* Contributing to today’s election coverage were...
* Contributing to today’s election coverage were Times staff writers Andrew Blankstein, Johnathon E. Briggs, Bobby Cuza, Virginia Ellis, Sue Fox, Jessica Garrison, Mark Gladstone, Karima A. Haynes, Daryl Kelley, Ann L. Kim, Annette Kondo, Caitlin Liu, Ann W. O’Neill, Joe Mozingo, Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, Nicholas Riccardi, Indraneel Sur, Julie Tamaki and Dan Weikel; Times special correspondents Monte Morin and Richard Winton; Times Poll staffers Elizabeth Armet, Ray Enslow, Susan Pinkus, Jill Richardson, Roger Richardson and Claudia Vaughn; Times researchers Cecilia Rasmussen and Tracy Thomas; and Times staff assistants Lilia Thompson, Kelly Burgess and Ingrid Farmer.