U.S. SENATE HOPEFUL MCCASKILL

Missouri State Auditor and U.S. Senate hopeful Claire McCaskill (standing) watches election returns with staffers in her hotel room in St. Louis on November 7, 2006. McCaskill, a Democrat and incumbent Jim Talent, are locked up in a virtual tie for the seat once held by President Harry Truman. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)