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Our two home congressional districts – the Fifth and the Sixth – are apparently redder than the states of Texas, South Carolina, Mississippi.
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Democrats are going to have at least a 55-45 majority in the U.S. Senate, far surpassing even the wildest dreams of party leaders, who had gone into Election Day feeling good about getting a majority in the House – but the 55-seat majority that looks to be in play now?
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