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    Troubling Signs for Both Parties in Yesterday's Elections

    There were no real surprises in election results last night, but there were some surprises in the margins of the vote. In Indiana, State Treasurer Richard Mourdock was expected to beat incumbent Senator Richard Lugar , who valued cooperation over confrontation, but not by 20 points.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Judy Muller • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    There were no real surprises in election results last night, but there were some surprises in the margins of the vote. In Indiana, State Treasurer Richard Mourdock was expected to beat incumbent Senator Richard Lugar, who valued cooperation over confrontation, but not by 20 points. In North Carolina, Amendment One banning gay marriage and civil unions was expected to pass, but not by twenty points. We hear more about yesterday's results from Karen Tumulty national political correspondent for the Washington Post, and Larry Sabato, Director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.

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      Judy Muller

      University of Southern California

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Assistant Producer, To the Point/Which Way, LA?

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

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      Karen Tumulty

      columnist and deputy opinion editor, Washington Post

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      Larry Sabato

      Director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics and editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball. He’s author of “The Kennedy Half Century; The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy.”

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    Alone in America
    1. 0:00Double Agent Foils Bombing Plot
    2. 7:36Living Alone: What Are the Consequences of Going Solo?
    3. 39:04Troubling Signs for Both Parties in Yesterday's ElectionsYou’re reading this
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