None of the five Democratic Senators up for re-election in the region — which includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania and West Virginia — lost, helping Democrats keep the majority in the Senate.
In New Jersey, certain polling sites were moved and voting rules changed to ensure those still recovering from the damage of Hurricane Sandy were able to vote. In the only relatively close House race in the state, Republican Rep. Jon Runyan easily defeated Democrat Shelley Adler, the widow of the Democrat he unseated in 2010 in central Jersey’s 3rd district.
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