The Hill News

Life on Capitol Hill came to something of a standstill on Election Day with only a fraction of staffers in their offices and fewer tourists than usual grazing the Capitol’s halls.

A day’s worth of newspapers and mail piled up outside the doors of several vulnerable Democrats, including Reps. Bob Etheridge (N.C.), Mark Schauer (Mich.) and Harry Mitchell (Ariz.).

Of the staff that remained, many donned “I Voted” stickers; several Republicans sported big red “Fire Pelosi!” stickers on their collared shirts. The cafeterias were sparsely used, though gaggles of teenage House pages collected in the Longworth eatery, somewhat removed from the partisan shifts that were afoot at the polls nationwide on Tuesday.

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