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Republicans Gain Half of Total US Senate Seats

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - U.S. Republican Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska won
   reelection Wednesday, assuring Republicans of at least 50 seats in the
   100-member Senate for the next two years, while leaving control of the
   chamber uncertain until two runoff elections are held in Georgia in
   early January.

   After slow vote-counting in the northwestern-most state of the U.S.
   after the November 3 election, news media concluded that Sullivan had
   an insurmountable lead over Al Gross, an orthopedic surgeon who ran as
   an independent candidate with Democratic support. The contest was
   called with Sullivan, a conservative, ahead by 20 percentage points.

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