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One Absentee Ballot Could Break Up a Longstanding Team
Clare Ansberry reports on election returns in Lewis Run, Pa. It’s up to one absentee voter to determine whether a pair of 87-year-olds will continue running the show in Lewis Run, Pa. Albert Montecalvo , mayor of the small borough in the north-central part of the state, was running unopposed for his 16th term, while his right hand man, best friend and childhood neighbor, Council President Frank Langianese was running for his 16th term. As a Monday story in The Wall Street Journal  ...
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Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 11/4/09
Daily Kos — ... one little bit of 2009 housekeeping, apparently Republican Susan Hutchison has formally conceded to Democrat Dow Constantine in the King County Executive's race, a race that drew a bit of attention here at Daily Kos. Interesting local flavor from Colorado: will the Hoffman/Scozzafava fiasco in New York mean that the NRSC will no longer back Jane Norton's candidacy in Colorado. It sure looks like it. One of the more amazing stories you'll read out of the 2009 Election Night. Guess every vote does count. Right-winger Jim DeMint ...

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