The Last Undecided Senate Race is finally certified, in an event that may prove more important to the political arc of the next few years than the outcome of the contested Presidential vote. Upstart Democrat Maria Cantwell is declared the victor over three-term Republican incumbent Slade Gorton in Washington state, and the Senate is 50-50. (However, if the Democrats win the White House and Joe Lieberman resigns his Connecticut seat, the Republican governor will appoint a Republican in his place.) New York Times