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It’s Patrick in a romp
Democrats capture US House and Senate
It's Patrick in a romp
Deval Patrick greeted supporters at the Hynes Convention Center on Nov. 7. (Globe Staff Photo / John Tlumacki)

Mass. win makes history

(By Frank Phillips, Globe Staff, 11/8/06)
Completing one of the most extraordinary political journeys the state has seen, Democrat Deval L. Patrick won a landslide victory over Republican Kerry Healey and two other candidates.
 TRANSCRIPT: Acceptance speech
The National Scene

Democrats complete sweep of Congress

(By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff, 11/10/06)
On Nov. 9, Democrats took control of the US Senate, completing an election sweep that sent the GOP to minority status in both chambers of Congress and giving the Democrats a base of power they have not had for the first six years of the Bush administration.
ANALYSIS: Voters signal a loss of patience with president's war plan
(By Peter S. Canellos, Globe Staff, 11/8/06)
WASHINGTON -- The Democratic victory last night did not mark the end of the war in Iraq, but it seemed to mark the end of America's patience with the war.
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How you voted
Pop-up How you voted
Town-by-town results of voting in the Massachusetts governor's race.
Pop-up AUDIO SLIDESHOW: In Lynn, many voices
Pop-up AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Patrick's victory celebration
Pop-up AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Can't vote, won't vote
Opinion:
 GLOBE EDITORIAL: A new way to govern
 GLOBE EDITORIAL: A change of course
 JOAN VENNOCHI: What's next for Patrick?
 JEFF JACOBY: End to troubling chapter
 STEVE BAILEY: After Romney
Message Board YOUR VIEW: Ross and Mihos?
 SCOT LEHIGH: No confidence in Bush
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analysis: A steep slide for the GOP

(By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff, 11/8/06)
That thud was the sound of the Republican Party hitting bottom in Massachusetts.
Message Board YOUR VIEW: Question 1 rejection?
 POLL WATCHERS : Your reports from the field
(By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff, 11/8/06)
The Kerry Healey team is under attack for running a campaign that some call vicious and others say failed to let voters warm up to Healey. But her advisers defend their approach, saying that Healey was in the race to win.
Photo Gallery PHOTOS: Candidates concede
 TRANSCRIPT: Concession speech Video Video
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