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Democrat Heidi Heitkamp prevails in North Dakota in upset of the night

by Andrew Villeneuve

Who says Democ­rats can no longer win in the prairies of the Mid­west? The Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty’s ener­getic, per­son­able, and peo­­ple-focused nom­i­nee for U.S. Sen­ate in North Dako­ta, Hei­di Heitkamp, appears to have won a sur­pris­ing vic­to­ry in one of the nation’s most con­ser­v­a­tive states. Repub­li­cans had thought the Sen­ate seat cur­rent­ly held by Kent Conrad […]

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Networks project Obama win in Vermont; Romney win in Kentucky and Indiana

by Andrew Villeneuve

Major tele­vi­sion net­works have now begun call­ing states in the East­ern time­zone for the two major pres­i­den­tial can­di­dates. Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma is pro­ject­ed to car­ry Ver­mont, which has three elec­toral votes. Inde­pen­dent Bernie Sanders (per­haps the nation’s most pro­gres­sive sen­a­tor) is also pro­ject­ed to win in his U.S. Sen­ate race. Mitt Rom­ney has won in […]