Headline Roundup December 7, 2014
Dems Lose Louisiana Seat
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CNN Digital
Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu lost her Senate runoff race Saturday night, felled by the red tide that's swept the South and ties to an unpopular President that she couldn't shake.
CNN called the race for her Republican opponent Rep. Bill Cassidy a little over a half hour after the polls closed. Republicans picked up nine Senate seats this election cycle and will have control of 54 seats in the chamber next year.
Once seen as Democrats' strongest incumbent, Landrieu ended up such a long-shot in her runoff with Cassidy that...
Townhall
The 18-year long reign of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) has finally come to an end in Louisiana. In a landslide victory in Saturday’s runoff election, Republican Bill Cassidy defeated the incumbent and captured the ninth Senate seat for the GOP, capping off a victorious midterm election for his party. Cassidy pulled in 56 percent of the vote, to Landrieu's 44 percent.
The road was rocky for Landrieu from the start. The public found out about her improper use of taxpayer funds, then the fact she doesn’t even own a home...
HuffPost
Republicans will hold at least 246 seats in the House come January, matching the post-World War II high of the Truman administration.
Republicans will expand their current 234-201 advantage by a dozen seats in the next Congress — with one race still undecided.
On Saturday, Republicans kept control of two Louisiana seats as candidates Ralph Abraham and Garret Graves won runoffs.
The House breakdown next year will be 246-188, but could grow.
There's still an automatic
