The Democratic tide was very strong in New England, taking down U.S. Senator John Sununu, who lost to Jeanne Shaheen in a rematch of their election fight of six years ago. From the Globe:

With 49 percent of precincts re porting, Shaheen had 53 percent of the vote compared with Sununu’s 44 percent.

“Tonight we made history,” Shaheen told supporters in Manchester last night in a raucous victory celebration. “I’m proud to have been New Hampshire’s first woman governor, and I’m so honored that tonight you have chosen me as your first woman senator.”

The two candidates spent $11 million on the race as of Oct. 15, according to campaign finance reports. National Republican and Democratic senatorial committees have also poured money into the race to fund blistering attack advertisements that have blanketed prime time television across the state and in Massachusetts.

“I’m very proud of the work that I was able to do in my six years in the Senate,” Sununu told supporters last night in Bedford.

Connecticut Republican Christopher Shays got swamped by Democrat Jim Himes, leaving New England without a single Republican member of the U.S. House.

In a further blow to Republicans, 11-term incumbent US Representative Christopher Shays of Connecticut lost handily to Democratic challenger Jim Himes, a former Goldman Sachs vice president who now runs an affordable-housing nonprofit. The defeat leaves Republicans without a US House member from New England, though they still hold three Senate seats.

“My two-year contract has not been renewed, and no one likes being told someone else is taking your place,” Shays told supporters in Norwalk, calling the Democratic surge that hit him and other Republicans a “tsunami.”

In New Hampshire Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter managed to win her rematch with Jeb Bradley, the former Rep. New Hampshire’s second congressional seat was also held by the incumbent Democrat, with Paul Hodes defeating Republican Jennifer Horn. New Hampshire now has one Democratic senator, a Democratic governor, (Governor Lynch re-elected in a walk), and two Democratic members of Congress. What a change a decade can make. In Maine moderate Republican Susan Collins was re-elected to the Senate, giving the New England G.O.P. some solace on a tough night.