lisa murkowski. she lost the primary to republican joe miller. all the write-in ballots must be counted by hand. several minority candidates rode the republican wave to victory. tim scott will be the first black gop congressman from south carolina since reconstruction. scott had been backed by both the tea party and by sarah palin. republicans also swept up power in many of the 37 governors' races around the country. the gop gained control in at least ten state houses that were previously held by the democrats. voters in south carolina elected republican nikki haley as that state's first female governor. she ran with support from sarah palin. and she will be the nation's second indian-american governor along with louisiana's bobby jindal. haley replaces scandal-plagued governor mark sanford. >> in texas they have re-elected republican governor rick perry to an unprecedented third full term. harry defeated former houston mayor bill white. during his campaign perry linked white to president obama. and appealed to voters' anger about the economy. >> and in california, jerry brown is going back to the governor's mansion. the 72-year-old democrat defeated republican meg whitman, who spent $160 million on the race. most of it her own money. brown also served as california's governor from 1975 through 1983. president obama and the democrts focused o younr tuesy's ballots n stimted f- indendent.f1o-ouer. republicans and democrats showed up in what appear right now to be equal numbers. another interesting finding from our exit polls. 41% of voters said their financial situation is worse now than it was two years ago. and they favored republicans by nearly 30%.