Both races are formally close to call. But right now, it looks like a split decision on questions of gay unions. In Maine, the so-called "people's veto" of a new state law legalizing same-sex marriage leads by 4 points with more than half of the votes counted. If that holds up, the veto succeeds -- thus voiding the same-sex marriage law.

In Washington state, however, a referendum on a law there granting all the rights of marriage (except the title) to registered domestic partners appears likely to fail. That is, the law is being upheld, currently by a two point margin.