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...forecasted early in the night that Democrats would gain 25 seats in the House and 6 in the Senate—enough for a bare majority. He also hailed his own club’s efforts, noting that in the states where the Dems campaigned, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, their candidates triumphed...
...What’s important is that in places where we worked very hard—Rhode Island and Massachusetts—[Democratic victories] have been borne out, so we’re happy,” Lesser said...
...Rhode Island, moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee was defeated by former state attorney general Sheldon Whitehouse. And in Massachusetts, Democrat Deval L. Patrick ’78 won the state’s governorship. In addition to campaigning for Patrick at home, the Dems had taken several trips to Rhode Island to campaign for Whitehouse. And the club also stumped for Democrat Bob Casey Jr. in his successful bid to oust Republican Sen. Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania...
...Democratic candidates took seats from Republicans in Rhode Island, Ohio and Pennsylvania by midway through the evening. Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill defeated incumbent Sen. Jim Talent early Wednesday morning. But it would be several hours, if not several days, before the outcome of the contests was known in Montana and Virginia...
...down the ballot will have their best election night since Bill Clinton won the White House in 1992, party officials waiting for the final results say it appears they will fall just short of taking back the Senate. Democrats have picked up Senate seats in Ohio, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania tonight and held onto Senate seats in Maryland and New Jersey-which means the fight for the Senate is coming down to just a handful of races: Montana, Missouri and Virginia. They are still hopeful that Democratic candidate James Webb will knock off Republican Senator George Allen in Virginia...