This report compiles E&E's coverage of the 2008 election season focusing on energy and environmental issues.
The E&E Daily Campaign Tracker map highlights key state elections affecting energy and environmental policy. Click here.
Read the latest stories relating to the race for the White House, as well as major House and Senate campaigns. Click here.
Want to see who'll play key roles in setting energy and environment policies in the next administration? Then look closely at who is advising the presidential candidates, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain. Click here.
E&E's Dan Berman and Alex Kaplun talk about impact of elections on energy and environment issues (OnPoint, 11/05/2008)
Clean Air Cool Planet's Brooks Yeager gives recommendations for first 150 days of new administration. (OnPoint, 11/04/2008)
E&E's Alex Kaplun outlines key congressional races with energy as a factor. (OnPoint, 10/02/2008)
Political reporter Alex Kaplun talks about conventions, VP picks and energy policy strategy for next administration. (OnPoint, 09/10/2008)
Energy Future Coalition's Reid Detchon outlines climate game plan for next administration (OnPoint, 09/03/2008)
Grumet, Stern and Woolsey give the candidates' views on coal, nuclear and renewables. (Event Coverage, 04/15/2008)
Alaska voters have delivered the final verdict on Sen. Ted Stevens. Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) last night defeated the longtime Republican senator, bringing to a close one of the more unusual Senate contests in the country and moving the Democrats just a little closer to the coveted 60-seat mark.
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) further expanded his lead over Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) this weekend, putting the 40-year incumbent on the verge of losing his re-election bid.
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) last night eked ahead of Sen. Ted Stevens (R) in their tight battle for Alaska's Senate seat as state officials began to count tens of thousands of absentee ballots.
Two tightly contested House races were resolved over the weekend, with Republicans holding on to their seat in the Washington 8th District and the Democrats flipping the GOP-held seat in Maryland's 1st District.
Incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith (R), who has represented Oregon for the past 12 years, called Jeff Merkley (D) this morning to concede their tight race, bringing the Senate Democrats' total number closer to the coveted 60 senators.
President-elect Barack Obama's relatively strong showing in rural Iowa could be attributed to John McCain's attack on ethanol subsidies.
Idaho's 1st Congressional District race is now decided in favor of businessman Walt Minnick (D), who won 51 percent of the vote over one-term incumbent Rep. Bill Sali (R).
Even as the talk in Washington turns toward next year and the potential agenda of a Democrat-controlled federal government, a dozen congressional races are still undecided and it may be several weeks before everything is sorted out.
Environment & Energy Daily tracks the key House, Senate and state races leading up to and the results of the Nov. 5 election.
Click on a state for stories on selected races where energy and environmental policy issues played a role or that involve lawmakers poised to play a key role in the policy debate in the 111th Congress.
| 11/05/2008 | SENATE: Size of Democratic majority hinges on 4 undecided races |  E&ENews PM |
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| 10/30/2008 | CAMPAIGN 2008: GOP senators accuse Defenders of Wildlife fund of election abuses |  Greenwire |
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| 10/27/2008 | SENATE: Changing of the guard as Western Republican senators fade |  E&E Daily |
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| 10/10/2008 | CAMPAIGN 2008: Senate Dems eye 60-seat mark as crisis tilts races their way | Greenwire |
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| 07/24/2008 | CAMPAIGN 2008: Democratic campaign leaders remain confident in energy message | E&E Daily |
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| 07/22/2008 | CAMPAIGN 2008: GOP candidates get more aggressive with pro-drilling message | E&E Daily |
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| 07/01/2008 | CAMPAIGN 2008: LCV adds Landrieu, Pearce to target list | E&ENews PM |
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