There is is a bit of a scandal brewing with the former Governor of Nebraska turned Agriculture Secretary under Bush turned U.S. Senate candidate from Nebraska. It seems while running the AG department, if you wanted to study the U.S. Congress, instead of taking a walk up the street in DC, you took a taxypayer-funded trip to Honolulu.

Hillary Clinton coasted to victory in West Virginia, in what many have pointed out is her strongest region (Appalachia), winning approximately two-thirds of the vote. But the bigger news came out of a few other states. In Mississippi, the Democrat Travis Childers won a special election for an open House seat.