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PERCENTAGES: ?In the midst of a resounding national rebuke at all levels of government, the Democra?

By Glenn Reynolds

PERCENTAGES: “In the midst of a resounding national rebuke at all levels of government, the Democrats have been taking some solace in having held the Senate. But to put the Republicans’ Senate gains this week into perspective, Republicans won an even higher percentage of Senate races than House races (they won 65 percent of the 37 Senate races, versus approximately 56 percent of the 435 House races). And, counting Lisa Murkowski as still being a Republican (a spokesman for her campaign says the Alaskan would caucus with the GOP if she beats Joe Miller in their still-undecided race), there have been only two elections since 1950 in which Republicans have gained more Senate seats than the six they gained in 2010.”

This kinda undermines claims that the Tea Party cost the GOP the Senate.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on November 08, 2010 (boomark / email).