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

Excerpt: 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 […]
Published at:2:20 AM on Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections
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Networks project Obama win in Vermont; Romney win in Kentucky and Indiana

Excerpt: 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 […]
Published at:4:14 PM on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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