In other races of note, Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman, running as an independent, beat Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Alan Schlesinger. In New York, Hillary Clinton was re-elected to the Senate and Elliot Spitzer was elected governor. Arnold Schwarzenegger was re-elected governor of California. In Texas, Democrat Nick Lampson won Tom Delay’s former House seat. In Florida Democrat Tim Mahoney won Congressmember Mark Foley’s former seat. In another closely watched Florida race, Democratic Senator Bill Nelson beat Katherine Harris. In California, the Democrat Jerry McNerney upset Republican Richard Pombo, the powerful chair of the House Resources Committee. In Massachusetts, Democrat Deval Patrick became the state’s first African-American governor. In Ohio, the state’s Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell lost the governor’s race to Democrat Ted Strickland. In Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison was elected as the nation’s first Muslim member of Congress.