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Published 11/5/2008 by cnn at CNN Political Ticker

From CNN's Donn Cost (CNN) – Democrats are keeping their eyes on reaching 60 Senate seats in Tuesday's elections. Democrats picked up one seat early in the evening with the projected winner of Virginia's open Senate seat, former Gov. Mark Warner. Warner will fill the seat of Sen. John Warner — no relation — who's retiring. According to [...] (link)

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