"Politics is a dirty business. If our friends knew our business was politics, instead of gambling or drugs or even women, they'd RUN FOR COVER!"---paraphrased from "The Godfather"....I doubt there was any serious vote fraud on either side, but sadly, most people make their political decisions based on TV commercials, not reading up on the issues and the candidates. Remember that the residents of our nation's capital city have NO voting rights in Congress. There are NO U.S. Senators from the District of Columbia, and only a non-voting "delegate" to the U.S. House of Representatives.