Daily Briefing: It's So Cold In Alaska
Polls in the Connecticut Senate Primary opened 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Senator Joe Lieberman still trails in polls behind challenger Ned Lamont, but the gap had narrowed by election day. [ NYT , NYT ]
A poll shows most Americans have an anti-incumbent mood coming into the midterm elections. [ WP ]
Corrupt Democratic Congressman William Jefferson will get a primary challenge from Louisiana State Senator Derrik Shepherd. [ CQ ]
Texas Republicans have abandoned their fight to keep disgraced Representative Tom DeLay off the November ballot. [ AP ]
"[B]y one estimate, state and local governments owe their current and future retirees roughly $375 billion more than they have committed to their pension funds." [ NYT ]
The largest oil field in the US shut down after investigators detected "heavy corrosion and a small leak in a critical pipeline," sending oil prices up yet again. [ NYT ]