White House downplays Election Day

Nov 3rd, 2009 - Los Angeles Times

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Heated referendums over same-sex partnership laws in Maine and Washington powered voter turnouts today in an off-year election that included closely watched races in New Jersey, Virginia and New York.

Pundits were debating what the results could mean for President Obama, who campaigned for Democrats in governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia and in an upstate New York congressional race.

But the White House sought to put some distance between the president and the outcome.

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