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  Does the Past Offer Clues to Future Elections? By Martin Frost
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Last EditedChase McFadden  Sep 04, 2006 09:22pm
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News DateTuesday, September 5, 2006 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionMuch has been written about efforts by Democrats to retake the House or the Senate this year. Thus it is instructive to take a look back at two recent elections and how they played out in the battle for control of Congress and why.

The first election (1994) resulted in Republicans seizing control of both the House and the Senate. The second election (1996) resulted in Democrats picking up nine seats in the House but falling short of taking control and losing two seats in the Senate.
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