Word: dakotas
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...whom are in blue states, but states that were barely blue in the election. Other Democratic senators who won fairly easily last election cycle are facing reelection in states that have been red states or swing states in the past two elections. These include Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Herb Kohl of Wisconsin and Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico. A good number of these ten senators will likely find their seats at risk, especially if the Republicans field moderate candidates who can undercut the incumbents on trademark Democratic issues...
That tenacity was on display the morning after Election Day as Reid, 64, lined himself up to succeed South Dakota's Tom Daschle as the Senate minority leader, a job Reid is expected to secure this week. Having worked the phones, Reid, who as Democratic whip was Daschle's top lieutenant as well as his loyal friend for the past six years, had promises of support from a majority of next year's 44 Senate Democrats two hours after Daschle publicly conceded his seat to Republican John Thune. That enabled Reid to easily fend off a challenge from Connecticut Senator...
...current 48. Lest he suffer the same fate as Daschle, he must balance his role as a partisan with the fact that he represents a state that Bush won, albeit narrowly. Reid also can't ignore that other Democratic Senators from Bush states--such as Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Bill Nelson of Florida--will be up for re-election in 2006 and don't want to be picked off either. Democratic Senators say Reid plans to choose his fights carefully, perhaps letting a compromise on tort reform go through, for example, but battling fiercely...
...with bated breath on Nov. 2, hoping to see at least some signs of tolerance in an electorate which has of late appeared increasingly hostile to their identities and lifestyle. Yet for all their hopes, the populations of 11 states—Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon and Utah—resoundingly stamped their disapproval earlier this month, amending their constitutions to define marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman. Of the 11 states, all but four implicitly ban civil unions as well. Now that the brunt of election hand...
Boston College kicked off this season with a 6-2 win over reigning champion and current No. 11 Denver. The Eagles also downed No. 9 North Dakota 5-3 and No. 12 Maine...