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11.11.2009 4:05 pm

Poll warns incumbents not to get too comfy in Congress

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — When New Jersey and Virginia voters elected non-incumbent Republicans in last week’s gubernatorial races, the GOP trumpeted the results as a turning tide.

A new poll by the Pew Research Center — a non-partisan, Washington-based think tank — suggests that Republicans might…

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11.04.2009 10:13 am

What Obama coalition? Takeaways from a Tuesday

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
Virgina Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell

Virgina Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell

WASHINGTON — Wednesday mornings after off-year elections always bring over-generalizations.

But the results of Tuesday’s elections — in which the GOP won governors’ races in Virginia and New Jersey and Democrats captured a House seat in New York — appeared to…

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11.02.2009 12:48 pm

Would GOP sweep tomorrow be the start of something big?

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Maybe, which is why political junkies in places with red-hot races next year — like Missouri and Illinois — will be examining results from three contests tomorrow as a guide for 2010.

There are favorable trends beyond history for Republicans heading into the…

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