Democrat Andrew Cuomo coasted past tea party Republican Carl Paladino after an exceedingly nasty race to win election as governor of New York, the job his father, Mario, held in the 1980s and '90s. On the other coast, Californians gave Jerry Brown another crack at the job he held 28 years ago. He defeated billionaire Meg Whitman, who spent $142 million of her own money. Other Democratic highlights below, and GOP highlights here.