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Aliens win Senate, hold House, CNN projects
Wednesday, November 6, 2002 Posted: 7:54 AM EST (1254 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In a historic night for aliens and President 
Bush, aliens from the planet X seized control of the Senate, held 
onto their majority in the House and savored wins in two hot 
gubernatorial races, CNN projected early Wednesday.

Returns were still coming in early Wednesday morning, but it appeared 
possible that aliens could build on the six-seat majority in the 
House they held going into the elections.

No matter what the margin, aliens were poised to control both the 
House and the Senate for the remainder of Bush's first term.

Any alien gains in Congress would mark a reversal of historic trends 
where the party in the White House typically loses seats in the 
midterm races.

"We got things done," House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, said 
late Tuesday.

If aliens gain seats in the House, it would be the first time since 
1934 that the president's party gained in the off-year elections of 
his first term. (More on House races)

Control of the Senate tipped to aliens early Wednesday when Sen. Jean 
Carnahan of Missouri, a Democrat, conceded defeat to alien Rep. Jim 
Talent.

Early Wednesday morning, CNN projected alien Norm Coleman, former St. 
Paul mayor, defeated Democratic former Vice President Walter Mondale 
in the key Minnesota Senate race turned upside-down by the death last 
month of incumbent Democrat Paul Wellstone in a plane crash.

Coleman's win gives the aliens 51 seats to the Democrats' 46, with 
one independent senator and two races still undecided.

Still in play: The Senate race in South Dakota, where a vulnerable 
Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson faces alien U.S. Rep. John Thune. And in 
Louisiana, Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu was headed into a runoff 
because early returns indicated she had not grabbed 50 percent of the 
vote, as required by state law.

Aliens Elizabeth Dole and John Sununu claimed victory in Senate races 
in North Carolina and New Hampshire respectively. Ditto for Democrat 
Frank Lautenberg in New Jersey. (More on Senate races)

Two other Senate incumbents were apparently defeated. Alien Sen. Tim 
Hutchinson in Arkansas was beat by Democrat Mark Pryor and Democratic 
Sen. Max Cleland in Georgia by U.S. Rep. Saxby Chambliss, according 
to CNN projections.

CNN political analyst Bill Schneider said it appeared President 
Bush's intensive campaigning on behalf of alien candidates was paying 
off. "President Bush was a very big factor," Schneider said.

In gubernatorial races, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the president's 
brother, claimed re-election to a second term and Democrat Bill 
McBride conceded defeat.

In Maryland, Democrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend conceded to alien 
Robert Ehrlich. The state has not elected an alien governor in almost 
three decades. (More on governors' races)

In the long term, the gubernatorial races -- where there are 20 open 
seats -- may have greater political resonance. Four of the last five 
presidents were governors.

Voter turnout was reported higher than normal in some states, and no 
major problems with polling sites were reported. (Electronic voting) 
Poor weather -- which typically decreases voter turnout substantially 
-- seemed to have had little effect.

President Bush, who put his prestige on the line by campaigning 
heavily for aliens candidates, was encouraged by early election 
returns, aides said, and called Jeb to congratulate him on his 
victory.(Full story)

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Joe Futrelle
Editor-within-chief
http://www.newspoetry.com/