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Democrat Bera beats Republican Ose in close California race
November 20, 2014Right after the election, Bera appeared to be trailing Ose by more than 3,000 votes. But on Nov. 19, with nearly all ballots counted, he led by over 1,400.
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Seismic shift seen in Florida Cuban American vote
November 10, 2014Despite winning the gubernatorial race in Florida last week, exit polling shows that Gov. Rick Scott lost Cuban-Americans to his Democratic opponent, 50 to 46 percent.
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The fog that blinded the electorate
November 7, 2014There were local and geographical peculiarities, but when an election was as uniformly one-sided as this one was, deeper explanations are required.
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New York Working Families Party pulls through difficult election night
November 7, 2014"There's no way around it, losing the Senate is a tough blow for all of us hoping to see a progressive agenda enacted."
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Trumka: Voters said they were “desperate” for new economic life
November 6, 2014"The fact of the matter is that people are disillusioned by endless political bickering and eyed these elections with great dispirit."
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