Top 5 Winners and Losers in Historic Election

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There were more winners and losers in Tuesday's elections than ever before, and that's not even counting those impacted by the Republican wave like President Obama's agenda. That's a huge loser. And even some winners were losers, like embattled Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank who won reelection but will lose his chairmanship of the influential House Financial Services Committee when the Republicans take control in January. So instead of a long, drawn out list, we've done some analysis and picked the five top winners and five top losers in the elections.

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