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Anja Crowder / ABC News:
Midterm Elections 2014 Exit Polls: 6 Fast Facts on 6 Key States — According to preliminary exit poll data, here are six fast facts about voters in Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Colorado, New Hampshire and North Carolina. — Numbers will change as exit polls are updated and only reflect preliminary data.
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Republicans take Senate majority, Fox News projects — Republicans have won a majority in the Senate for the first time in eight years, Fox News projects, giving the party full control of Congress for the remainder of President Obama's term. — A projected victory by Republican Joni Ernst …
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William M. Welch / Associated Press:
Republicans take Senate majority — Republicans officially seized the Senate majority for the first time in eight years on Tuesday night. USA TODAY's Susan Page says this shows how frustrated the voters have been with Washington. — Republicans captured majority control of the Senate Tuesday …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Exit Polls: Why They So Often Mislead
Exit Polls: Why They So Often Mislead
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Associated Press:
Exit poll: Voters unhappy with Obama and GOP — Associated Press 2 hrs ago — WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of the Americans voting Tuesday say they are dissatisfied or angry with the Obama administration. But they're not so fond of the opposition, either. — Exit polls find just 1 in 5 voters …
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Katherine Jones / ABC News:
Midterm Elections 2014: National Exit Poll Reveals Major Voter Discontent
Midterm Elections 2014: National Exit Poll Reveals Major Voter Discontent
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Exit polls: Majority of voters dissatisfied or angry with Washington
Exit polls: Majority of voters dissatisfied or angry with Washington
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Jon Stewart Didn't Vote Today (VIDEO) — Jon Stewart may have covered every bizarre moment of this year's midterm election, but he didn't cast a vote in it. — The host of “The Daily Show” told CNN's Christiane Amanpour during an interview on Tuesday that he had abstained this year.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: Worst map since Eisenhower — Democrats are facing the worst midterm Senate map since President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Obama bemoaned during an Election Day interview with a Connecticut radio station. — “There's no doubt that, when you look at the Senate races …
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Chicago Sun Times:
Calls to election judges a ‘serious attempt to disrupt’ voting — A barrage of automated phone calls offering false instructions to scores of election judges was “a serious attempt to disrupt” Chicago voting operations in the run-up to Tuesday's vote, elections officials said.
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Stephanie Ando / myfox8.com:
Burlington man eating Olive Garden every day, twice a day for seven weeks — BURLINGTON, N.C. — A Burlington man has used his “Never Ending Pasta Pass” from Olive Garden to eat 95 meals over the last six weeks. — Alan Martin bought it for $100 and he says he's gotten $1,510 worth of food so far.
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Scott Rigell / HAMPTON ROADS NEWS:
Voting problems now reported at 43 precincts — VIRGINIA BEACH — Officials with Rep. Scott Rigell's (R-2nd D.) campaign said Tuesday afternoon that the number of precincts experiencing problems with voting machines in the 2nd District increased to 43 locations as of 5:30 p.m. …
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msnbc.com:
Problems reported at polls vary from state to state — HOUSTON — Voters in Connecticut, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Alabama and other states all encountered potentially serious problems casting ballots as Americans went to the polls Tuesday. — The issues included malfunctioning machines …
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Aaron Hepker / WHOTV:
Joni Ernst Wins Election, First Woman to Represent Iowa in US Senate … DES MOINES, Iowa - Joni Ernst has been elected as the next U.S. Senator from Iowa. The Republican, a state Senator from Red Oak, defeated Democrat U.S. Representative Bruce Braley in one of the nation's closest watched elections.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
President Obama Left Fighting for His Own Relevance — WASHINGTON — Two things were clear long before the votes were counted on Tuesday night: President Obama would face a Congress with more Republicans for his final two years in office, and the results would be seen as a repudiation of his leadership.
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TIME:
Lena Dunham: ‘I Do Not Condone Any Kind of Abuse’ — In an exclusive statement to TIME, the author addresses recent controversy over a passage in her book, Not That Kind of Girl, regarding her relationship with her younger sister — I am dismayed over the recent interpretation of events described in my book Not That Kind of Girl.
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Andy Cush / Gawker:
90-Year-Old Good Samaritan Arrested for Giving Food to the Homeless — In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ninety-year-old volunteer worker Arnold Abbott was arrested this week for preparing and serving a meal to a group of homeless people. He faces a $500 fine and up to 60 days in jail, local news outlet KHON reports.
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Oregon legalizes marijuana, while Florida rejects medical pot — Washington (CNN) — Voters in Oregon have voted to approve sweeping pro-marijuana legalization, according to a CNN projection. — The law, which a majority of voters approved on Tuesday, legalizes personal possession …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden Blows Greg Orman's Cover: He ‘Will Be With Us’ — Vice President Joe Biden blew Kansas independent Greg Orman's cover in a radio interview today. Orman hasn't stated which party he'll caucus with in the Senate—actively avoiding announcing whether he'll be with Republicans or Democrats …
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Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
MSNBC's Matthews and Sharpton Bash Grimes Concession Speech: ‘You Need to Be Gracious!’ — In the Kentucky Senate race, Democrat challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes lost by a wide margin to Senator Mitch McConnell, and as such, gave a concession speech — one that the MSNBC election coverage team immediately tore apart.
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