The pundits always claim that even in an "off year" like this there are messages to be received from the results on Election Day.
So what are a couple of the likely messages we'll be hearing about Tuesday night after the results of today's voting are in?
The big headline, NPR Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving , will likely be that the Republican Party's "great moderate hope" won big in New Jersey. Gov. Chris Christie, a potential 2016 contender for the GOP presidential nomination, . Ron said Christie might even pull in 60 percent or more of the votes.
Headline No. 2 looks to be from Virginia, where polls show Democrat Terry McAuliffe leading Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in the governor's race. Cuccinelli is a favorite of social conservatives and Tea Party supporters.
The combination of a Christie win in New Jersey and a Cuccinelli loss in Virgina are likely to that say the Tea Party is losing some of its momentum and the "moderate" wing of the GOP is making a comeback.
As for the other races to watch Tuesday, they include:
-- Mayoral contests in New York, Boston, Detroit and Minneapolis.
-- about hydraulic fracking (Colorado), genetically modified foods (Washington State), marijuana possession (Maine) and whether the Astrodome should be saved or razed (Houston).
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