среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Democrats Score Upsets in Key Races

WASHINGTON - Resurgent Democrats grabbed a Pennsylvania Senate seat and an Indiana House seat long in Republican hands Tuesday night, challenging for control of Congress in midterm elections shaped by an unpopular war in Iraq and scandal at home.

Democrats also elected governors in Ohio and Massachusetts for the first time in more than a decade.

Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania became the first Republican senator to fall to the Democrats, losing his seat after two conservative terms to Bob Casey Jr., the state treasurer.

In New York, Hillary Rodham Clinton held her seat.

In the battle for control of the House, Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., lost to Brad …

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