Election 2009: Winners and Losers
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009; 12:41 PM
New York Rep. Steve Israel (D), former Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D) and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) may benefit from last night's results. (Photos: AP/The Washington Post) The Fix has slept (a little) and sifted through the data (a lot) since last night to bring you our take on the winners and losers from yesterday's votes. Have winners and/or losers of your own? Feel free to add them in the comment section below. Heck, if they're good, we'll add them to the post. WINNERS Haley Barbour/RGA: The Mississippi governor and chairman of the Republican Governors Association was already seen as one of the leading strategists within his party before Tuesday and that reputation will only grow now. The RGA -- led by Barbour and executive director Nick Ayers -- did two very smart things during the course of these campaigns: parceling out the footage of Deeds stumbling
