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Is losing too daunting a prospect for GOP voters now?
Political gaffes, blunders, and missteps hurt a number of campaigns this election.
The number of GOP governorships surges to its highest level in 12 years.
The youth vote played an influential role in the presidential election.
Supporters gathered in Boston were eager to applause, but found little reason to cheer.
Voters send Harry Reid, John Boehner, and Barack Obama back to Capitol to cope with same fiscal issues.
Many states are easy to place in candidate's columns, but the battlegrounds remain.
This year's campaign drew attention to tough problems the country will need to deal with soon.
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — One storm-battered New Jersey county was delivering ballots to emergency shelters Monday while New York City was lining up shuttle buses to ferry people in hard-hit coastal areas to the polls. With the presidential election looming just a week after Superstorm Sandy's devastation, authorities were scrambling to make voting as manageable as possible while election watchers warned that confusion over balloting could disenfranchise residents.
Tuesday, Maine will try for a second time to legalize gay marriage












