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Italy's Regional Voters Thwart Hopes of Right-Wing Forces

Associated Press

   ROME - Italian voters thwarted right-wing opposition leader Matteo
   Salvini's hopes of turning an election in a key northern region into a
   springboard for regaining national power, nearly complete results
   showed Monday.
   The center-left Democrats' incumbent won 51.4% of Sunday's vote for the
   governorship of the prosperous Emilia-Romagna region-- a longtime
   center-left stronghold-- with Salvini's League party candidate winning
   43.7 %.
   The Democrats are the junior partner in a wobbly coalition government
   led by Premier Giuseppe Conte.

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