Guest blogger Ronda Kaysen: Have your popcorn and pizza ready by 7 PM Eastern time. If Karl Rove is right and tonight is an Obama blowout, there will still be a bundle of other races to watch. Here's a preview of what to look for in the race for the White House and beyond:

Top of the Ticket. The presidential race could be decided early. Obama already scored his first electoral victory when the towns of Dixville Notch and Hart's Location handed him an early morning 2 to 1 victory.

6 PM Watch for Indiana, where polls close at 6 and at 7. Pay close attention to results coming out of Gary, where there's a large African-American population. If Obama wins in red Indiana, it's a strong indicator of the night ahead.
7 PM Polls close in Virginia and Georgia, most of Florida and New Hampshire. If Obama wins Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy, count this as a harbinger of a blue map ahead. Florida, where both candidates have been campaigning hard, will hand the winner a hefty 27 electoral votes. Whoever claims those will be in a good position.

7:30 PM Turn your eyes to Ohio and North Carolina. McCain needs a win in Ohio to stay viable. However, with the state's history of voting irregularities and its high turnout, don't expect fast results here.
8 PM It's onto Pennsylvania and Missouri. McCain has been banking on stealing Pennsylvania back from the Democrats (it went blue in 2000 and 2004). If he fails in Pennsylvania, it's going to be a hard road to climb.
9 PM Polls close in Colorado and New Mexico where Obama has been making serious inroads into Republican territory. If he can hold onto his lead and claim those states as blue, you might start hearing the words "landslide."
10 PM Nevada will be the last tossup to close its polls. Obama has been leading in the Silver state and will likely claim it.

Other Races to watch:

Minnesota: The state that elected Jesse Ventura governor, is now considering Saturday Night Live veteran Al Franken for the Senate. The race has been the most watched and most expensive in the country, and it's a tossup. The incumbent, Norm Coleman, is fighting off accusations that a Texas businessman funneled huge sums of money into his campaign. Add Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley to the mix and you've got a seriously unpredictable race.

Pennsylvania: Rep. John Murtha who was almost tapped as House Majority Leader in 2006 might be on the way out. The 17-term incumbent might get the boot after he called his own constituents "racist" and later apologized by calling them "rednecks." Not a good look. Murtha seriously outspent his opponent, GOP businessman William Russell, but voters might just have had enough with Murtha anyway.

North Carolina. Elizabeth Dole might lose her Senate seat to Democrat Kay Hagan. Dole got a serious spanking from Hagan when she faked her opponent's voice in an ad where she accused Hagan, a former Sunday School teacher, of being "godless."

Kentucky: The Senate race in Kentucky is a referendum on Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is running against newcomer, Bruce Lunsford, a Democratic businessman. Democrats would love to see a night of retribution for the ousting of Tom Daschle in 2004.

New York State Senate. Democrats are poised to snatch back the New York State Senate for the first time since 1964. If they succeed, Democrats will have sole control over how the state is jerrymandered when it loses two congressional seats in the next redistricting.

Proposition 8 in California. California voters will decide if they want to ratify or overturn a State Supreme Court decision to allow gay marriage. Three other state Supreme courts have made similar rulings, but the decision in California is the first one to go to the voters. In an election that has largely steered clear of the culture wars of 2004, this campaign has been the exception.