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The way the Senate divided, Republicans held a 48-47 majority. With Morse the independent and with Republican Richard Nixon assuming the vice presidency, the GOP could hold sway over the chamber.
The 47-year-old (who turns 48 on Jan. 29) said he doesn’t anticipate spending his entire adult life in Washington.
The 39th District could still be fundamentally Republican, considering 2012, when Mitt Romney carried it 51 percent to 47 percent and Republican Elizabeth Emken outperformed Democratic Sen.
But Trump’s Interior Department revealed a five-year plan proposing 47 potential lease sales to energy companies through 2024, including two in the North Atlantic region from Maine to New Jersey.
In 2012, Democrat Tim Kaine defeated Allen 53 percent to 47 percent when Webb decided not to seek re-election.
He cleared a procedural hurdle Monday when the Senate voted 48-47 to invoke cloture and shut off debate. A final vote on confirmation is expected Tuesday.
Bush defeated Vice President Al Gore just 51-47 percent in 2000, although Gore was a former senator from Tennessee.
The Senate voted Wednesday 51-47 to go to conference with the House. Businesses have pushed back against the last-minute GOP decision to keep the current 20 percent corporate AMT.
The 51-47 party-line vote was largely a formality.
In Dec. 2013, 47 percent of respondents to the poll said they preferred Republicans to win control of the U.S. House and Senate, compared to 42 percent who preferred Democratic majorities.
For example, the recent JMC Analytics poll that had Moore’s Democratic opponent Doug Jones leading him 48 percent to 44 percent also showed a Democratic candidate leading the generic ballot 47 percent
Bates, who was 47 at the time, apologized for kidding and flirting with women on his staff but maintained he was not guilty of sexual harassment.
And Democrat Cory Booker lost the 2nd District to Republicans in both the 2013 (53 percent to 46 percent) and 2014 (50 percent to 47 percent) Senate elections, according to calculations by Daily Kos Elections
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The poll has Scott ahead of Nelson, 47 percent to 45 percent, among 615 likely voters polled from Sept. 17 through Sept. 24 by telephone.
Bilbray by just 2 points, 49 percent to 47 percent, in California’s 49th District. Two other LGBTQ women also ran that cycle, but lost by larger margins: Retired Army National Guard Col.
That 47 percent increase stoked the ire of many Republicans on the panel. “It seems to happen every 10 years,” Culberson said.
Donnelly had held onto his House seat the previous year, barely, 48 percent to 47 percent against Republican Jackie Walorski.
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Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., 47. Rep. Tom Rice, R-S.C., 60. Saturday Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., 64. Res. Cmmsr. Jenniffer González-Colón, R-P.R., 41. Wednesday Rep.