Alaska

PRESIDENT (3) — Bush. Only one Democrat has taken Alaska since it became a state — Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

SENATE — Republican Lisa Murkowski took early lead against former Gov. Tony Knowles; many Alaskans upset her father, Frank Murkowski, appointed her to his old job when he became governor in 2002.

HOUSE — Current: 1 Republican. Incumbent Don Young won 17th term against token opposition.

PROPOSITIONS — Ballot measure, fueled by Murkowski controversy, to eliminate appointments to fill Senate vacancies; others would legalize marijuana and ban bear baiting.

EXIT POLL — About two-thirds of voters said they thought governor’s appointment of his daughter was inappropriate.

Arizona

PRESIDENT (10) — Bush captured state that had been viewed as battleground early on — partly because Clinton won here in 1996. Kerry had withdrawn advertising dollars and workers as Bush moved ahead.

SENATE — John McCain in a landslide; Democratic eighth-grade math teacher Stuart Starky was no match for a Republican incumbent with broad bipartisan appeal.

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HOUSE — Remains 6R, 2D. In expensive, nasty campaign, freshman Republican Rick Renzi soundly defeated Democrat Paul Babbitt, brother of former Interior Secretary and ex-Gov. Bruce Babbitt.

PROPOSITIONS — Voters OK’d measure aimed at denying illegal immigrants certain government services; state workers who fail to report undocumented aliens could face jail time.

EXIT POLL — Preliminary figures showed nearly half the state’s Kerry votes were cast against the president rather than for the senator.

California

PRESIDENT (55) — Biggest pot of electoral votes went to Kerry; Bush lost in 2000 by 12 points.

SENATE — Barbara Boxer swept past Republican Bill Jones, who was unable to raise money or gain strong support from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

HOUSE — 33D, 20R. Only one incumbent leaving: Democrat Cal Dooley. Former state Sen. Jim Costa favored over Republican state Sen. Roy Ashburn to replace him.

PROPOSITIONS — Sixteen ballot issues included two expensive casino gambling initiatives, both rejected, and one that would roll back “three strikes” sentencing law. Voters agreed to let the state sell $3 billion in bonds to pay for embryonic stem cell research.

EXIT POLL — In 2000 election, about one in seven voters was between ages of 18 and 29. This year, it was more than one in five.

Colorado

PRESIDENT (9) — Bush managed relatively comfortable victory after some late polls suggested Democrats could take the state for just the third time in 50 years.

SENATE — The Democrats picked up a Senate seat — state Atty. Gen. Ken Salazar narrowly topped Republican beer baron Peter Coors. GOP Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell is retiring.

HOUSE — 5R, 2D. Race pitting Democrat John Salazar, the attorney general’s brother, against Republican Greg Walcher was too close to call.

PROPOSITIONS — Voters rejected measure to scrap winner-take-all system of awarding electoral votes and divide them based on popular vote.

EXIT POLL — Three-fourths of voters who said Iraq was the top issue supported Kerry, while eight in ten who said moral values were most important voted for Bush.

Hawaii

PRESIDENT (4) — Surprise, surprise: Hawaii, in Democratic corner every election but two since gaining statehood, became a battleground at end of campaign.

SENATE — Veteran Sen. Daniel Inouye, 80, won lopsided race against Republican Cam Cavasso, a former state legislator.

HOUSE — 2D. Reps. Neil Abercrombie and Ed Case breezed to re-election.

PROPOSITIONS — Four constitutional amendments on ballot, all relating to crime and criminal prosecution. State attorney general and the Honolulu prosecutor backed them; opponents said they would infringe on civil rights.

EXIT POLL — Nearly one-third of voters said their vote for president was mainly a vote against their candidate’s opponent. Of those voters, about eight out of 10 backed Kerry.

Idaho

PRESIDENT (4) — Bush triumphed in a state where only a quarter of residents identify themselves as Democrats.

SENATE — GOP incumbent Michael Crapo coasted to re-election with no Democratic opponent.

HOUSE — 2R. Republican incumbent Butch Otter won re-election in what is widely seen as tuneup for a 2006 gubernatorial run.

EXIT POLLS — In a state where 1,600 guard members are preparing to deploy to Iraq later this year, two-thirds support Bush on the war. A fifth of voters describing themselves as liberals voted for Bush.

Montana

PRESIDENT (3) — Bush, handily.

