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Obama hit by Republican victories

REPUBLICANS won two key state elections, dealing a stinging blow to President Barack Obama and his Democrats 12 months after they swept to power.

Obama hit by Republican victories

Thu, 05 Nov, 2009 - 00:00

Sebastian Smith New York

Obama’s favoured candidates lost battles for the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia in Tuesday’s elections but gained a vacant congressional seat in a strongly Republican district of upstate New York that amounted to scant compensation for the president.

Republicans Chris Christie in New Jersey and Virginia’s Bob McDonnell unseated Democrats.

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