former bush budget director rob partman. one contest may end in a runoff in north carolina where secretary of state elaine marshall is up against former state senator cal cunningham. turnout is low in early voting and attorney ken lewis, a third candidate, could be a spoiler. if no one gets 40%, the top two fight it out in a runoff. the punching bag on the trail has been current senator richard burr, the republican. sam irvin ras elected as an incumbent in 1968. polls close at 6:00 p.m. in eastern indiana, 7:00 p.m. in the western part of the state and at 7:0 in north carolina and ohio. back to you, stan na. mark murray, deputy political director. with chuck away, the mice will play. we ll do kind of a political shallow end today. who better to do that than