Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-10, is excited about the prospects of working with a Democratic president and Congress. With 505 of 641 precincts reported, Kucinich was on his way to re-election with 129,027 votes (56.4 percent) to 91,091 for Republican challenger Jim Trakas and 8,406 for Paul Conroy.

For the first time in eight years, the chair of the U.S. House of Representatives' Domestic Policy Subcommittee will have a Democratic president to work with. But even when Bill Clinton was president, Kucinich stood in the shadows of a Republican majority in Congress.

"Democrats are in a position where we can seize the moment," said Kucinich, who will start his seventh term next year. "We're going to focus on rebuilding America's economy and we're going to have to start in place like Cleveland because of its centrality to the manufacturing economy."

Trakas said he loved politics and pledged to stay involved in some way, either in a volunteer or paid role.