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| Nov. 19, 2010--Reps.-elect Mike
Grimm (NY-13) and Renee Elmers (NC-2)* talk with reporters after the
class photo. *Elmers' opponent, Rep. Bob Etheridge (D), conceded later on this day, after a recount put her ahead by about 1,500 votes. |
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| Most of the newly elected women
House members line up for a photo. Left to right are Terri
Sewell (D-AL), Renee Elmers (R-NC), Nan Hayworth (R-NY), Kristi
Noem (R-SD), Jaime Hererra (R-WA), Ann Marie Buerkle (R-NY)*,
Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Sandy Adams
(R-FL),
Diane Black (R-TN), and Karen Bass (D-CA). Missing are
Martha Roby (R-AL) and Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI). *The race in NY-25 has not been definitively settled. Buerkle leads Rep. Dan Maffei (D) by 303 votes at the latest count; absentee votes remain to be counted. |
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| Rep. Tim Scott (SC-1) is one of
two black Republicans elected to Congress (the other is Rep. Alan West
(FL-22)). Scott, owner of Tim Scott Allstate, was elected to the
South Carolina House in 2008 after serving 13 years on the Charleston
City Council. The last African-American Republican to serve in
Congress was Rep. J.C. Watts (OK-4), who finished four terms in Jan.
2003. |
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