Election day 2013

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio embraces his son Dante and daughter Chiara after he was elected the first Democratic mayor of New York City in 20 years.  (Kathy Willens / Associated Press)

Newly elected New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio waves to the crowd at his election night party.  (Andrew Burton / Getty Images)

Two supporters at an election party for Amendment 66 in Denver look at projected figures showing the defeat of Amendment 66 and the victory of Proposition AA, a tax on recreational marijuana sales.  (Ed Andrieski / Associated Press)

Newly elected Boston Mayor Martin Walsh addresses an audience in Boston.  (Steven Senne / Associated Press)

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, celebrates in Asbury Park after winning reelection.  (Mel Evans / Associated Press)

Democrat Terry McAuliffe at a party in Tysons Corner, Va., after winning the Virginia gubernatorial race.  (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

Virginia’s GOP Atty. Gen. Ken Cuccinelli, with his wife, Teiro, and family in Richmond, concedes the Virginia governor’s race to Terry McAuliffe.  (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

New York mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, center, with other Democratic candidates for office, meets potential voters in Brooklyn.  (Bebeto Matthews / Associated Press)

Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe kisses his wife, Dorothy, as they leave a campaign stop.  (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli jokes with supporters, posing with a cardboard cutout of local candidate Buddy Fowler in Mechanicsville, Va.  (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie exits a voting booth after casting his ballot for New Jersey governor as his wife Mary Pat Christie, left, looks on in a polling center in Mendham, N.J.  (Kena Betancur / Getty Images)

Kathryn Burkholder, 6, of Newport News, Va., can’t stay awake during a speech by Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli during a rally in Richmond, Va.  (Steve Helber / Associated Press)

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie waves to workers at Oasis Pastry Shop during a campaign stop in Hillside, N.J.  (Mel Evans / Associated Press)

New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio with his wife Chirlane McCray, daughter Chiara and son Dante after voting in New York.  (Stan Honda / AFP/Getty Images)

Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe passes a campaign flyer to 3-year-old Ozzie Springer of Centerville, Va., on Election Day.  (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

Virginia Atty. Gen. Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, greets supporters after voting in Nokesville, Va.  (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio votes at the Park Slope Branch Public Library in New York.  (Stan Honda / AFP/Getty Images)

Republican candidate for New York City mayor Joe Lhota studies his ballot before casting his vote in New York.  (John Moore / Getty Images)

New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono checks in before casting her vote with her husband, Martin Gizzi, in Metuchen, N.J.  (Julio Cortez / Associated Press)

New York City mayoral front-runner Bill de Blasio speaks last week at a campaign rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall.  (Andrew Burton / Getty Images)

Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan gets interviewed by the news media after voting at Detroit’s 12th Precinct.  (Bill Pugliano / Getty Images)

Houston Mayor Annise Parker takes questions from a group of kindergarten students during a campaign stop on election day.  (Pat Sullivan / Associated Press)

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, left, claps along to a song as he campaigns for reelection in Atlanta.  (David Goldman / Associated Press)