a swing state
50.6%- Percent Romney got in North Carolina, a swing state
46.1 %- Percent Romney got in Wisconsin, which went to Obama, in spite of being Paul Ryan's home state.
69%- Percentage of the Jewish vote that went for Obama
20, 938- Number of votes Duckworth won by.
13,000- Number of votes separating Martha McSally (R) from taking the seat that belonged to former Cong. Gabrielle Giffords before she was shot in Tempe, Ariz., early last year
11,400- Number of votes that Dan Forest (R) is winning by over Linda Coleman (D) in North Carolina's lt. governor race.
4,802- Number of votes Bachmann won by.
18- Number of women gymnasts on North Carolina State's team roster
15- Number of players on Georgetown's men's basketball team roster
14- Number of points Florida State was favored by against Virginia Tech
6- Number of points Florida State won by (the final was 28-22 in Blacksburg, Va.)
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