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Split decision in races for House
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Contributor | Jason |
Last Edited | Jason Dec 08, 2008 04:21pm |
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Media | TV News - CNN |
News Date | Monday, December 8, 2008 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Call it a split decision.
Both Democrats and Republicans each captured a congressional seat from the other party this weekend, with two races remaining in the battle for the House of Representatives.
In Ohio's 15th Congressional District in the central part of the state, Democrats captured a seat that was held by Republicans for 42 years. For the last 16 of those years, it's been held by eight-term Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce, who's retiring.
Mary Jo Kilroy, a county commissioner, came from behind to defeat Republican Steve Stivers by more than 2,000 votes when the final results were released Sunday.
Kilroy came back from an election day deficit of nearly 600 votes, after provisional ballots were counted from Franklin County, where the state capital of Columbus is located. The counting of the provisional ballots proceeded after a ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court on Friday. Video |
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