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"Hello, everybody. I just want to make a few quick remarks to expand on some things that I said yesterday. Obviously Tuesday was a big election. I congratulated the Republicans and consoled some of our Democratic friends about the results... I'm going to be leaving tomorrow for India..." President Obama, November 4, 2010.
2010 Post-Election US House of Representatives
(Blue = Democrat. Red = Republican. Striped = new gain.)
2010 Post-Election Party Control of State Legislatures
Hoven's Index for August 5, 2010
Number of seats in state legislatures picked up by Republicans in 2010: 680
In 1994: 472
Previous record gain (by Democrats in 1974): 628
Republican gains in state house chambers in 2010: 14
States in which GOP will control both houses: 26
Source: National Journal. HT: AoSHQ.
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