Election Eve 2006: The Final Predictions

What a wild ride it's been! As the midterm madness of 2006 draws to a close, the Crystal Ball is reminded just how quickly the facts of our politics can change.

Although we're not out to determine who's been naughty or nice (believe us, that's a subject for many other Crystal Ball emails--and both parties have their fair share of people on both lists), we did make a list of predictions on Thursday, and we promised we would check it twice. The result of our re-checking is a last-minute batch of ratings changes, and even several changes of our predictions.

So thanks for staying with us this election year--now fasten your seat belts and hang on for the ride as the Crystal Ball calls 'em all!

Election analysis from Larry Sabato and David Wasserman, who know a thing or two about elections and they provide the best, non-partisan analysis anyone's likely to find.

The short story:

• THE SENATE: +6 Dems = 51D, 49R
• THE HOUSE: +29 Dems = 232D, 203R
• THE GOVERNORSHIPS: +7 Dems = 29D, 21R