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SENATE
GOP:
DEMS: |
55
45 |
55
45 |
0
0 |
HOUSE
GOP:
DEMS:
IND: |
228
206
1 |
223
211
1 |
-5
+5
0 |
GOVERNOR
GOP:
DEMS:
IND: |
32
17
1 |
31
17
2 |
-1
0
+1 |
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Familiar faces around the House
(AllPolitics, November 3) -- Out of the spotlight shining on the close races Tuesday, a number of familiar faces on both sides of the congressional aisle won re-election relatively uncontested.
House Speaker Newt Gingrich, in Congress since 1978 and a veteran of tight re-election races, handily prevailed over Democratic challenger Gary "Bats" Pelphrey, a suburban Atlanta lawyer, to retain Georgia's 6th district seat.
House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, who was first elected in 1976 to Missouri's 3rd district and who openly holds presidential aspirations, comfortably defeated Republican William J. Federer, a St. Louis professional.
Illinois Republican Henry Hyde -- first elected in 1974 and who, as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will oversee impeachment hearings against President Clinton -- easily held off Democrat Thomas A. Cramer of suburban Chicago in the state's 6th congressional district.
Southwest and suburban Houston, which comprise Texas' 22nd district, returned House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, first elected in 1984, over Democrat Hill Kemp, a management consultant with state House experience.
Republican Dan Burton, first elected in 1982, trounced Democrat Bob Kern, a paralegal who had made one previous shot for the House. Burton, who represents Indiana's 6th district, has headed House investigations into potential Democratic fund-raising abuses.
Democrat John Lewis, a civil rights hero and Clinton supporter who since 1986 has represented Georgia's urban Atlanta 5th district, was never in any doubt against Republican John H. Lewis Sr., a retired construction worker who is no relation to the lawmaker.
J.C. Watts, an African American who is considered a rising star in Republican ranks, may continue his ascent after early results indicated he easily defeated Democrat Ben Odom, a lawyer and law professor active in the Democratic Party, for a third term in Oklahoma's 4th district seat.
Republican Bob Barr, arguably a burr in Clinton's side since first elected to Georgia's 7th district seat in 1994, defeated James F. Williams, an insurance broker with county-level government experience.
Congressional Quarterly contributed to this report.
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