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Those Washington Republicans not now publicly ruing Saturday's special election loss in Louisiana are doing so in private. via Washington Times

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“Republicans are going to find races that would have been slam-dunks in the past to be extremely challenging”

Washington -- The Deep South held fast against the surge that swept the Democratic Party into power in Congress two years ago. via Springfield News Leader

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A suspected pipe bomb exploded at the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego early yesterday morning, shattering a glass entryway and damaging the lobby. via The Boston Globe

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“This is an attempt to add more transparency to these very, very hardworking individuals who have responsibility for very large amounts of money”

BATON ROUGE -- Wardens of Louisiana's 13 state prisons should be forced to disclose their sources of income and other personal financial information, the state House of Representatives decided Thursday. via The Shreveport Times

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“Illinois was really bad, Louisiana was worse, if that's possible, but if we don't win in Mississippi, I think you are going to see a lot of people running around here looking for windows to jump out of”

House Republicans who hoped to be on a slow climb back to the majority by now are reeling from Democratic victories in special elections in Illinois and Louisiana, and sources say another loss in Mississippi ... via Politico.com

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“My experience is there's never a good time to bring this proposal forward.”

Two lawmakers are resigning their seats in the Legislature, after winning congressional elections over the weekend. via The Associated Press

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State Rep. Don Cazayoux , who opposes abortion rights, on Saturday won a special election for a Louisiana U.S. House seat that has been held by Republicans for 33 years, the Washington Post reports . via MediLexicon

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“Why endure the primary process when they (white candidates) have the advantage?”

State Representative Michael Jackson is on the verge of costing the Democrats a Congressional seat they have nearly won - and perhaps giving himself a leg up on capturing it himself in the fall. via BayouBuzz.com

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“It's of enormous national significance”

A conservative Democrat who portrays himself as a tough-on-crime former prosecutor may spoil Republican hopes to keep a long-held Louisiana congressional seat. via The Oregonian

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“With the NRCC in disarray and ineffective, there is no doubt that the Freedom's Watch and other outside groups are our biggest competitor this cycle”

Democrats have privately expressed concerns that Sheldon Adelson would dump as much as $200 million into the group's bank account. via Washington Examiner

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