let's head back to the map and take a look at one other very important race. west virginia, they also managed to hang on to delaware. if we can pick up delaware. and it wasn't even close. christine o'donnell, the tea parties-backed candidate, chris coons, 57% of the vote. let's take a look at some of the the states that republicans managed to hang on in the united states senate. and in fact, they pedestrian made six gains. colorado is yet to be called. nevada, of course, went to harry reid. he hung on to his seat. but notably in pennsylvania, joe sestak was the democratic candidate and he lost very narrowly to pat toomey and we want to take a look at the state of illinois. this was an important state for democrats to hold on to. they failed to do so. mark kirk, the republican, managed to pick up.