South Could Gain Congressional Seats
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Demographics show fast-growing Southern states could gain nine new congressional seats after the 2010 census, largely at the expense of their neighbors to the north
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For Democrats nationally, Tuesday&#39;s election returns were a bitter pill. For Southern Democrats, they were pure poison. Five previously Democratic Senate seats were up for grabs.
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Republicans took over from Democrats the seat in the key battleground state of South Carolinain the Senate races Tuesday, making it even harder the uphill fight by Democrats for the Senate control.
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The impending Democratic takeover of Congress will elevate more blacks to positions of power in the Capitol than ever.
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Republican gains in the House and Senate could spell trouble for the Northeast, where moderate GOP lawmakers often align themselves with Democrats on social, environmental and transportation issues.
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The Republican race heads south as a complete jumble.
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Tuesday's election turned Texas Democrats' political landscape from bleak to barren. A new redistricting map pushed through by Republicans helped the GOP gain a 21-11 advantage over Democrats in the state's congressional delegation, up from the current 16-16 split and the first GOP majority since Reconstruction.
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The race for Florida's open Senate seat could play a huge role in shaping the nation's political landscape in the years to come: It could determine which party controls the Senate, and even influence the presidential race. That is the easy part.
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When Steve Cohen, a white man, was elected last year to represent mostly black Memphis in Congress, it was seen as a sign that racial divisions were fading in this Southern city.
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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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Republicans added US Senate seats in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina and replaced a retiring Republican in Oklahoma. Democrats claimed a seat in Illinois.
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Texas Democrats may have run, but they cannot hide from a White House-backed redistricting aimed at thinning their numbers in the U.S. House of Representatives in the Nov. 2 elections.
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Republicans renewed their grip on the Senate last night and reached out for more, capturing a string of Democratic seats across the South.
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The Republican Party retained control of the US Senate after yesterday&#39;s election by picking up seats in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
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The presidential race isn't the only important election this year. At least 470 congressional seats will be up for grabs in November, with Democrats hoping to expand their narrow majorities and crack some of the impasses that have stymied action on many issues.
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The ordeal could add to the GOP's woes as it tries to retain control of Congress.
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The race for Florida's open Senate seat could play a huge role in shaping the nation's political landscape in the years to come: It could determine which party controls the Senate, and even influence the presidential race.