ELECTION DAWN -- BY MICHELLE ODDIS AND ELISABETH MEINECKE, Human Events

Today, for the first time since President Obama was inaugurated in January, many voters get their chance to render a verdict -- or at least an indirect one -- on the president and the runaway congress.

Two races for Governor -- one in Virginia and one in New Jersey -- along with an odd Congressional special election in New York are being viewed as a mini-referendum on Obama's first 12 months in power.

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