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Thursday, November 26, 2009

November 07, 2006

Bellwether District in Kentucky Leans to Dem

Posted at 8:28 PM ET by Dan Gilgoff

With 78 percent of precincts reporting, Kentucky Rep. Anne Northup is narrowly trailing Democratic challenger John Yarmuth in a district long considered a national bellwether. As of 7:50 p.m., Yarmuth, the former publisher of an alternative weekly newspaper in Louisville, had 50.4 percent to Northup's 48.4 percent. As more votes are tallied in the next couple of hours, this bears watching. Long considered a tossup race by Cook Political Report, a skin-of-the-teeth-win by Northup could signal surprising Republican resilience in the nation's swing districts.


The staff of U.S. News & World Report are live in Washington watching the results roll in. Silla Brush is at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee headquarters and Will Sullivan is reporting from the Republican National Congressional Committee headquarters. Ken Walsh and Dan Gilgoff are in the U.S. News offices, while Michael Barone is live nationally on Fox television and Gloria Borger is live on CBS.

U.S. News photographers are also dispatched around the nation, filing photos live to our photo gallery.

Our hour-by-hour guide to tonight's key races will help you find the bellwethers throughout the nation.

As the numbers roll in, if you have anecdotes to report or questions about the returns that you'd like us to address, please email electionresults @ usnews.com.

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