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width="1" height="1" //divpThe Republicans have won a crucial election to deny president-elect
Barack Obama and the Democrats the chance of a 60-seat "super-majority" in the Senate./ppThe
Republican incumbent, Saxby Chambliss, held on to his seat in Georgia in an election run-off held
because the November 4 vote failed to produce an outright winner./ppChambliss had called on the
electorate to back him in order to build a "firewall" against total control by Obama of the White
House, the Senate and the House of Representatives./ppThe Republican victory means the Democrats
have 58 of the 100 senate seats. A majority of 60 would have allowed them to override Republican
delaying tactics such as filibusters that could play havoc with Obama's ambitious legislative
programme. Instead, the Democrats will have to rely on moderate Republicans to see their bills
through./ppAnother senate contest, in Minnesota, is being recounted and remains in the balance but
the Georgia defeat makes that outcome less important./ppWith 96% of the vote counted, Chambliss
took 57% to Democratic candidate Jim Martin's 43%. Martin benefited on November 4 from the big
African-American turnout in the southern state for Obama. Turnout on Tuesday, by contrast, was
low./ppBoth sides saturated Georgia with adverts and visits by prominent politicians, including the
failed vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, on Monday. Obama, possibly wanting to avoid
association with a defeat, did not go to Georgia to campaign for Martin./ppIn Minnesota, the
Democratic candidate, Al Franken, is trailing the Republican Norm Coleman in a recount that has to
be completed by December 16. Franken is cutting into Coleman's lead. By last night, with 93% of the
total vote recounted, Coleman was only 303 ahead./pdiv style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;
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