Republicans win House, fail to take Senate
11/04/2010WASHINGTON — Republicans failed to capture the US Senate but cut deeply into the Democratic majority by picking up at least six seats in the upper chamber after bitterly fought mid-term elections.
Conservatives could pick up two more spots if a pair of races deemed too close to call early Wednesday go their way.
Losing the Senate would have capped off an already miserable night for the Democrats who were routed in the House of Representatives as President Barack Obama received a stinging electoral rebuke two years into his reform quest.
Obama was spared the humiliation of losing his top senator, Harry Reid, in Nevada, but Republicans picked up Arkansas, Indiana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and even the President’s old Senate seat in Illinois.
Only 37 seats in the 100-seat chamber were up for grabs as roughly a third of the Senate is elected every two years. Republicans needed to pick up 10 seats and not lose any of their own to cross the crucial 50 threshold..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101104hed5.html
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