The network's "SNL Election Special" (5.2 million, 1.6) was modest and "Rock Center with Brian Williams" (4.1 million, 1.1) was down 21 percent.
The network's election coverage kicks off as polls begin to close Tuesday at 2200 GMT with a two-hour election special anchored in Atlanta by CNN International's Richard Quest and Jonathan Mann.
He lost a special election for the state Assembly in 1991, as well as a 1994 Assembly special election and the 1994 general election.
Since Lautenberg's death is not within 70 days of that election, a special election to fill the final year of Lautenberg's term could be held this November.
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But another state statute says that if the vacancy happens within 70 days of the primary that precedes the next general election, the special election will be held at the second succeeding election.
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The day after Tony Blair called the election, it brought out special election briefings comparing the fiscal record of the last parliament with previous ones.
Hold on -- when we go to Ohio, we're going to talk to voters, you're going to talk to real people that haven't lost their -- some of them may have lost their jobs since the Massachusetts election, or maybe have even lost their job since Massachusetts called a special election.
Christie can also call a special election for the senate seat before the gubernatorial election in November.
He won a short-term special election in 1970 and has easily won re-election ever since.
We know why the Republicans lost the May 3 special election in Louisiana's 6th CD.
We know why the Republicans lost the March 8 special election in Illinois' 14th Congressional District.
Democrats also delight in their victory, however narrow, in the recent New York congressional special election.
Ms. Walsh is a candidate for the office in a special election next month.
Georgia's governor is expected to soon schedule a special election soon to replace its veteran representative.
So he resigned his seat and ran as a Republican in a special election and won.
He beat the former president Tata Avlessi in a special election held on Sunday.
If Mr. Christie calls for a special election in 2013, that could hurt Mr. Booker in several ways.
He will face Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of television comedian Stephen Colbert, in May's special election.
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After he was accused of plotting to sell the Senate seat, there was talk of a special election.
Rowland to appoint a replacement to fill the Senate seat until a special election is held in 2002.
But in fairness to their constituents, they should resign their office and run again in a special election.
Tuesday's special election is the last congressional race before the November elections, and that's why it's important, Kinski said.
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Two conflicting New Jersey state laws about when to hold a special election to fill a vacant U.S. Senate seat add complexity.
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Mark Sanford defeated Democratic businesswoman Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of a TV comedian, in a special election on Tuesday.
Delaware will hold a special election for Vice President-elect Joe Biden's seat and New York will hold one if Sen.
They are now vying along with Green Party Candidate Eugene Platt in the May 7 special election in the district.
New Jersey law has two conflicting statutes on whether a special election has to be held this year or can wait until 2014.
Some pundits have suggested that Christie could even appoint the former governor, now 78, as a caretaker until a special election.
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Under a 2004 Massachusetts law, a special election must be held 145 to 160 days after a Senate seat becomes vacant.
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When the special election is over, the winner will serve out the remainder of Kennedy's term, which expires in January 2013.
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