And so Election 2008 comes to a close...

...with tonight's race in State Senate District 17. With 99 percent of the vote (two precincts still at large) in, my new State Senator is Joan Huffman.

Republican Joan Huffman 24,221 (56.31%)
Democrat Chris Bell 18,792 (43.68%)

The Elephant Stampede holds this one. With that, the most important election season of our time draws to a close.