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Republicans have won a special election for Congress in Southern California, reclaiming a suburban House seat that they lost to Democrats in the 2018 midterms. Democrat Christy Smith, a state assemblywoman, conceded defeat to Republican Mike Garcia Wednesday afternoon, one day after the closely watched special election runoff for the seat vacated by former Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.), who resigned last year.

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July 18, 2007 Reid: Republicans Continue To Block Democrats' Efforts To Change Course In Iraq, Make America More Secure Washington, D.C.—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate today after Republicans refused to allow an up-or-down vote on the Levin-Reed amendment to the Defense Authorization bill, which would have reduced U.S. combat forces in Iraq by transitioning the mission away from policing an Iraq civil war to limited counter-terror, training and force protection operations. After Republicans signaled that they would block all efforts to change course in Iraq, Reid temporarily lay the bill aside and...

(CPOD) Oct. 28, 2004 – The state of New Jersey has no clear frontrunner in the 2004 United States presidential race, according to a poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. 46 per cent of respondents would vote for Republican incumbent George W. Bush, while 46 per cent would support Democratic nominee John Kerry.Two per cent of respondents would vote for independent candidate Ralph Nader, and six per cent are undecided. The election is scheduled for Nov. 2.Support for Kerry dropped by three per cent in a week, while backing for Bush increased by one per cent. In early October,...