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...Meanwhile, in Ohio, Rep. Ted Strickland, a former Methodist minister, took the state’s governorship in a rout, marking the first time that Ohio has seen a Democratic chief since...
...anti-G.O.P. agenda the White House and their Republican allies on the Hill had feared. "The campaign is over," Pelosi shouted on Election Night, grinning with confidence in front of hundreds of roaring supporters blocks from the Capitol in Washington D.C. "Democrats are ready to lead!" A hoarse Rep. Rahm Emanuel, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, told the cheering supporters, "We'll give you the government that no longer lets you down." And he pledged to "reach across the partisan divide...
...square-jawed Admiral and Clinton administration official, Joe Sestak. Also in Pennsylvania, political newcomer Christopher Carney downed four-term incumbent Don Sherwood, who pleaded with voters to forgive his marital infidelity, apparently to no avail. In Ohio, the Democrat Zack Space pummeled Joy Padgett, the hand-picked replacement of Rep. Bob Ney, who resigned amid an investigation of his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff...
...members return as a minority party after taking heavy losses in Tuesday's elections, a Republican official tells TIME. Hastert, 64, a low-key former high school wrestling coach, was beloved by members as a "good cop," compared to the enforcer style of the longtime number two leader, former Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.). But Hastert was badly damaged by questions about how much he had known about former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) and his contact with pages, and members felt Hastert also handled the aftermath of the revelations clumsily...
...third factor is that Democrats did a particularly good job this year of finding moderates and conservatives to run for elections in districts held by Republicans. The chairman of the House and Senate campaigns, Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel and New York Senator Charles Schumer, scouted for military veterans, retired sports stars and popular county sheriffs to challenge entrenched Republican incumbents who had drifted from their districts since the Republican takeover of 1994. They also encouraged their candidates to become more forceful in their criticism of the Iraq war, challenging the Republicans on the national security issue that had been their...