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GOP Expands Majority in Governors' Mansions
CNNRepublicans flipped North Carolina, a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, expanding their national lead over Democrats at the statehouse level, according to CNN projections. Eleven states held governors' races Tuesday. Democrats...Tags: U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Lawyers, Rupert Boneham
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Obama Takes Key Battlegrounds to Win Re-election
CNNPresident Barack Obama rode a wave of broad support from minorities, women and moderates to win re-election Tuesday by defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney in Democratic strongholds and key battleground states. According to CNN projections,...Tags: Joe Biden, Government, Executive Branch, Republican Party, Florida Elections
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GOP Retains Grip on U.S. House of Representatives
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- Republicans held on to their House majority in Tuesday's election, leaving Democrats well short of the net gain of 25 seats they needed to take control. "The American people have once again given the House of Representatives to Republicans,...Tags: Joseph P. Kennedy, Tammy Duckworth, Eric Cantor, Government, John Boehner
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Democrats Hold onto Narrow Majority in U.S. Senate
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat or two,...Tags: Wisconsin State Legislature, Todd Akin, Government, Executive Branch, Tom Smith (politician)
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In Little Italy, fresh eyes on American democracy
So intent was Riccardo Migliori on his mission — observing the U.S. election and asking questions about the voting process in Baltimore — that he missed the statues of saints and the oil painting of Pope Leo XIII. So foreign was the idea...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, Judges, Barack Obama, Christianity, Mitt Romney
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Tags: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Lawyers, Rupert Boneham, Government
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How to fix the Electoral College
Ohio, Virginia, Florida: If you don't live in one of these or a few other "battleground" states, you may feel disenfranchised in U.S. presidential elections. As a Marylander, no major party candidate competes for your vote — even if the nationwide...Tags: Political Candidates, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering, Science and Technology, Elections
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Storm-Weary Long Beach Residents Trudge Through Darkness To Polls
PIX11.com | @murphypixLONG BEACH (WPIX) -- Storm-weary survivors of Sandy went to the polls in blacked-out and severely damaged Long Beach, Long Island Tuesday, determined to cast their votes for the next President of the United States. Emergency generators powered the...Tags: Science and Technology, Nassau County, Elections, Mineola, Long Island
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Now, the voters decide key races, ballot questions
After months of being bombarded by slick advertising, celebrity endorsements and candidate pleas, Maryland voters will go to the polls today — in large numbers, according to one estimate — to have the final word. At stake is the outcome of...
Tags: Barack Obama, Personal Data Collection, Regional Elections, Executive Branch, Government
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WDBJ7 outlines its coverage plans for Election Night
WDBJ7 will have comprehensive coverage on air and online of Tuesday’s national, state, and local elections, as well as state and local referendums. Your Hometown News Leader will have coverage of the presidential election, as well as in-depth...
Tags: Regional Elections, CBS Corp., George Allen, Politics, Elections
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Carnett: Spelling counts in presidential elections
It was the first presidential election I remember: 1952, Eisenhower vs. Stevenson. I was 7 and a student in Mrs. Collins' third-grade class at Corona del Mar Elementary School — a leafy, secreted campus that has long since been bulldozed....Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Elections, Parties and Movements, West Point, Republican Party
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Absentee ballots handy, but voting's thrill feels absent too
I have seen the polling booth of the future. And it is a table at a nice restaurant with a glass of pinot grigio. At least it was for my mother and me. We filled out our ballots over dinner last week, then sealed them in envelopes that I later mailed,...
Tags: Illinois Elections, Politics, Elections, Caesar Salads, David Orr
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