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Brown Wins Mass. Senate Seat

Republican upset puts Dems' national agenda at risk

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 19, 2010 8:26 PM CST | Updated Jan 19, 2010 8:39 PM CST

(Newser) – Scott Brown scored an enormous Republican upset today, winning the Massachusetts US Senate seat long held by the late Ted Kennedy by a 52%-47% margin over Democrat Martha Coakley. The loss sunders the Democrats’ filibuster-proof, 60-vote supermajority in the Senate, and throws into doubt the... Read full story »

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