A guide to the Senate, House of Representatives and gubernatorial seats that changed hands in the 2006 US mid-term elections as at 2130 GMT.SENATE
Democratic gains from Republicans (6):
Virginia: Jim Webb beat George Allen.
Missouri: Claire McCaskill defeated Jim Talent.
Ohio: Sherrod Brown beat Mike DeWine.
Pennsylvania: Bob Casey took the seat from Rick Santorum.
Rhode Island: Sheldon Whitehouse beat Lincoln Chafee.
Montana: Jon Tester beat Conrad Burns.
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Democratic gains from Republicans (28):
Arizona: Harry Mitchell took the seat from incumbent J.D. Hayworth. Gabrielle Giffords beat Randy Graf to take an open seat.
California: Jerry McNerney beat incumbent Richard Pombo.
Colorado: Ed Perlmutter took a vacant seat from Rick O'Donnell.
Connecticut: Chris Murphy defeated incumbent Nancy Johnson.
Florida: Ron Klein defeated incumbent Clay Shaw. Tim Mahoney beat Joe Negron for the seat vacated by Mark Foley's resignation.
Indiana: Joe Donnelly, Brad Ellsworth and Baron Hill beat Chris Chocola, John Hostettler and Mike Sodrel respectively.
Iowa: Dave Loebsack took incumbent Jim Leach's seat. Bruce Braley beat Mike Whalen to take a vacant seat.
Kansas: Nancy Boyda beat Jim Ryun.
Kentucky: John Yarmuth won Anne Northup's seat.
Minnesota: Tim Walz defeated Gil Gutknecht.
New Hampshire: Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes took seats from Jeb Bradley and Charles Bass.
New York: John Hall and Kirsten Gillibrand beat Sue Kelly and John Sweeney. Michael Arcuri took Raymond Meier's seat.
North Carolina: Heath Shuler won Charles Taylor's seat.
Ohio: Zack Space beat Joy Padgett to win a seat vacated by disgraced Republican congressman Bob Ney.
Pennsylvania: Jason Altmire, Joe Sestak, Patrick Murphy and Christopher Carney took seats from Melissa Hart, Curt Weldon, Michael Fitzpatrick and Don Sherwood respectively.
Texas: Nick Lampson won the seat vacated by former House Majority leader Tom DeLay.
Wisconsin: Steven Kagen won a vacant seat against John Gard.
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Democratic gains from Republicans (6):
Arkansas: Mike Beebe defeated Asa Hutchinson to win a vacant seat.
Colorado: Bill Ritter beat Bob Beauprez to win a vacant seat.
Maryland: Martin O'Malley took incumbent Robert Ehrlich's seat.
Massachusetts: Deval Patrick won a vacant seat against Kerry Healey.
New York: Eliot Spitzer took a vacant seat against John Faso.
Ohio: Ted Strickland beat J. Kenneth Blackwell for a vacant seat.