2014 election

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are planning an extensive review of what went wrong in the 2014 and 2010 elections, hoping to find ways to translate success in presidential campaigns into future midterm contests.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans made a final push Tuesday for at least six new Senate seats, banking on voter discontent with President Barack Obama to hand them the Senate majority for the first time in eight years.

Safeguards will be in place at New Jersey voting locations at both the state and federal levels on Tuesday.

Hardcore political junkies on the national scene are excited about Tuesday's midterm elections. Republicans are certain they'll maintain a House majority, and hopeful they can take control of the U.S. Senate. One New Jersey political expert, however, said the results will not really impact the average Garden State resident.

The South is where President Barack Obama and Democrats long have struggled, and it's where the party's toughest battleground will be this year in the fight for control of the U.S. Senate.