Last night showed the strength of our nation's Democratic leaders all the way up and down the ticket.

After the gains we made in each of the past five elections, Republicans were saying that this might be their year, and it simply wasn't.

We controlled 57 chambers going into last night -- we have at least 60 now.

As I mentioned very early this morning, we won new majorities in the Delaware House, Ohio House, Wisconsin House, New York Senate, and the Nevada Senate.

We defeated reelection bids by Republican Speakers in Delaware, and now, it looks like Utah.

The Alaska senate has moved into a tie.

We made serious gains in two chambers we originally thought we'd be hard pressed to defend -- the Michigan House and Oregon House.

And we successfully defended chambers Iowa, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Colorado.

We're still waiting on results in the Montana House (we were down 49/50/1), Texas House (potential tie).

Our victories last night are a testament to the hard work, dedication, and skill of our state Democratic lawmakers all over the country.