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Lance Gooden defeated longtime GOP fundraiser Bunni Pounds, 53 percent to 47 percent, to win the Republican runoff in the 5th District, vacated by retiring GOP Rep. Jeb Hensarling.
Thirty percent of those surveyed approved of the job Faso was doing in Congress, while 47 percent disapproved.
The GOP started with thin margins — 48 senators to the Democrats’ 47 and one independent, and a House advantage of 221-213 with one independent.
In 2012, Democrat Tim Kaine defeated Allen 53 percent to 47 percent when Webb decided not to seek re-election.
Bush defeated Vice President Al Gore just 51-47 percent in 2000, although Gore was a former senator from Tennessee.
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Trump narrowly carried the suburban Atlanta district over Hillary Clinton 48-47 percent last fall.
But in 2015, Connolly and Delaney were among 47 House Democrats who voted for legislation that would have expanded the screening process for refugees.