SENATE
Pennsylvania
Democratic Sen. Harris Wofford defeated Republican Dick Thornburgh, the former governor and U.S. attorney general. Wofford had been appointed to the seat after GOP Sen. John Heinz died in April.
GOVERNOR
Kentucky - Democratic Lt. Gov. Brereton Jones defeated GOP Rep. Larry Hopkins.
Mississippi - Republican businessman Kirk Fordice defeated incumbent Democratic Gov. Ray Mabus.
CONGRESS
Pennsylvania - Democrat Lucien Blackwell defeated Republican Nadine L. Bulford and two other candidates. Incumbent Bill Gray, a Democrat and the House majority whip, resigned in September.
Virginia - GOP state legislator George Allen beat Democrat Kay Slaughter, a member of the Charlottesville City Council. Incumbent D. French Slaughter Jr., a Republican and cousin of the Democratic candidate, is retiring.
MAYORS
Baltimore - Democratic incumbent Kurt Schmoke defeated lawyer Samuel Culotta, a perennial Republican candidate.
Boston - Two-term Mayor Ray Flynn in a non-partisan race defeated Edward Doherty, president of the Boston Teacher's Association.
Dallas - Former GOP Rep. Steve Bartlett defeated a crowded field of candidates in a non-partisan race to succeed Mayor Annette Strauss. Distant front-runners were Democrats Kathryn Cain and Forrest Smith.
Houston - Attorney Bob Lanier and state Rep. Sylvester Turner, who could be the city's first black mayor, finished one-two, respectively, and compete in a Dec. 3 runoff. Incumbent Kathy Whitmire, elected in 1982, lost in the three-way, non-partisan race.
Indianapolis - Republican Stephen Goldsmith, a former prosecutor, defeated Democratic state Sen. Louis J. Mahern.
Philadelphia - Democrat Edward Rendell, a former prosecutor, defeated Republican Joe Egan.
Salt Lake City - Democrat Deedee Corradini became the city's first woman mayor, defeating Republican Dave Buhler.
San Francisco - Former Police Chief Frank Jordan led an 11-candidate field and faces incumbent Art Agnos in a runoff Dec. 10.
BALLOT ISSUES
Washington state - Failed proposals included legalized euthanasia, term limitations and a property tax rollback for longtime residents. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, a measure to guarantee abortion rights was narrowly losing.
Texas - Voters adopted a $1.1 billion prison bond proposal and overwhelmingly approved a state lottery. Voters also approved up to $300 million in bonds to finance college loans.
District of Columbia - Voters passed a measure that can make manufacturers and dealers of assault weapons liable for damages for violence resulting from use of guns.
San Francisco - Voters made their city the only one in the nation to legalize marijuana use for medicinal purposes. A measure that would repeal the city's "domestic partners" rights law was defeated and a measure to protect children's rights was approved.
Elsewhere - Voters in White Plains, N.Y., defeated a term limits proposal, and voters in Cincinnati, Houston and Worcester, Mass., upheld a term-limits proposal. Voters in St. Paul, Minn., upheld a gay-rights law, and voters in Ferndale, Mich., rejected a gay-rights law. In Concord, Calif., a measure repealing a gay-rights law appeared to have passed.