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11:10 AM PT: NH-Sen: James Pindell reports that Shawn O'Connor, a businessman who moved from New York City to New Hampshire just last year, has begun laying the groundwork for a bid against Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte. O'Connor may have some money, but he doesn't appear to have much in the way of political experience or ties to the Granite State. Ayotte won't be easy to beat, but Democrats have plenty of options to choose from, and unless everyone takes a pass, O'Connor is unlikely to be the answer.
1:13 PM PT (dreaminonempty): Initiatives: Some things we can all agree on - more or less. A few initiatives across the country managed to find strong support (or lack thereof) across both red and blue counties. Below are maps of two of the most dramatic examples, compared to the vote for Senate. You can see that the range of support for the initiatives in each case is much narrower than the range of Senate preference, although not totally unrelated. For more on this year's initiatives, see David Jarman's recent roundup.