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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
A Republican Wave Sweeps the Midterm Elections — In an echo of 2010, the GOP overshot its targets, taking the Senate and winning House and statehouse races across the board. Now what will they do? — LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Republicans took the Senate majority in a commanding sweep on Tuesday …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Meet The Real Next Senate Majority Leader: Ted Cruz — If you thought House Speaker John Boehner has had a miserable time trying to govern, wait until you see what incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is about to deal with. — The Kentucky Republican achieved his lifelong dream …
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New York Times:
Negativity Wins the Senate
Negativity Wins the Senate
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Washington Post
New York Times:
Election Results: Republicans Win Senate Control With at Least 7 New Seats
Election Results: Republicans Win Senate Control With at Least 7 New Seats
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American Prospect, Washington Post, The Carbon Brief, Outside the Beltway and Firedoglake
Carrie Budoff Brown / Politico:
No Obama pivot after midterms
No Obama pivot after midterms
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Liberaland and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
An unhappy electorate is toughest on Obama and the Democrats
An unhappy electorate is toughest on Obama and the Democrats
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New York Times and Guardian
Fox News:
Republicans take Senate majority, Fox News projects
Republicans take Senate majority, Fox News projects
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CNN, Hot Air, The Hill, Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller, Weekly Standard and The Other McCain
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: Worst map since Eisenhower
Obama: Worst map since Eisenhower
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Talking Points Memo and Guardian
William M. Welch / Associated Press:
Republicans take Senate majority
Republicans take Senate majority
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Wall Street Journal and Fox News
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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Washington Post:
Battle for the Senate: How the GOP woke up while Democrats were feeling the drag — One night in early September, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called a longtime colleague, Sen. Pat Roberts, from his living room in Louisville, furious about the 78-year-old Republican's fumbling and lethargic reelection campaign.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
After blowout, Obama to answer questions — President Obama will hold a news conference Wednesday afternoon, facing the White House press corps one day after Democrats were blown out in the midterm elections. — White House aides acknowledge that Tuesday night was tough …
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New York Times:
Republicans' First Step Was to Handle Extremists in Party — WASHINGTON — It was late spring, and Republican leaders knew that if they wanted to win the Senate, they needed to crush the enemy: not Democrats, but the rebels within their own party. — And Chris McDaniel …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
GOP takes control of Senate in midterm rout
GOP takes control of Senate in midterm rout
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ABC News, ABC News, The Hill and Just Security
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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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
27 senators who voted for Obamacare won't be part of new Senate — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CONGRESS OBAMACARE SENATE HEALTH CARE 2014 ELECTIONS — On Dec. 24, 2009, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed President Obama's healthcare law with a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority …
Noelle Crombie / Oregonian:
Recreational marijuana passes in Oregon: Oregon election results 2014 — Oregon voters said yes to marijuana Tuesday, making the state the third to allow the possession and sale of cannabis for recreational rather than strictly medical use. — The crowd at the Southeast Portland club Holocene …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Oregon, Washington, D.C. legalize marijuana
Oregon, Washington, D.C. legalize marijuana
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Bloomberg View, Bloomberg Politics, Wall Street Journal and Jezebel
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Wendy Davis Was The Face Of ‘War On Women’ Politics. How'd That Go? — This was a year when the War on Women messaging — previously employed so successfully by the Democrats — failed to yield the desired results. Most of the discussions about that failure have focused on Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado.
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Tonight's darker omen for the GOP: Losing the Senate in 2016 — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CONGRESS BARACK OBAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY 2014 ELECTIONS 2016 ELECTIONS CAMPAIGNS — However well Republicans do tonight, President Obama will retain a veto pen. That means GOP control of both chambers …
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The Agonist
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Voters' verdict explodes Democratic myths — As Democratic losses mounted in Senate races across the country on election night, some liberal commentators clung to the idea that dissatisfied voters were sending a generally anti-incumbent message, and not specifically repudiating Democratic officeholders.
Helena Bottemiller Evich / Politico:
Berkeley breaks through on soda tax — Berkeley, Calif., a city known for its progressive politics, made history Tuesday night by approving the first real sin tax on soda in the United States. — Voters looked likely to approve Measure D, a penny-per-ounce tax, by a wide margin …
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Truth Revolt and Bloomberg Politics
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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Nathaniel Herz / Anchorage Daily News:
Sullivan lead holds in Alaska U.S. Senate race; Begich won't concede — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan appeared to grab an insurmountable lead over incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Begich early Wednesday, with all of Alaska's precincts reporting.
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Denver Post:
HICKENLOOPER POISED TO DEFEAT BEAUPREZ FOR COLORADO GOVERNOR — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper was in a strong position to win re-election early Wednesday morning in a year that saw Republican gains across the state and nation. — Ten hours after the polls closed, Hickenlooper rebounded …
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Talking Points Memo and Washington Post
Dara Lind / Vox:
Fox News definitely just broke the rules for exit polls — This is what Fox News looked like at about 6:07 pm Eastern time tonight: — The problem? Polls don't close in New Hampshire until 8 pm — and Fox isn't supposed to show exit poll results until then: … Way to go, Fox News. Way to go.
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