I'd always imagined that winners partied all night, but at the dinner, I ended up whispering to my husband, 'Can we go home?
But why had Labour MPs decided, so soon after a general election victory, that they had had enough of the most successful election winner their party - any party - had ever had?
Although the PS ultimately declared Aubry the winner, the party appeared more divided than ever.
As fireworks soared into the night sky and thousands danced wildly outside the winner's party office, known as "Chez Macky", one supporter fell quiet for a moment and whispered, "The king is dead, long live the king," and grinned.
The Republican contest is expected to be sent into a runoff election on July 13, but regardless of the winner, the party is likely to hold an advantage in the general election because only one of the last six governors has been a Democrat.
Democrats say they are confident that Mr. Bishop will emerge the winner, and party leaders are projecting that their candidate for county executive, Steve Levy, will give a boost to Democrats in other legislative races that will give them a majority in the County Legislature for the first time since 1977.
Give the winner a party favor bag filled with an assortment of the chocolate candy bars that you used in the game.
The Tory candidate, Andrea Jenkyns, was declared the winner after parties "mutually agreed" a recount.
By the time of the amendment's adoption, many states had already established mechanisms that effectively allowed voters to choose the senators of their state (e.g., by having the legislature appoint the winners of party primaries).
And Queens boss Jamie Fowler is determined to spoil Scottish Championship winners Hearts' party at Tynecastle on Saturday.
When the electoral commission began announcing early official results on Friday morning, showing the incumbent as the clear winner, the parties countered that the results did not match their findings.
