Republican senatorial candidate Dino Rossi talks to supporters and reporters as his wife, Terry (right), and their children, (from second from left) Juliauna, Jake, Joseph and Jillian, look on, on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, in Bellevue, Wash., on Washington state’s primary election day. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
President Obama stands with Sen. Patty Murray, Washington Democrat, during a fundraiser ... more >In California, a normally quiet legislative special election turned into a bigger deal because a Democratic victory could have put the party within one vote of the two-thirds majority they need in the Senate to approve budgets and tax increases.
The Republican won despite an endorsement for the Democrat by Mr. Obama, who said the ability of Republican state lawmakers to block the spending plans of majority Democrats is equivalent to the roadblocks he has faced in Congress.
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