Legislature leans Democratic, but key races still close
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Democrats were winning the battle for control of the state House and Senate as election results rolled in Wednesday, though thousands of uncounted absentee ballots could still flip the results in several close races.
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The US House of Representatives will remain firmly in the hands of George W. Bush's Republican party according to ballot-counting, but control of the Senate was too close to call in US congressional elections Tuesday.
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Preliminary results so far of Senate races held Tuesday in the United States showed a tie between Republicans and Democrats, with each side winning five states.
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Massachusetts Democrats believe they have a good chance this November to end one of the nationÃ¢ÂÂs most unusual political anomalies: Though their party holds all 12 of MassachusettsÃ¢ÂÂ seats in Congress and dominates both the stateÃ¢ÂÂs legislature and its presidential voting, Republicans have won the past four races for governor dating to 1990.
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As Republican Dino Rossi held onto his narrow lead in the race for governor yesterday, Democrats won a small court victory for their candidate, Attorney General Christine Gregoire.
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Democrats are aiming for a resolution that is simpler than the Senate's.
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Veteran lawmaker Dianne Byrum was in a surprisingly tight race this morning to hang on to her state House seat. The battle between the favored Byrum, a Democrat, and Republican Beth Chandler
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The presidential race is too close to project a winner right now, but that doesn&#39;t mean it will be too close on Election Day to prevent a landslide.
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Divided results mean fight may go beyond Super Tuesday as questions arise over ideological path
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On Feb. 9, three states and one territory hold Democratic contests with 161 delegates at stake. Three states hold Republican contests with 74 delegates up for grabs.
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Two statewide polls show the governor&#39;s race between Democratic incumbent Joe Kernan and Republican challenger Mitch Daniels remains tight one week before Election Day.
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Democrats have a shot at taking control of a majority of governorships for the first time since 1994.
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A number of polls have suggested that the Democratic caucus could end up more or less a tie.
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With most of the states having made up their mind on the presidential race in February, less than a quarter of them can truly be regarded as still in play.
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Facing a Dec. 9 runoff for his seat in Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District Ã¢ÂÂ and highly publicized bribery allegations that threaten to end his House career at eight terms Ã¢ÂÂ Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson is showing a good bit of resilience. His contest with Democratic state Rep. Karen Carter does not appear to have a strong favorite with just more than a week to go before the Saturday voting.
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Seven-term Democratic Rep. Albert R. WynnÃ¢ÂÂs primary contest Tuesday in MarylandÃ¢ÂÂs 4th Congressional District got nowhere near the publicity received by Republican Sen. Lincoln ChafeeÃ¢ÂÂs fight for political survival in Rhode Island. Yet the slow and still-incomplete count in Maryland 4 indicates that Wynn may have ended up with the closest shave of any incumbent in the nine states that held Sept. 12 primaries.
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OLYMPIA, Washington The chairman of the Washington State Democratic Party says that recount results from King County give his party&#39;s candidate an eight-vote victory in the closest governor&#39;s race in state history.