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...Gerard T. Leone Jr. ’85, a former federal prosecutor backed by Coakley, ran unopposed for the seat after State Sen. Jarrett T. Barrios ’90 dropped out of the primary race. Barrios instead ran again for state senator and faced no opposition...
...decides not to run for reelection, it will mark the first time in 70 years that no one from the Sullivan clan serves on the council. Michael “Mickey the Dude” Sullivan, the grandfather of the current councillor, won a seat...
...attractive five-term incumbent Anne Northup was unseated by Democrat John Yarmuth in a race that focused on Iraq and the performance of the Bush administration. Another key early indicator of discontent with Bush and Iraq came with the loss of twelve-term incumbent Nancy Johnson's solid seat in Connecticut...
...Democrats scored early in the evening by taking away the governors' mansions in Massachusetts, Ohio and New York and then rolled up a 15-seat gain - at a minimum - with wins in traditionally G.O.P. districts in Indiana, Kentucky, Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Other Republicans looked certain to fall as the tabulations continued through the night. As a result, Democrats will control a majority of seats in the House - and in America's governors' mansions - for the first time since...
...ranks, first by the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, which resulted in the resignation of one lawmaker, the retirement of a second and lengthened the odds of reelection of several other previously safe members. More recently, the Mark Foley scandal involving inappropriate contacts with House pages opened up another seat and put the party on the defensive for several weeks...