Democrats lose 6 Senate seats, but keep majority

cal04

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Tue Nov-02-10 11:18 PM
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Democrats lose 6 Senate seats, but keep majority

Edited on Tue Nov-02-10 11:28 PM by cal04

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101103/ap_on_el_se/us_senate

Democrats retained their Senate majority Tuesday, losing five seats but winning key races in West Virginia and California.

Republicans scored big gains, taking Senate seats from Democrats in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arkansas, North Dakota and Indiana. The net gain of 10 they needed for control of the chamber, however, eluded them.

With Republicans taking over the House, President Barack Obama will need a Democratic-run Senate to champion his legislative agenda.

Veteran Democratic Sens. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas lost their re-election bids.

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Skittles

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Tue Nov-02-10 11:18 PM
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1. it's something

still sucks though

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sally cat

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Tue Nov-02-10 11:19 PM
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2. Glad to hear that. With the PA and IL news just now, was getting a little worried.

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