Updated: 10:35 AM Republican U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais overcame questions about his divorce and rumors he encouraged his mistress to have an abortion to win re-election.

Posted: 8:39 PM The former Massachusetts governor, who lost to Rick Santorum in the state's Republican primary in March, had few problems gaining Tennessee's 11 electoral votes Tuesday.

Updated: 2:05 PM "You made your voice heard," Obama said in his acceptance speech, signaling that he believes the bulk of the country is behind his policies. It's a sticking point for House Republicans, sure to balk at that.

Posted: 7:17 PM Obama and Romney are neck-in-neck in Virginia, the first swing state to close the polls

Posted: 5:23 PM Poll watchers in Memphis and Nashville were reporting many voting problems on Tuesday, but few had to do with the state's new voter photo ID law.

Updated: 11:54 AM Republicans remain in position to continue controlling the House for the next two years by about the same 50-seat margin as they do today.

Updated: 8:17 PM The former Chattanooga mayor easily defeated Democrat Mark Clayton, a part-time floor installer who was disavowed by the state party after the primary for his anti-gay views.

Posted: 2:19 PM Biden voted Tuesday morning in his home state of Delaware and then boarded a plane for Chicago, where he's joining President Barack Obama to await the election returns.

Posted: 2:11 PM The Supreme Court appears inclined to rule that a criminal defendant cannot be tried again after a judge acquits him midway through a trial, even if the judge bases his decision on a legal error.

Posted: 10:40 AM Obama closed down his campaign late Monday with a nostalgia-filled rally in Iowa, the state that jumpstarted his first presidential bid.

Posted: 10:38 AM Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's yearslong quest for the presidency is ending with a last-minute round of campaigning in one state he's showered with attention and another he's largely ignored.

Updated: 6:44 PM Republican U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais has reached the finish line of his re-election bid before potentially damaging trial transcripts from his 2001 divorce were made public.

Updated: 6:51 AM The first day of hearings will cover several different departments, including safety, tourist development, military, veterans affairs, agriculture, health, education and environment and conservation.

Updated: 1:09 AM The GOP in Tuesday's election claimed at least two seats necessary in both chambers to gain the supermajority. The margins are now 24-9 in the Senate and 67-24 in the House, with one independent.

Posted: 6:22 AM Residents of two tiny villages in northern New Hampshire headed to the polls at midnight, casting the first Election Day votes in the nation.

Posted: 6:08 AM So, you think the presidential election is over? Not hardly. As the dust settles on 2012, politicians start jockeying for position in the 2016 race.

Updated: 6:42 PM Sixty percent of voters who cast ballots on Election Day or earlier say the economy is the most important issue in their vote, according to an early CBS News exit poll.

Posted: 7:04 PM New Jersey's famously tough-talking governor finally got a hug from his longest-running unrequited lov

Posted: 2:05 PM The Tennessee Secretary of State's Division of Elections Office has set up a toll-free hotline number for anyone with questions or concerns or voting in this Tuesday's election.

Posted: 12:33 PM Knox Co. voters now have another way to find election night returns. The county's IT dept. on Monday unveiled its new iPad app.

Posted: 7:30 AM President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney storm into the final day of their long presidential contest, mounting one last effort to protect their flanks while engaging in the toughest battleground of all — Ohio.

Posted: 7:19 AM Five things to watch for in the home stretch of the presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

Posted: 7:18 AM For all the talk of Florida leaning Republican, both nominees are making stops here in the campaign's final 40 hours, a testament to its uncertainty.

Posted: 7:16 AM Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney rallied thousands of people in the Pennsylvania cold Sunday night, using precious time to make an 11th-hour pitch for a state he all but ignored until last week.

Posted: 7:13 AM Control of the United States Senate could conceivably come down to an independent candidate from Maine who has resolutely refused to say which party he'd side with if voters send him to Washington.