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Democrats keep Senate; Republicans retain House
ELECTION RESULTS U.S. Presidency √ Barack Obama (D) Mitt Romney (R)
Missouri U.S. Senate √ Claire McCaskill (D) Todd Akin (R)
Kansas U.S. House, 2nd Dist.
LEGISLATURE
Dems hold their own in county
√ Lynn Jenkins (R) Tobias Schlingensiepen (D)
By Scott Rothschild
Kansas Senate, Dist. 2
Douglas County remained a blue island in a mostly red sea as area Democrats maintained control of their legislative seats. State Sens. Marci Francisco, Tom Holland and Anthony Hensley all won re-election, as did state Rep. Barbara Ballard. Democrat John Wil- Francisco son won an open House seat. The Democrats faced Republican challengers in a year when Kansas was going big for R e p u b l i c a n Holland presidential candidate Mitt Romney and conservative Republican Gov. Sam Brownback had helped defeat a number of moderate Republican senators in the August primary. Entering the evening, Republicans held a 92-33 advantage in the House and a 32-8 margin in the Senate. More importantly, conservative Republicans were at majority
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√ Marci Francisco (D) Ron Ellis (R)
Kansas Senate, Dist. 3 √ Tom Holland (D) Anthony Brown (R)
Kansas Senate, Dist. 19 Chris Carlson/AP Photo
√ Anthony Hensley (D) Casey Moore (R)
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA acknowledges applause at his election night party early today in Chicago after defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
Kansas House, Dist. 10 √ John Wilson (D) Erica Anderson (R)
Kansas House, Dist. 42 √ Connie O’Brien (R) Harold Fevurly (D)
President promises better days to come By David Espo Associated Press
Kansas House, Dist. 44 √ Barbara Ballard (D) Patrick Bengtson (R)
Kansas House, Dist. 54 √ Ken Corbet (R) Ann Mah (D)
State Board of Education, Dist. 4 √ Carolyn Campbell (D) Jack Wu (R)
Douglas County Commission, Dist. 2 √ Nancy Thellman (D) Frank Male (R)
Kansas Constitutional Amendment on boat taxes: √ Yes O See precinct-by-
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama rolled to re-election Tuesday night, vanquishing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney despite a weak economy that plagued his first term and put a crimp in the middle class dreams of millions. In victory, he confidently promised better days ahead. Obama spoke to thousands of cheering supporters in his hometown of
By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com
Democrat Nancy Thellman retained her seat on the Douglas County Commission in Tuesday’s balloting. As of 10:30 p.m., unofficial results reported by the county’s election
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office showed Thellman winning handily over Republican challenger Frank Male, 62 percent to 38 percent. Thellman, however, said she never took it for granted that she would win. “I worked really hard and had a lot of people
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on my team working hard as well,” Thellman said. Thellman was first elected four years ago to the 2nd District seat, which has been held by both Democrats and Republicans in recent Please see THELLMAN, page 5A
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DAVID CHARLES, OF LAWRENCE, back right, hugs Sam Stepp, of Prairie Village, as President Barack Obama is announced as the victor in the presidential race. Local Democrats gathered Tuesday at The Dynamite Saloon, 821 Massachusetts St., to watch the results come in. At left is Kansas University Please see OBAMA, page 7A senior Vanessa Phillips, of Wichita.
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Chicago, praising Romney and declaring his optimism for the next four years. “While our road has been hard, though our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America, the best is yet to come,” he said. Romney made his own graceful concession speech before a disappointed crowd in Boston.
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RE-ELECTED DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER Nancy Thellman, right, looks over vote counts Tuesday night at the county courthouse with Jami Jones, wife of John Wilson, who was elected to the Kansas House,10th District. Jones is holding her son, Parker. Vol.154/No.311 28 pages