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Decline of Southern Democrats reshapes Senate landscape
The defeat of Sen. Mary Landrieu in Louisiana signals no Deep South Democrat will hold a Senate seat in January. Kay Hagan and Mark Pryor also lost, Georgia’s John Barrow exited, while Republicans emerge as the white majority party. The piece traces a half-century of realignment from Hollings to the current partisan divide driven by race and changing voter loyalties.
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Bill Cassidy
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Georgia
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House of Representatives
Old Confederacy
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Lindy Boggs
New Orleans
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Congress
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Fritz Hollings
South Carolina
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Sam Nunn
David Pryor
Michelle
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New York Times
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