Word: slim
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...lost some 26 seats, more than twice the midterm average; in almost no case did a conservative challenger unseat a liberal incumbent. In the Senate, despite the fact that the vast majority of seats up for grabs were held by Democrats, the Republicans only barely clung to their slim majority. At the state level, Democratic candidates took seven of the 14 contested governor ships previously held by Republicans. They also won control of the legislatures of some 35 states...
Moreover, six of the Republican incumbents, mainly in the Midwest, were returned by extremely slim margins of one or two percentage points. In all six races, Democratic opponents made Reaganomics an issue in the campaign...
DICK HEADLEE, insurance salesman, former state Chamber of Commerce president, devout Mormon, had not necessarily been a front-runner prior to October 21; his chances were neither stunning nor slim. But his shocking statements, coupled with his clarification explaining that he was only referring to some ERA proponents, have made him something of a doormat in what should have been a hotly contested, vitally important race...
...having image problems of his own. Elected first in 1976 to a rare two-year to fill a vacated seat, Thompson focused that campaign on his image as a "Mr.Clean" crime-fighter, and his victory margin of 1.4 million votes helped carry incumbent President Gerald R. Ford to a slim victory over Jimmy Carter in the state. But his image and popularity were tarnished by a series of revelations: he had accepted lavish antiques and potentially compromising campaign gifts in a time of fiscal austerity he had used campaign funds to pay family vacation and baby sitting expenses...
...White has attacked Clements' mudslinging leak of a driving-under-the-influence charge when White was a law student, and accused, the Governor of anti-consumer appointments to the public utility commission Clements has countered with charges that White is an incompetent attorney general. The Governor holds a slim but firm lead; it appears that only a huge Democratic turnout could topple the Lone Star State's leader...