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Thursday, November 5, 2015
East Oregonian
Warning signs for both parties
in state and local elections
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — State
and local elections across the
country this Zeek produced
Zarning signs for both
Democrats and Republicans
as they press toZard the 201
presidential contest, noZ just
a year aZay.
Democrats lost more
ground in legislatures and
governor¶s mansions, raising
questions about the party¶s
strength Zhen President
Barack Obama¶s name isn¶t
at the top of the ballot. Demo
crats still have important
demographic advantages in
the states that often determine
presidential elections, but the
party is struggling in poZer
centers outside Washington
that inÀuence policy and steer
congressional redistricting.
The GOP is casting its
victory in the Kentucky
gubernatorial race as a blue
print for hoZ Republicans
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Obama¶s signature health
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all good neZs for the Repub
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anxious about Donald Trump
and Ben Carson¶s lead in the
GOP presidential primary,
the Zin in Kentucky for
Matt Bevin — a Zealthy
businessman Zho has never
held political of¿ce — could
be a sign that many voters
are serious about electing
outsider candidates.
Party leaders are skeptical
that outsiders¶ rebellious
appeal Zill be suf¿ciently
deep and lasting to send such
a candidate to the White
House.
“We¶re at this interesting
moment Zhere clearly there¶s
a lot of frustration in the elec
torate, Zhich means voters
are going to be more vola
tile,” said David Winston, a
Republican pollster.
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tions are imperfect predictors
of presidential contests.
Turnout is far loZer and the
voters Zho do shoZ up tend
to be older and less diverse,
favoring Republicans.
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across the country are being
scoured for signs of the elec
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months before the leadoff
IoZa caucuses.
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in Kentucky, Virginia and
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Zas elected in 2008, the party
has lost 1 governorships and
more than 00 state legisla
tive seats, ceding control of
0 legislative chambers. On
Capitol Hill, Democrats have
given up control of both the
House and Senate.
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serious questions for Demo
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fare next year Zhen Obama
isn¶t on the ticket. It¶s also
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Democrats Zill draZ their
next generation of leaders.
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
the Democratic frontrunner,
is making speci¿c campaign
appeals to the Hispanics,
blacks and young voters
Zho helped propel Obama to
victory. And she¶s promising
she¶ll Zork to help candidates
Zin their races, too.
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have implications for policies
as Zell as politics. While
most Democratic governors
have expanded their states¶
Medicaid coverage under
the federal Affordable Care
Act, several Republicans
have resisted, including in
Florida and Texas. Demo
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McAuliffe tried to expand
Medicaid but Zas blocked by
Republicans.
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implement “Obamacare” got
even harder Tuesday. McAu
liffe failed in his campaign
to put Virginia¶s legislature
back in Democratic hands.
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in part on a pledge to repeal
the state¶s Medicaid expan
sion, propelling a Republican
into the state¶s governor¶s
mansion for just the second
time in four decades.
Bevin cast himself as a
political outsider, one Zho
Zas selffunded and shunned
by Kentucky¶s political estab
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Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell in the
2014 GOP Senate primary.
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the outsider appeal of Trump
and Carson, Zho are roiling
the GOP presidential primary
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Republicans Zho fear neither
of them could defeat Clinton
in a general election.
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Wednesday
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Zell for his oZn political
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con¿dent. He said, “There
is something happening,
folks, I Zill tell you. There is
something happening.”
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Associated Press, Kentucky
Sen. Rand Paul, Zho is strug
gling in the GOP presidential
polls, aligned himself Zith
Bevin¶s success as a political
outsider.
“That¶s the same thing I
ran on Zhen I ran in 2010,”
Paul said of his Senate
victory ¿ve years ago.
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outsider Zho Zon this Zeek.
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poultry and cattle farmer
Vince Mangold made his
political debut by ousting
Democratic House Minority
Leader Bobby Moak, Zho
had been in of¿ce for 0
years.
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targeted
Moak Zith mailers displaying
his photo next to Obama¶s
under the headline, “Bobby
Moak and Barack Obama
... A Liberal Love Affair.”
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on loZer taxes and a good
education system, but he
attributed his victory not to
any particular policy stances
but to his outsider status.
“As I traveled around the
district, the overZhelming
reply Zas they Zere ready
for a change,” Mangold said.
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said Wednesday they have
information suggesting the
Russian jetliner that crashed
in the Egyptian desert may
have been brought doZn by
a bomb, and Britain said it
Zas suspending Àights in
Sinai Peninsula inde¿nitely.
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conclusion that the Islamic
State group¶s Sinai af¿liate
planted an explosive device
on the plane, said a U.S.
of¿cial briefed on the matter.
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intelligence analysts believe
it Zas planned and executed
by the Islamic State¶s
af¿liate in the Sinai, not the
group that is headquartered
in Syria.
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