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...Carney downed four-term incumbent Don Sherwood, who pleaded with voters to forgive his marital infidelity, apparently to no avail. In Ohio, the Democrat Zack Space pummeled Joy Padgett, the hand-picked replacement of Rep. Bob Ney, who resigned amid an investigation of his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff...
...Meanwhile, Republicans have been rocked by problems in their own ranks, first by the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, which resulted in the resignation of one lawmaker, the retirement of a second and lengthened the odds of reelection of several other previously safe members. More recently, the Mark Foley scandal involving inappropriate contacts with House pages opened up another seat and put the party on the defensive for several weeks...
...Dogged by connections to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a series of campaign gaffes that included attacking some firefighters for doing "a poor job" containing a blaze in the state, Republican Conrad Burns is in danger of losing in Montana, where President Bush won by 20 points two years ago. Polls are virtually even in his race against Jon Tester, the Democrat who is president of the state Senate there...
...with reporters in Washington digging through Foley’s perverted instant messages. Surreal, but not especially novel. Except perhaps for a few months following 9/11, politically interested people born in the 1980s have never known honorable politics. We were weaned on Monica Lewinsky; next came Florida, Iraq, Katrina, Abramoff, William Jefferson stuffing cash into his freezer, and partisanship so vicious it turns off even the proudly Machiavellian students at the IOP. JFK’s speech at Vanderbilt feels like it was from another universe—an historical curiosity, but not a compelling reason to pursue a career...
...Republicans who have dominated Ohio politics in recent years would likely lose both the governorship and a Senate seat. As many as five House seats are also at risk, including that of indicted Congressman Bob Ney, who pleaded guilty to corruption charges stemming from his involvement in the Jack Abramoff investigation, and who is likely to be expelled from Congress...