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Published 11/20/2008 at Reuters: Politics
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A contest for a U.S. Senate seat from Georgia has become a last stand for the Republican Party to block Democrats from gaining a majority big enough to push their legislation through the chamber almost at will.
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