R tsunami broadens

Republicans will gain at least 60 seats in the U.S. House, the largest number of House pickups since Democrats picked up 75 seats in 1948, CNN is now predicting. That could include as many as three from Texas Chet Edwards of Waco, who has lost, and Ciro Rodriguez of San Antonio and Solomon Ortiz of Corpus Christi, who were trailing in incomplete returns.

Democrats continued their fight to hang on to a Senate majority. CNN predicted, based on exit polls, that Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid will defeat Republican challenger Sharron Angle to keep his seat in Nevada.

Meanwhile, to add insult to injury, a Republican, Mark Kirk, was expected to win, when all votes were counted, the Illinois Senate seat once held by President Obama.