5 Crazy Election 2014 Scenarios (That Might Actually Happen!)

These strange outcomes might actually happen on Nov. 4.

By
RICK KLEIN
October 29, 2014, 11:55 AM ET
3 min read

— -- You think Nov. 4 is the end of the election season? That you can go to bed election night and wake up knowing who controls the Senate?

Think again. There’s virtually no chance that all the close Senate races will be settled on Election Day itself. From runoffs to recounts, wild-card independents to wild-salmon fishermen mailing ballots in Alaska, there are multiple scenarios that will leave us up all night -- and then some.

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