Insiders National Election Summary: By The Numbers

Texas Insider Report: WASHINTON D.C. The peoples priorities will be our priorities. And the peoples agenda will be our agenda. This is our Pledge to America and this is our Pledge to you said House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) during an emotional Election Night speech (here below.) The American people have sent an unmistakable message tonight and that message is ... Change Course! Boehner said. After the GOP poured some $419 million into their campaigns and Democrats spent $421.5 million ... and as voters disenchanted with the economy President Obama & government handed an overwhelming rebuke to Democrats in every corner of the country Republicans rolled to historic gains in seizing control of the House Tuesday.

Watch Ohio Republican John Boehners (R-OH) emotional Election Night speech (here below) as he stands in line to replace Democrat Nancy Pelosi to become the next House speaker in January 2011.             

The GOP ousted Democratic freshmen & influential Committee Chairmen including some considered safe just a few weeks ago -- and by earlier today had netted 60 formerly Democratic seats & led in four more. By early Wednesday the GOP had captured 239 seats and was leading for four more while Democrats had won 183 and led for nine. Democrats now control the House by a 255-178 margin with two vacancies. All 435 seats were on the ballot. The GOP victory eclipsed the 54-seat pickup by the so-called revolution that retook the House in 1994 for the first time in 40 years as well as the 56-seat Republican gain in 1946. Ascendant Republican leaders quickly pledged to heed the message of angry voters who they acknowledged were rejecting what both parties had to offer. Licking their wounds House Democrats defended their legislative record and campaign strategy and said they would try to compromise with the GOP.

Across the country right now we are witnessing a repudiation of Washington a repudiation of big government and a repudiation of politicians who refuse to listen to the people said Boehner. Boehner told the president during an Election Evening phone call that he wanted to collaborate on voters top priorities creating jobs and cutting spending. Thats what they expect the 10-term Republican said.

The outcome of the election does not diminish the work we have done for the American people said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California the first woman to hold the post.

We must all strive to find common ground to support the middle class create jobs reduce the deficit and move our nation forward Pelosi said. Democrats lost some of their most powerful members including:

1. Rep. John Spratt in South Carolina the 14-termer who heads the Budget Committee
2. Rep. Ike Skelton in Missouri the Armed Services Committee chairman and
3. House Transportation Committee chairman Rep. James Oberstar of Minnesota an 18-term veteran.

GOP gains were particularly pronounced in the Rust Belt with the party racking up:

•  2 wins in Indiana
• 5 each in Ohio & Pennsylvania
•  in Illinois and
• 2 in Michigan

Some old bulls also fell including:

• 9-term Rep. Earl Pomeroy in North Dakota
• 13-term Rep. Paul Kanjorski in Pennsylvania and
• 20-year veteran Rep. Chet Edwards in Texas

Seven-term Rep. Bob Etheridge in North Carolina lost to Sarah Palin-backed candidate Renee Ellmers a nurse who got into the race in part because of the health care law. And conservative Democratic Rep. Gene Taylor in Mississippi was defeated by a late surge for Republican state Rep. Steven Palazzo even after trying everything to distance himself from his party -- including publicly confessing that he voted for McCain in the 2008 presidential election. A handful of Democrats heavily targeted by the GOP pulled through including:

• Reps. Betty Sutton of Ohio
• Joe Donnelly of Indiana
• Heath Shuler of North Carolina and
• John Yarmuth of Kentucky.

An Associated Press analysis of exit poll results found voters saying the economy eclipses any other issue as their top concern. Polling also showed widespread dissatisfaction with Obama and Congress. Few Democratic incumbents were safe least of all the 51 who claimed Republican seats over the last four years.