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Democrat Seth Moulton won the 6th Congressional District in MassachusettsTuesday, defeating Republican Richard Tisei.The seat had been held by Democrat John Tierney, 62, since 1997.

Tierney has been in political trouble since his wife was convicted on federal tax charges four years ago, for which she received a 30-day prison sentence with five months of house arrest.He was defeated in the Democratic primary in September by Moulton, 36. Moulton has an MBA from Harvard and served four tours of duty in Iraq. He also held a summer associate position at Goldman Sachs and later became a top aide to Gen. David Petraeus.

Moulton held his primary victory party at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Salem.Our win tonight says two things, hesaid to the crowdat the time. First, that we are fed up with the gridlock in Washington, and second, that voters want to keep this seat blue.

Tisei,who is openly gay, has connections to the region's LGBT community, but had previously made it clear that he didnt want to be defined by that trait.

Tisei, 52, is a real estate agent who served in the state Legislature for 26 years, and narrowly lost to Tierney in 2012. At the time, he was the Republicans best bet in the Massachusetts House delegation, which has been all-Democratic for nearly two decades.This led to a lead in the polls in early October, which analysts attributed to Republican enthusiasm, according to the Wall Street Journal.

At the time, Tisei claimed that many former Tierney supporters were turning to him.There were people who were very loyal to John Tierney who have called me and said theyre voting for me, he told the Boston Herald. So its an unusual coalition that Ive put together.

The Boston Globe called the 6th District race the liveliest in the region.The race had the biggest discrepancy between nonparty outside spending and candidate spending, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Outside groups outspent the candidates themselves by nearly $2 million. Candidates themselves were relatively similar in spending, with Tiseis 2014 total at $3,872,880 and Moultons at $3,706,480.

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With so much at stake in Congressional races today, it might be easy to overlook the significance of the 36 gubernatorial contests across the country.

But to do so would mean ignoring many issues that will shape policy debates over the next two years and might even set the stage for the 2016 presidential election.

Democrats have already enjoyed one major upset in Pennsylvania. Democrat Tom Wolf is projected to beat incumbent Republican Gov. Tom Corbett in an historic election. If Corbett falls, it will be the first time in 40 years, since the state started permitting two gubernatorial terms that a sitting governor seeking re-election has been defeated.

Republicans have also netted one party switch. Republican Asa Hutchinson is projected to beat Democratic candidate Mike Ross, and take over from outgoing Democrat Mike Beebe.

In other news, ABC News projects that Republican Greg Abbott has defeated Democrat Wendy Davis in the race for governor of Texas. The race to replace Gov. Rick Perry was thrust into the national spotlight after Davis emerged as a star after her her 11-hour filibuster to block an anti-abortion bill last summer.

From the beginning, however, Davis faced a long uphill climb. The Lone-Star state hasn't elected a Democratic governor since 1990, and Abbott made a name for himself among conservatives after battling to the Supreme Court to keep the Ten Commandments on display on the grounds of the State Capitol complex in Austin.

Overall, on an election night many believe will be rough for Democrats, the president's party might find some solace in the chances of some of their gubernatorial candidates.

In 2012 President Obama won in seven of the 22 states where Republican governors are up for re-election this year. This year there are also several incumbents still in neck-and-neck races headed into election day, including Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas and Wisconsin. Hawaii's incumbent governor, Neil Abercrombie, a Democrat, already lost his primary.

In Kansas, a reliably Republican voting base could potentially throw out incumbent Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican, over a series of tax cuts that his critics say have gutted the state's budget.

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