Repeat. It was a mandate. Not a single Democratic incumbent lost.

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Just an Electoral Blip? I Don't Think So

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Republicans don't want to talk either about the close Senate elections in 2002 in Missouri and Minnesota, which barely delivered Senate control to the GOP. Both Sens. Jim Talent, now going home, and Norm Coleman, who shouldn't be taking out any long-term loans in Washington, squeaked through.

So let's put this narrow margin myth to rest. Conservatives lost.

No one can argue that conservatism is dead. That is another matter entirely. The movement could come back in two years if it gets its act together and Democrats fail to meet their mandate.

Repeat. It was a mandate. Not a single Democratic incumbent lost. Indeed, history was made, as not a single House, Senate, or gubernatorial seat now held by the Democrats was lost. Are you listening?

by John W. Mashek

Eight House Races Still Without Winners
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 10, 2006

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eight House races remain without winners after Tuesday's election, with Republican incumbents in tight contests to keep their seats and state officials not rushing to end the dispute.

Rep. Deborah Pryce, a member of the House Republican leadership, is ahead in her central Ohio race by 3,536 votes. In the Columbus, Ohio-area, elections officials are delaying the count of more than 9,000 provisional ballots by one day so it doesn't disrupt the much-vaulted Ohio State-Michigan football game on Nov. 18.

Elections officials in that district will start counting Nov. 19.

Ohio Republican Rep. Jean Schmidt, who called Democratic Rep. John Murtha a coward, is ahead of her challenger by 2,862 votes. Rep. Barbara Cubin, who threatened to slap her wheelchair-bound Libertarian opponent after a debate, is ahead by fewer than a thousand votes in her Wyoming contest.

Of the eight uncalled races, only one -- Joe Courtney's challenge to Republican Rep. Rob Simmons in Connecticut -- gives a Democratic challenger the lead. In that race, Courtney is ahead by a scant 167 votes. Almost a quarter of a million votes were cast....

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Other races that remain undecided include North Carolina Rep. Robin Hayes' campaign against Larry Kissell, separated by 449 votes; and New Mexico Rep. Heather Wilson's race, where Democrat Patricia Madrid trails by about 1,600 votes.

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