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Republican landslide sweeps U.S. House and Senate gains
The November 6 election produced sweeping Republican victories in the House and likely Senate gains. Voters favored Governor Dewey and party leaders, with several Democratic incumbents defeated in states including Delaware, Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York. Truman’s party suffered losses as Republicans seized contest leads in multiple races, signaling a shift in national political power.
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Leon
Texas
Republican House
Robert A. Taft
Alben Barkley
D-Ky
Hardy
GOP
Carroll
Vandenberg
Reece
Vic
Tories
West Virginia
Mary
Byrnes
New Mexico
Nevada
Tom Connally
Senate
Visor
Thomas EB. Dewey
New York
Sen Relations Committee
James Mead
Colorado
Dewey
John Carroll
Denver
Irving M. Ives
Dean
Herbert Leh Gillespie
Congress
Mead
Willan _Lee
John W. Brickler
Ohio
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
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Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Idaho
Wisconsin
Maine
New Jersey
Nebraska
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Indiana
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Florida
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Tennessee
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Joseph Guffey
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Roosevelt
Joseph E. Guffey
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James M. Tunnell
James Huffman
Andrew J. May
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