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Massachusetts voters sent a Republican, former healthcare executive Charlie Baker, to the statehouse after an election night featuring razor-thin margins and a wave of Republican victories in governors' races across the United States.
The outcomes in Connecticut and Alaska remained undecided on Wednesday while the Republican Party won more than half the 36 governors' races in the United States and control of both houses of Congress.
Concerns about the uneven economic recovery appeared to weigh on voters, who elected Republican governors in such political heavyweight states as Florida, Michigan and Wisconsin, as well as Democratic strongholds including Maryland and Illinois.
Baker waited until 16 hours after polls closed to make his acceptance speech and admitted he won by a nose.
Read more http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/05/us-usa-elections-governors-idUSKBN0IP1RJ20141105
The outcomes in Connecticut and Alaska remained undecided on Wednesday while the Republican Party won more than half the 36 governors' races in the United States and control of both houses of Congress.
Concerns about the uneven economic recovery appeared to weigh on voters, who elected Republican governors in such political heavyweight states as Florida, Michigan and Wisconsin, as well as Democratic strongholds including Maryland and Illinois.
Baker waited until 16 hours after polls closed to make his acceptance speech and admitted he won by a nose.
Read more http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/05/us-usa-elections-governors-idUSKBN0IP1RJ20141105
