RodriguezÃ¢ÂÂs Upset Win in Texas 23 Yields Another Seat for Dems
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Democratic former Rep. Ciro D. Rodriguez upset Republican Rep. Henry Bonilla in a House runoff election Tuesday in southwestern TexasÃ¢ÂÂ 23rd District, pushing the DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ net gain to 30 House seats and concluding Campaign 2006 with one final stunning come-from-behind victory for the new House majority party.
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Democrats, as they did at the congressional level, made significant gains in this yearÃ¢ÂÂs state legislative elections.
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Democratic state Rep. Laura Richardson maintained a lead in the vote count for TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs special election in CaliforniaÃ¢ÂÂs 37th Congressional District with three-quarters of precincts reporting; Democratic state Sen. Jenny Oropeza was running a competitive second.
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If Tuesday&#39;s election returns were a bitter pill for Democrats nationally, they were pure poison for Democrats in the South. Five formerly Democratic US Senate seats were up for grabs.
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Republicans captured Democratic seats in Georgia and South Carolina Tuesday night and reached out for renewed control of the Senate.
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Republicans renewed their grip on the US Senate today and reached out for more, capturing Democratic seats across the south. Democratic leader Tom Daschle faced a strong challenge in South Dakota.
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Republicans expanded their slender majority in the Senate in Tuesday&#39;s election, toppling the Democratic leader, grabbing seats from the Democratic Party in at least four southern
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Louisiana Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson Ã¢ÂÂ burdened by a highly publicized federal investigation into whether he took bribes Ã¢ÂÂ nonetheless won SaturdayÃ¢ÂÂs runoff election in LouisianaÃ¢ÂÂs 2nd District, and even appears to have defeated Democratic state Rep. Karen Carter by a comfortable margin.
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Republican Rep. Heather A. Wilson has succeeded in her bid to win a 5th full term in New Mexico's 1st District. Her Democratic opponent, state attorney general Patricia Madrid, conceded defeat today after a full count of ballots showed her trailing Wilson by 879 votes.
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The GOP has reached almost perfect parity with Democrats. A five-seat swing could tip control in 28 chambers.
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Thirty-four seats are up for grabs. In early returns, Republicans were well-positioned to retain their majority. However, with nine seats in close races, Democrats held on to hope of regaining control.
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Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller is now the official winner of the tightly contested Aug. 15 Republican primary for his stateÃ¢ÂÂs open2nd Congressional District seat Ã¢ÂÂ following a court ruling Friday that rejected an attempt by his closest competitor,state Assemblywoman Sen. Sharron Angle, to have the outcome of the primary vacated and a new election called.
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Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards received  38 percent of the vote to win an informal poll of Texas  Democrats conducted online, the state&#39;s Democratic party said  on Monday.
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Republicans tightened their grip on the Senate early Wednesday, dealing defeat to Democratic Leader Tom Daschle in South Dakota and capturing a string of seats across the South.
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Democrat Ciro D. Rodriguez, a former representative of TexasÃ¢ÂÂ 28th Congressional District, has scheduled a press conference today in San Antonio at 3 p.m. local time (4 p.m. eastern) to announce whether he will proceed with his planned campaign for the unusual Nov. 7 primary in the redrawn 23rd District.
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The Republican and Democratic national party committees have nearly matched each other in total fundraising during the first five months of this year, a boost for Democrats who historically have trailed the GOP.
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The Nov. 7 election included plenty of successes for Ohio Democrats, who wrested the governorship and a U.S. Senate seat from Republicans, picked up an open House seat, and ran highly competitive races against three GOP House incumbents.