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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJanuary 28, 2011
Voters "don't want to be governed by an African American."
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November 22, 2010
Old white wealthy Republican voters came out in droves for the 2010 midterm elections; minorities stayed home.
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by Nsenga Burton onNovember 12, 2010
Will the Voting Rights Act stop Republicans from redistricting as they please?
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by Lawrence Bobo onNovember 3, 2010
There are good reasons to be hopeful after the midterm elections. Just look at what happened in 1994.
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by Joel Dreyfuss onNovember 2, 2010
After governing for two years with his party in control of both houses of Congress, the president finds himself facing a Republican House, a barely Democratic Senate -- and diminished black power.
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by Sheryl Huggins Salomon onNovember 2, 2010
Voter discontent does in the Democratic majority. Black Republicans Tim Scott and Allen West among election winners.
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by Cord Jefferson onNovember 2, 2010
Despite wins from old-timers -- McCain, DeMint -- and Tea Party newcomers -- Rand, Rubio -- the Democrats clung to their majority in the Senate, and their leader, Harry Reid, held on to his seat.
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by David Swerdlick onNovember 2, 2010
The Tea Party now dominates the GOP, but its members are in for a surprise. It will be harder than they think to go to Obama's right because so far, he's governing a lot like an old-school Republican.
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by Nsenga Burton onNovember 1, 2010
Says Republicans pose the greatest threat to our 14th Amendment gains than ever before.
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by Nsenga Burton onOctober 31, 2010
The buck might stop with the Buckeye State.
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