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kentuck

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7. The Repubs did not "win" the House...

Reply to Red Knight (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 03:45 PM

Nov 2012

They held on to the House. Mostly due to gerrymandering from the state levels. They actually lost seats in the House, the Senate, and they lost the White House by an ass-kicking margin.

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