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Images: The Day After the Election

  Congressman-elect Robert Dold and Illinois Senator-elect Mark Kirk talk to the media before greeting commuters at the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Jabari Bristow and Juan Robles count election ballots from Cook County at the Cook County Clerk Election Warehouse in Chicago. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  U.S. Senator-elect Mark Kirk and Congressman-elect Robert Dold greet commuters at the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Kim Oliver runs election ballots from the Schaumburg #2 precinct through the counter at the Cook County Clerk Election Warehouse in Chicago as clerk and candidate representative look on. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  U.S. Senator-elect Mark Kirk greets commuters at the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  U.S. Senator-elect Mark Kirk greets commuters at the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Robert Dold, 10th District congressman-elect, greeted commuters in Chicago Wednesday morning. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Robert Dold, 10th District congressman-elect, greeted commuters in Chicago Wednesday morning. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Congressman-elect Robert Dold, right, talks to the media before greeting commuters at the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago Wednesday morning. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  General Counsel for the Illinois Republican Party, Brien Sheahan talks with Joe Walsh representatives Nick and Chris Provenzano as election ballots from Cook County are counted at the Cook County Clerk Election Warehouse in Chicago. Sheahan was representing the entire Republican party including Governor candidate Bill Brady. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Congressman-elect Robert Dold and Illinois Senator-elect Mark Kirk talk to the media before greeting commuters at the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Danny Roberts stacks election ballots from Cook County before they are counted at the Cook County Clerk Election Warehouse in Chicago. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  U.S. Senator-elect Mark Kirk greets commuters at the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  8th District candidate Joe Walsh works out of a makeshift office provided by M.J. Miller & Co. in Barrington on the day after the election. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  8th District candidate Joe Walsh works out of a makeshift office provided by M.J. Miller & Co. in Barrington on the day after the election with his wife Helene. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  8th District candidate Joe Walsh works out of a makeshift office provided by M.J. Miller & Co. in Barrington on the day after the election. Here, Walsh is pictured with business owner Michael J. Miller. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  8th District candidate Joe Walsh works out of a makeshift office provided by M.J. Miller & Co. in Barrington on the day after the election. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  8th District candidate Joe Walsh works out of a makeshift office provided by M.J. Miller & Co. in Barrington on the day after the election with his wife Helene. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  8th District candidate Joe Walsh works out of a makeshift office provided by M.J. Miller & Co. in Barrington on the day after the election. Here with owner Michael J. Miller. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  8th District candidate Joe Walsh works out of a makeshift office provided by M.J. Miller & Co. in Barrington on the day after the election with his wife Helene. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  8th District candidate Joe Walsh works out of a makeshift office provided by M.J. Miller & Co. in Barrington on the day after the election. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  Congressman-elect Randy Hultgren greets diners before eating lunch at Harner’s Bakery and Restaurant in North Aurora Wednesday. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Congressman-elect Randy Hultgren mingles with diners before eating lunch at Harner’s Bakery and Restaurant in North Aurora Wednesday. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Congressman-elect Randy Hultgren greets diners, including Hector Balderas of Naperville and Jo Ann Collins of Plainfield, before eating lunch at Harner’s Bakery and Restaurant in North Aurora Wednesday. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  David Harris, winner of the 66th State House seat, talks about the elections from his office in Mt. Prospect . George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  David Harris, winner of the 66th State House seat, talks about the elections from his office in Mt. Prospect . George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  David Harris, winner of the 66th State House seat, talks about the elections from his office in Mt. Prospect . George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  U.S. Senator-elect Mark Kirk speaks to the press after buying a beer for Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago Wednesday. Kirk had made a campaign promise to buy his opponent a beer if he won. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  As an image of George Bush appears on a televison screen, U.S. Senator-elect Mark Kirk and Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias shake hands after meeting for a beer at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago Wednesday. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  U.S. Senator-elect Mark Kirk, right, and Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias have a laugh and a beer at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago Wednesday. Kirk had made a campaign promise to buy his opponent a beer if he won. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  U.S. Senator-elect Mark Kirk, right, and Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias have a laugh and a beer at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago Wednesday. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias speaks to the press at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago Wednesday after having a beer with U.S. Senator-elect Mark Kirk. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  U.S. Senator-elect Mark Kirk and State Treasuer Alexi Giannoulias meet for a beer at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago Wednesday. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  U.S. Senator-elect Mark Kirk jumps into an SUV after buying a beer for Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago Wednesday. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  U.S. Senator-elect Mark Kirk, right, and Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias have a laugh and a beer at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago Wednesday. Kirk had made a campaign promise to buy his opponent a beer if he won. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  U.S. Senator-elect Mark Kirk and State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias toast with a beer at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago Wednesday. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
U.S. Senator-elect, Republican Mark Kirk, R-Ill., right, and his Democratic opponent Alexi Giannoulias, have a beer at the famed Billy Goat Tavern Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 in Chicago. The pair fulfilled a campaign promise to have a beer together after the election. ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. Senator-elect, Republican Mark Kirk, right, and his Democratic opponent Alexi Giannoulias toast while having a beer at the famed Billy Goat Tavern . ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. Senator-elect Republican Mark Kirk, right, and his Democratic opponent Alexi Giannoulias, have a beer at the famed Billy Goat Tavern Wednesday. ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. Senator-elect Republican Mark Kirk, right, and his Democratic opponent Alexi Giannoulias, have a beer at the famed Billy Goat Tavern Wednesday. ASSOCIATED PRESS