This creepy ass dude, Kentuckys Mitch McConnell, is likely going to be the new Senate Majority Leader.

First, the Good Electoral News: Seattle voters decided to increase taxes on themselves to fund bus service and universal preschool. Frank Chopp and Pramila Jayapal skated to easy victories in state legislative races. Read our Election Night liveblog, which covers the gamut of local referendums and races, over here.

Washington became the first state to close the gun-background-check loophole by popular referendum. Good ol' Oregon (as well as Washington, DC) legalized marijuana. The people of Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota voted to raise their minimum wages. San Francisco voters approved a new $15 minimum wage by a whopping 77 percent.

Now, the Bad Stuff: Democrats do not appear to have retaken the Washington State Senate. And voters across much of the country turned to Republicans, who increased their majority in the House and took 52-48 control of the Senate. That makes President Obama something of a lame duck for his last two years, doesn't it? When it came to the governorships, the Democrats got their asses handed to them. In Illinois, voters tossed out incumbent Pat Quinn for Bruce Rauner, a Republican "self-proclaimed member of the '.01 percent.'"

Never Donate to the American Red Cross: The country's biggest charity is fighting back against a ProPublica exposé on its Hurricane Sandy relief efforts with a classic smokescreen: claiming the report is "inaccurate" but neglecting to explain where, if at all, the report got any of the facts wrong.

Some Police Care About Car Thefts Prowls: Detectives are actively investigating a string of car thefts prowls, including the one publicized by the Seattle Times' Danny Westneat, according to SPD's Blotter.

Denton Becomes First Texas Town to Ban Fracking: "Green groups said the result, which is sure to face legal challenges, served as a wake-up call to the industry. But several similar measures failed in cities and counties in Ohio and California," Reuters reports. Go Denton!

Black Emoji: May be on their way.

'MURICA: A 90-year-old homeless advocate, along with two reverends, are arrested in Fort Lauderdale for feeding the homeless: