Election day 2013
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks after winning a second term. (Kena Betancur / Getty Images)
A series of races this year have national implications, from the battle between the mainstream GOP and the tea party in Alabama, to the presidential aspirations of New Jersey gubernatorial favorite Chris Christie.
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Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio embraces his son Dante and daughter Chiara after he was elected the first Democratic mayor of New York City in 20 years. (Kathy Willens / Associated Press)
Newly elected New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio waves to the crowd at his election night party. (Andrew Burton / Getty Images)
Two supporters at an election party for Amendment 66 in Denver look at projected figures showing the defeat of Amendment 66 and the victory of Proposition AA, a tax on recreational marijuana sales. (Ed Andrieski / Associated Press)
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Newly elected Boston Mayor Martin Walsh addresses an audience in Boston. (Steven Senne / Associated Press)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, celebrates in Asbury Park after winning reelection. (Mel Evans / Associated Press)
Democrat Terry McAuliffe at a party in Tysons Corner, Va., after winning the Virginia gubernatorial race. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)
Virginia’s GOP Atty. Gen. Ken Cuccinelli, with his wife, Teiro, and family in Richmond, concedes the Virginia governor’s race to Terry McAuliffe. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)
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New York mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, center, with other Democratic candidates for office, meets potential voters in Brooklyn. (Bebeto Matthews / Associated Press)
Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe kisses his wife, Dorothy, as they leave a campaign stop. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)
Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli jokes with supporters, posing with a cardboard cutout of local candidate Buddy Fowler in Mechanicsville, Va. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie exits a voting booth after casting his ballot for New Jersey governor as his wife Mary Pat Christie, left, looks on in a polling center in Mendham, N.J. (Kena Betancur / Getty Images)
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Kathryn Burkholder, 6, of Newport News, Va., can’t stay awake during a speech by Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli during a rally in Richmond, Va. (Steve Helber / Associated Press)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie waves to workers at Oasis Pastry Shop during a campaign stop in Hillside, N.J. (Mel Evans / Associated Press)
New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio with his wife Chirlane McCray, daughter Chiara and son Dante after voting in New York. (Stan Honda / AFP/Getty Images)
Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe passes a campaign flyer to 3-year-old Ozzie Springer of Centerville, Va., on Election Day. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)
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Virginia Atty. Gen. Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, greets supporters after voting in Nokesville, Va. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)
New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio votes at the Park Slope Branch Public Library in New York. (Stan Honda / AFP/Getty Images)
Republican candidate for New York City mayor Joe Lhota studies his ballot before casting his vote in New York. (John Moore / Getty Images)
New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono checks in before casting her vote with her husband, Martin Gizzi, in Metuchen, N.J. (Julio Cortez / Associated Press)
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New York City mayoral front-runner Bill de Blasio speaks last week at a campaign rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall. (Andrew Burton / Getty Images)
Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan gets interviewed by the news media after voting at Detroit’s 12th Precinct. (Bill Pugliano / Getty Images)
Houston Mayor Annise Parker takes questions from a group of kindergarten students during a campaign stop on election day. (Pat Sullivan / Associated Press)
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, left, claps along to a song as he campaigns for reelection in Atlanta. (David Goldman / Associated Press)