input: Washington (CNN) -- For political junkies, 2013 was expected to be a quiet year following the presidential election and it basically followed the script.

Nonetheless, there were some interesting developments at the ballot box.

New Jersey, as expected, returned Gov. Chris Christie to office and also sent Cory Booker to the U.S. Senate. Bill de Blasio became the first Democrat elected New York City Mayor in two decades, and Democrats, led by Terry McAuliffe, swept the top three executive offices in Virginia for the first time in recent memory.

Were these outcomes isolated or do they mean anything for 2014, when candidates will heat up the campaign trail big time ahead of next November's congressional midterms and key gubernatorial elections?

In the new year, 435 House seats are up as are 35 in the Senate. There will be 36 gubernatorial races as well. Most of these campaigns won't be nail biters, but there could be collective power shifts in Washington and in state houses.

Here, CNN Politics focuses on the Senate, where Republicans aim to retake control. Republicans must pick up six seats to claim the majority and key races are wide open at this point.

The top 12 campaign questions of 2014

Five key races:

Kentucky

The incumbent is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is under pressure from two fronts: Democrats, naturally, and from a tea party challenger within his own Republican Party who says he's not conservative enough.

While McConnell is likely to defeat his primary opponent, Matt Bevin, he is expending money and other resources he'd rather use in a general election campaign against Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes. 1. what was 2013 expected to be?
2. What would be the interesting developments?
3. What happened in New Jersey?
4. Who was the first Democrat elected mayor in two decades?
5. How many house seats were up in the new year?
6. who plans on retake control?
7. How many seats do theyneed to pick up?
8. what were the top 12 campaign questoins of 2014
9. Who is Mitch McConnell?
10. Who was Matt Bevin?
11. What is he expending money on?
12. against who?
13. What is her name? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. a quiet year
2. Mayoral and Gubernatorial elections
3. Gov. Chris Christie returned to office
4. Bill de Blasio
5. 435
6. Republicans
7. six
8. unknown
9. Senate Minority Leader
10. his primary opponen
11. a general election campaign
12. Kentucky Secretary of State
13. Alison Lundergan Grimes

input: Cornwall is a ceremonial county in the United Kingdom. It is also a unitary authority area of England, administered by Cornwall Council. The county is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar which forms most of the border between them. Cornwall has a population of and covers an area of . The ceremonial county of Cornwall also includes the Isles of Scilly, which are administered separately. The administrative centre of Cornwall, and only city in the county, is Truro.

Cornwall forms the westernmost part of the South West Peninsula of the island of Great Britain. The furthest south-western point of the island is Land's End; the southernmost point is Lizard Point. Cornwall is the homeland of the Cornish people and the cultural and ethnic origin of the Cornish diaspora. It retains a distinct cultural identity that reflects its unique history, and is recognised as one of the Celtic nations. It was formerly a Brythonic kingdom and subsequently a royal duchy. The Cornish nationalist movement contests the present constitutional status of Cornwall and seeks greater autonomy within the United Kingdom in the form of a devolved legislative Cornish Assembly and powers similar to those in Wales and Scotland. Cornwall has been a unitary authority since the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. In 2014, Cornish people were granted minority status under the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, giving Cornish people recognition as a distinct ethnic group. 1. what is the article about?
2. is this a nation?
3. what is it then?
4. where?
5. what is the furthest point in the south-west?
6. and what about the southern point?
7. what is the only city in the county called?
8. is this the administrative centre as well?
9. does it have a unique culture?
10. what does it reflect?
11. which sea borders it?
12. where?
13. where is the English channel?
14. does it have any counties next to it?
15. which one?
16. in which direction?
17. any rivers?
18. what forms most of the border between cornwall and devon?
19. what are the people there called?
20. was it ever a kingdom? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. Cornwall
2. no
3. ceremonial county
4. United Kingdom
5. Land's End
6. Lizard Point
7. Truro
8. yes
9. yes
10. unique history
11. Celtic Sea
12. north and west
13. south
14. yes
15. Devon
16. east
17. no
18. River Tamar
19. Cornish
20. yes

input: CHAPTER IV

The wolf-cub at even lay hid in the corn, When the smoke of the cooking hung gray: He knew where the doe made a couch for her fawn, And he looked to his strength for his prey.

But the moon swept the smoke-wreaths away.

And he turned from his meal in the villager's close, And he bayed to the moon as she rose.

--In Seonee.

'WELL, and how does success taste?' said Torpenhow, some three months later. He had just returned to chambers after a holiday in the country.

'Good,' said Dick, as he sat licking his lips before the easel in the studio.

'I want more,--heaps more. The lean years have passed, and I approve of these fat ones.'

'Be careful, old man. That way lies bad work.'

Torpenhow was sprawling in a long chair with a small fox-terrier asleep on his chest, while Dick was preparing a canvas. A dais, a background, and a lay-figure were the only fixed objects in the place. They rose from a wreck of oddments that began with felt-covered water-bottles, belts, and regimental badges, and ended with a small bale of second-hand uniforms and a stand of mixed arms. The mark of muddy feet on the dais showed that a military model had just gone away. The watery autumn sunlight was falling, and shadows sat in the corners of the studio.

'Yes,' said Dick, deliberately, 'I like the power; I like the fun; I like the fuss; and above all I like the money. I almost like the people who make the fuss and pay the money. Almost. But they're a queer gang,--an amazingly queer gang!' 1. Who was the painter speaking with?
2. Where was this man at?
3. Was he alone there?
4. Who accompanied him?
5. Was it running around the seat?
6. What years were in the past?
7. Which were upon them now?
8. How long ago had the painting subject been away?
9. What season of the year was it now?
10. Where had he gone? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. Torpenhow
2. in a long chair
3. no
4. a small fox-terrier
5. no
6. the lean years
7. the fat ones
8. three months
9. autumn
10. a holiday in the country