Minority candidates challenge Amendment 6
Two members of Congress on Wednesday sued in federal court in Miami to block a constitutional amendment approved by voters Tuesday to change the way congressional districts are drawn.

Before noon on the day after Tuesday's GOP election sweep, the first public call for Democratic Party leaders to step aside came down.

"It's remarkable (Florida Democratic Chairwoman) Karen Thurman hasn't resigned by now," state Sen. Jeremy Ring, D-Margate, said just after Democrat Alex Sink gave a concession speech in the governors race Wednesday morning. "There needs to be new leadership of the party ... All the success we had two years ago, they just let that die."

Florida businesses have bemoaned the national Democratic policies they think constrain growth, but business leaders had no complaints after the midterm election results came in Tuesday night.

With the political wind at their backs, Florida Republicans increased their majority in the state Senate, claiming 28 of its 40 seats -- a very comfortable majority for incoming Gov. Rick Scotts legislative agenda.

Florida's congressional delegation has shifted from 15-10 Republican to 19-6 in the GOP's favor.

Republican outsider Rick Scott narrowly beat Democrat Alex Sink to become Florida's next governor, capping a stunning insurgent campaign and completing a GOP sweep of statewide offices.

While Republicans ran the electoral table this election, they weren't so successful with constitutional amendments.

After hours of anticipation, and a shrinking lead, Rick Scott announced that, however narrow the margin, he will be the winner of the gubernatorial contest.

In one of his latest attempts to get his face on every television network in America before the election, President Obama appeared on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart to plead his case to the hip, young, leftist voters who love that show. Obama claimed he had done so much, "We have done things that some folks don't even know about!"