"There #39;s only one Democrat who counts, the President." -Sen. Mitch McConnell (C-SPAN)
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell discusses President Obama during a post-election news conference. Watch the complete press conference here: http://cs.pn/1u07GSQ.
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By Deirdre Walsh, Senior Congressional Producer
updated 3:25 PM EST, Wed November 5, 2014
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Capitol Hill (CNN) -- The red wave that swept Republicans into control of the Senate led to the defeat of the last white House Democrat in the deep South on Tuesday.
Georgia Rep John Barrow, a pro-gun, fiscally conservative Democrat, who was running for his sixth term, lost to Republican businessman Rick Allen.
The same night that the last white Southern Democrat serving in the House lost, South Carolina elected Tim Scott, an African American Republican, to the Senate in South Carolina. Scott becomes the first African American to be elected in the South and the first to start a full term since Reconstruction.
University of Georgia Political Science Professor Charles Bullock told CNN on Tuesday that thirty years ago virtually all districts in Congress from the deep south were represented by white Democrats, but with Barrow's loss "they've become extinct."
Louisiana Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu is in a run off with Republican Rep Bill Cassidy that will be decided on December 6th.
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Last white Democrat in Deep South loses
Nature is unpredictable here in the 50th state, as are politics -- up to a point. As often happens here, Democrats won big Tuesday night.
First, Hurricane Iselle shook up the primary season. Then state Sen. David Ige unseated incumbent Gov. Neil Abercrombie in the Democratic gubernatorial contest.
Just in time for the general election, Kilauea began spouting lava, causing some polling place confusion in the small town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii.
But Ige went on to win the governor's office in a big-money, three-way race against Republican Duke Aiona -- the former lieutenant governor who had trailed in the polls for the entire campaign -- and Mufi Hannemann, the former mayor of Honolulu and longtime Democrat who ran as an independent.
Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz retained his seat, and Democrats took both House seats too.
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Published November 04, 2014
April 1, 2014: Muriel Bowser in Washington.(AP)
WASHINGTON Democrat Muriel Bowser has been elected mayor of the District of Columbia, continuing her party's perfect record when seeking the city's highest office.
Bowser turned back a challenge by independent David Catania after an unusually long and competitive general-election campaign.
The 42-year-old Bowser is a native Washingtonian who has served on the D.C. Council since 2007. She is a protege of former mayor Adrian Fenty, but she says she's learned from the mistakes that saw him booted from office after a single term.
Bowser defeated scandal-plagued Mayor Vincent Gray in the Democratic primary. She ran as a big-tent Democrat who could appeal equally to wealthy, majority-white neighborhoods and poorer, mostly African-American communities. She was endorsed by President Barack Obama, an unusual development for a mayoral election in the nation's capital.
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Democrat David Ige won Hawaiis gubernatorial election Tuesday night, insuring the top statewide office remained in his partys hands despite a contentious primary earlier this year that saw him beating the incumbent Democrat in a historic upset.
Early results showed Mr. Ige with 53.1% of the vote to Republican Duke Aionas 34.1% and Independent Mufi Hannemanns 11.3%, the Associated Press reported.
Mr. Ige, 57, an engineer, longtime legislator and chair of the state senates committee on ways and means, faced a competitive challenge from Mr. Aiona, 59, a moderate Republican, and the former lieutenant governor.
Mr. Ige and Mr. Aiona participated in 15 debates together before the end of the election. Campaign issues have included Hawaiis homeless population, the states troubled health exchange, the environment and economic growth.
The Democrat led the race despite a fundraising disadvantage. A poll conducted in October for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and Hawaii News Now by Ward Research showed the soft-spoken Mr. Ige scoring well among voters over 50, union members and Japanese Americans, important constituencies in the Aloha state, according to an article by the Star-Advertiser.
Mr. Iges victory against Mr. Aiona came after he defeated the incumbent governor, Neil Abercrombie, despite a notable fundraising disadvantage, little name recognition and a last-minute push by President Barack Obama on behalf of the governor, who recorded a radio advertisement for Mr. Abercrombie. It was the first time since Hawaiian statehood in 1959 that an incumbent governor had lost a primary challenge.
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