Word: rhode
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...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...
...while a more difficult time was had for skipper Liz Powers and crew Michelle Konstadt in B-division. That pair took No. 12, though just ten points separated Harvard and the five teams that finished ahead of the Crimson.Boston College won the event, followed by Yale, Tufts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Roger Williams.—Staff writer Malcom A. Glenn can be reached at mglenn@fas.harvard.edu...
...Democrats up and 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...