Wins and losses

• Arizona: Voted 56 percent to 44 percent to approve an amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
• California: Approved a ban on same-sex marriage by a vote of 52 percent to 48 percent, but rejected measure requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor by a vote of 52 percent to 48 percent.
• Colorado: Voted 73 percent to 27 percent to reject amendment that would define human person from moment of conception.
• Florida: Approved a ban on same-sex marriage by a vote of 62 percent to 38 percent.
• Michigan: Approved measure that would permit human embryonic stem cell research by 53 percent to 47 percent.
• South Dakota: By a 55 percent to 45 percent, voters rejected ban of all abortions except in cases where mother's life or health is at risk or in cases of rape or incest for pregnancies of less than 20 weeks.
• Washington state: Voted 59 percent to 41 percent to allow doctor-assisted suicide.