Election wrap-up

Baron Hill, a Democrat and former basketball player at Furman, held his seat in Indiana.

Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., a former captain and linebacker at Northern Arizona, won another term in Arizona.

Former Stanford women’s basketball star Angie Paccione lost her bid to unseat a Republican in Colorado.

Italo Zanzi, who competed at the Pan American Games as a U.S. team handball player, took on a Democratic incumbent in New York.

Away from Capitol Hill, Joe DeNucci, a middleweight boxer who twice lost to Emile Griffith, won his race to remain Massachusetts state auditor.

Fred Hemmings, a former world surfing champion, campaigned for another term as a state senator in Hawaii. Mike Nifong, the district attorney prosecuting three Duke lacrosse players, won in Durham, N.C.

Among the ballot measures, the Sacramento Kings hoped to win support in their attempt to get a new arena.

In Missouri, a proposed constitutional amendment that would ensure stem-cell research was on the ballot. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jeff Suppan was among a group of sports stars speaking against it.

Sports and family also crossed paths.

Sen. George Allen, son of the former Washington Redskins coach, has apparently lost a key race with former Navy Secretary Jim Webb.

The mother of Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints tried for a spot for a place on a Texas appeals court. The quarterback had asked Mina Brees to stop using his picture in her TV ads, and even threatened to sue her.

In Maryland, Michael Steele lost his Senate race to former Rep. Benjamin Cardin. Steele holds a unique distinction in politics: Mike Tyson’s former brother-in-law.

– Compiled from Wire Reports