Winners and losers who aren't on the ballot

In less than 12 hours, the polls will close. Shortly thereafter, we will learn the identities of the winners and losers. Other than the public officials themselves, and the voters who will be represented by them, who will the winners and losers be?
The Web site politicsnj.com came up with a list of The Biggest Stakeholders in the 2007 Campaign . Number six on the list was my boss, Press executive editor Skip Hidlay. Numbers one through five were Senate President Richard Codey, South Jersey political boss George Norcross, Congressman Frank LoBiondo, Gov. Corzine and state Republican Chairman Tom Wilson.
Says the blurb about Hidlay: "Kudos to the newspaper chief, who had the testicular fortitude to become a stakeholder by making endorsements in hotly-contested state and local races when other papers of record, like the Star-Ledger, did not." Actually, that's not quite accurate. The Ledger endorsed in two races, choosing, somewhat surprisingly, Republican Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck in the 12th District Senate race and Democrat William Payne for the 29th District Senate seat being vacated by indicted incumbent Sharpe James.
Also on politicsnj.com's list was Monmouth County Republican Chairman Adam Puharic, at No. 10, and Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore (No. 18). Of Puharic, it simply said, "The Monmouth County Republican Chairman is in danger of losing control – and his job." About Gilmore: "The Ocean County Republican Chairman could lead the only genuine GOP machine in the state if his party suffers losses in Atlantic, Monmouth and even Somerset – but Gilmore still has a tremendous amount on the line if his candidate doesn’t win the Toms River and Brick mayoral race."