GOVERNOR — Democrat Brian Schweitzer edged Republican Bob Brown for office GOP has held for 16 years.

HOUSE — 1R. Rep. Denny Rehberg easily beat Democratic challenger Tracy Velazquez.

PROPOSITIONS — Initiative failed to overturn 6-year-old voter-approved ban on using cyanide in mining operations. In others, voters banned gay marriage, legalized medical marijuana.

EXIT POLL — Majority across all age groups rejected same-sex marriage, embraced medical marijuana.

Nevada

PRESIDENT (5) — Democrats had slight lead in early voting turnout; Bush won by 3.5 points in 2000.

SENATE — Democratic incumbent Harry Reid, Senate minority whip, trounced Republican challenger Richard Ziser.

HOUSE — 2R, 1D. Former casino executive Tom Gallagher, a Democrat, challenged first-term Rep. Jon Porter.

PROPOSITIONS — Dueling efforts to change medical malpractice laws. Other items would increase public education funding and minimum wage.

EXIT POLL — Newcomers to Nevada had a strong say — about one in five voters said they’d moved to the state in the past four years.

New Mexico

PRESIDENT (5) — Al Gore won in 2000 by only 366 votes, so both parties smelled blood — Bush visited New Mexico seven times this year, Kerry eight.

HOUSE — 2R, 1D. Democrat Richard Romero challenging Rep. Heather Wilson, for second consecutive time in intensely negative campaign.

PROPOSITIONS — For second time, Albuquerque voters considered bond issue that included $8.7 million to build a road passing through Petroglyphs National Monument, site American Indians consider sacred.

Oregon

PRESIDENT (7) — Kerry took state in all-mail balloting.

SENATE — Heavily favored Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden easily beat little-known Republican newcomer Al King.

HOUSE — 4D, 1R. Republican Goli Ameri quickly focused TV ads on October newspaper report that Rep. David Wu tried to force a girlfriend to have sex in the 1970s.

PROPOSITIONS — Proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting gay marriage passed despite opponents’ claiming they had realistic chance of defeating measure.

EXIT POLL — Women, Hispanics strongly favored Kerry.

Utah

PRESIDENT (5) — President Bush claimed an easy victory.

SENATE — Two-term Republican Sen. Bob Bennett coasted to a third term, defeating Democrat Paul Van Dam, a former attorney general.

GOVERNOR — Republican Jon Huntsman Jr., trade official under President Bush and heir to chemical fortune, beat underdog Scott Matheson, scion of the state’s most prominent Democratic family.

HOUSE — 2R, 1D. Matheson’s brother, Rep. Jim Matheson, was favored in rematch against 2002 opponent John Swallow.

PROPOSITIONS — Voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, despite vigorous opposition from critics who said it would endanger Utah’s common-law marriage statute.

OTHER — Democrat Peter Corroon well-positioned to win Salt Lake County mayor’s office after the fall of incumbent Republican Nancy Workman, who quit the race amid felony charges of misusing public money.

EXIT POLL — Nearly 70 percent of those interviewed said they supported Bush’s decision to go to war.

Washington

PRESIDENT (11) — Kerry kept Democratic string going with the fifth straight Democratic presidential win.

SENATE — Two-term Democratic Sen. Patty Murray turned back GOP challenger George Nethercutt after divisive, expensive campaign.

GOVERNOR — In race to succeed Democratic Gov. Gary Locke, Atty. Gen. Christine Gregoire led Dino Rossi, Republican businessman and former state senator.

HOUSE — 6D, 3R. Toughest race, for the open 8th, pitted Republican Dave Reichert, hero sheriff who hunted down the Green River Killer, versus Democrat Dave Ross, syndicated radio talk show host.

PROPOSITIONS — Voters rejected a penny-on-the-dollar sales tax increase to raise money for education and turned down a proposal to allow state-funded charter schools.

EXIT POLLS — First-time voters and state’s youngest voters split evenly for Bush and Kerry.

Wyoming

PRESIDENT (3) — Bush by a landslide in Cheney’s home state.

HOUSE — 1R. Republican Barbara Cubin beat political newcomer Ted Ladd for sixth term as Wyoming’s lone representative.

PROPOSITIONS — Voters rejected constitutional amendment to allow Legislature to put caps on medical malpractice damage awards.

EXIT POLL — One quarter of registered Democrats voted for Bush.