The next race begins. A post-election morning roundup.

Well I hope the Coakley campaign people took a well deserved day-off yesterday.  The Scott Brown team certainly didn't, but more on that later today.

First, let's catch up on some links.  On to the morning roundup:

--The Wall Street Journal offers a report on the election night results.

--The Boston Globe's Alex Beam covered the election night parties of the three Democratic candidates who didn't win.

--The Globe's Brian Mooney writes that Coakley started out in front and never looked back.  And Michael Levenson reports on Scott Brown's victory.

--The New York Times profiles both Martha Coakley and Scott Brown.

--WBUR's Meghna Chakrabarti reflects on the Steve Pagliuca she came to know during the campaign.

--In yesterday's Morning Fix, Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post writes: "WHAT WE'LL MISS MOST: A terrific Twitter feed -- @kennedyseat -- that kept us well informed about the goings-on in the race." Thanks!

--The Middlesex County Libertarian Examiner interviews independent candidate Joe Kennedy (more on him later).

--The Globe's Matt Viser and Eric Moskowitz write that Brown will come after Coakley with everything he has and she will do her best to ignore him.

--The New York Times notes that Bloomberg's endorsement did little to help Khazei.

--The Boston Globe's David Abel writes on the low turnout.

--The Herald's Dave Wedge writes that Steve Pagliuca bought some name recognition.

--Viser also reports on yesterday's Democratic unity event, at which Coakley's three vanquished foes all joined together to pledge their support to her campaign.

--The Boston Herald's Hillary Chabot says Steve Pagliuca and Alan Khazei have both ruled out challenges to Democratic Governor Deval Patrick.

--Yvonne Abraham writes on the state's historic first step.

--WBUR's Deborah Becker was at Khazei's election night party and reports on the scene.

--Joan Vennochi says it's the "dawning of a somewhat new day."

--Jessica Van Sack reports on the Emily's List and Martha Coakley's foundation of women.  She also writes that this race is not a "done deal" for Coakley.

--Kevin Cullen notes the absence of blood (and voters).

--The Herald's Jessica Heslam quotes one political expert who wants to seem some action in the next round of debates.

--Ed Mason reports on the possibility of a Scott Brown upset.

--Scott Brown is already off and running, signing a "no new tax" pledge.

As I mentioned, I will have more on Scott Brown's big day yesterday and our other ballot contender later on.