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Democrats and Republicans won’t be partying on Tuesday like it’s 2006. Election night in Washington D.C. traditionally features two big hotel ballroom parties on different sides of Capitol Hill. Organized by the congressional committees, Democrats and Republicans gather staffers, donors and volunteers to watch returns come in and celebrate together various victories. Journalists come along for the ride, with cameras capturing the crowds’ reactions. Of course, some parties are less fun than others: John Boehner’s party in 2006 was markedly quiet, while Nancy Pelosi hosted a blowout bash. The roles were reversed as the returns came back in 2010. But this year, the parties are off. Pelosi will do an event with donors and a press availability after the returns come in. “We’re welcoming volunteers and supporters into our office to make calls to turnout voters all over the country and we’ll be calling into the West Coast until late in the evening,” said Emily Bittner, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s spokeswoman The staff at the National Republican Congressional Committee, which helps elect Republicans to the House, “will be working all night,” says spokeswoman Andrea Bozek. Neither committee on the Senate side will be doing parties, either, sources say. That said, Magnum Entertainment, a private company, will be holding a party for Republicans at Union Station, a little birdie tells TIME. A message left for Magnum asking who is funding the party went unanswered. But such an event would seem appropriate in an election where outside spending has already topped $770 million. _Correction: The original version of this story misstated the name of the National Republican Congressional Committee._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3551468/election-night-parties-democrat-republican/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3551468/election-night-parties-democrat-republican/"},"headline":"Democrats, Republicans Call Off Election Night Parties In DC","datePublished":"2014-10-31T18:27:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:09:30.402Z","description":"Welcome to the era of Citizens United","url":"https://time.com/3551468/election-night-parties-democrat-republican/","keywords":["2014 elections","John Boehner","nancy pelosi","washington DC"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jay Newton-Small","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jay-newton-small/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2014-elections/","name":"2014 elections"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3551468/election-night-parties-democrat-republican/","name":"Democrats, Republicans Call Off Election Night Parties In DC"}}]}] ```