Dems score big in off-year elections
9th Nov 2005, 22:12 GMT
Democrats kept their grip on the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey in Tuesday's off-year elections, while New York City's Republican mayor, Michael Bloomberg, easily secured a second term in the Democratic-dominated Big Apple. Meanwhile, in California, voters rejected all four special-election initiatives backed by Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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