They had a different objective. It was to get Wendy Davis elected. My objective is to get all our countywides elected. In a perfect world, we all should have worked better together, but that didn’t happen.

Dallas County Democratic Party Chairwoman Darlene Ewing, on lack of coordination with Battleground Texas

It's election day. There are always going to be a few problems.

Harris County Clerk Stan Stanart, acknowledging the inevitable

This is a real ass-whuppin.

Democratic West Virginia U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin summing up Election Night for his party

It doesn't make me mopey. It energizes me, because it means that this democracy's working.

President Barack Obama on the results of a midterm election where he wasn't on the ballot but his presence was felt

I didn't lose any (money) & I come out to about the same margin as everybody else.

Democratic agriculture commissioner candidate Jim Hogan to the Houston Chronicle's Lauren McGaughy

I'm able to multitask pretty good.

Gov. Rick Perry, after his Thursday pre-trial appearance on felony charges, responding to a question on whether the case will interfere with a run for the White House