By EILEEN ALT POWELL
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) _ The Democratic Party picked up two new Senate seats, in North Carolina and Virginia, according to early election results Tuesday, as the party moved toward larger majorities in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
The Democrats were expected to profit from the popularity of presidential hopeful Barack Obama — and discontent with Republican President George W. Bush — to expand their influence in Washington.
In a major upset, a Democratic state legislator, Kay Hagan, unseated Sen. Elizabeth Dole, one of the biggest names Republican Party, in North Carolina, according to an Associated Press analysis of early returns.
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