Heath Shuler (D - NC) Wins Re-Election

Heath Shuler and Sam Wyche scored victories that had little to do with football Tuesday while basketball's Kevin Johnson was looking to become mayor of Sacramento, Calif., on a night when more than a dozen sports figures ran for office.

Shuler, a Heisman Trophy runner-up at Tennessee who played quarterback for the Washington Redskins and New Orleans Saints, won in his first bid for re-election to Congress.

Shuler is a North Carolina Democrat whose district is in the state's western mountains. He defeated Carl Mumpower, who had irritated local Republican officials by saying he would support efforts to impeach President Bush.

"I did what I said I would do and I think the people saw that," Shuler said.