In 2 words, very interesting.  A clear message was sent by my district (solidly Republican, but not stridently so) - the Republican incumbent State Senator and State Representative won easily.  The open State Rep seat was also won easily by a Republican.  BUT.....Tim Mahoney won the race over Negron (Mark Foley's seat) by a small margin, and I do NOT attribute this to voter confusion.  My take is that disgust over the Foley situation led voters to want to send a message regarding unhappiness with how Republicans have been running things at the federal level.  I saw today where some exit polling indicates Republicans nationwide were angrier about the various scandals than they are the situation in Iraq - this is borne out by the results in my area.  I'm disappointed for Joe Negron - he's a good guy - and if Mahoney misreads the result and has a left of center voting record, he'll be one and done.  But if Mahoney moves to the middle and votes that way (and serves his constituents well), it'll be his seat to lose for awhile.  Anyway, my overall take from our district is that generally voters are pleased with how the state is being run, but not about the country as a whole.

Other stuff - statewide races.  I was surprised by Crist's margin of victory.  I don't think Jim Davis was the right candidate for the Democrats - his campaign didn't resonate with voters.  I'm pleased with Alex Sink's win - she certainly is well qualified for the job.  I was a little surprised at the ease of Bill McCollum's victory - Skip Campbell obviously didn't have sufficient statewide name recognition to overcome McCollum's.

The Lieberman win - the irony here is depending on the outcome in Virginia and Montana, Joe Lieberman may now be the single most powerful member of the US Senate.  I like having the "independent" label on that person, even though he says he's going to caucus with the Democrats.

Jethro, your comments below are right on point.  If the Democrats don't take this as some kind of far reaching mandate to make the same kinds of mistakes the Republicans have been making, they may be able to hold their gains and even build on them in two years.  And the Republicans need to read the results from last night loud and clear - I think McCain gets it from his comments I posted earlier - we'll see if the party as a whole does.