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Voters Head to Polls in Midterm Elections

HeadlineNov 02, 2010

After months of campaigning, advertising and record-breaking election spending, candidates across the country made a last-minute push Monday before millions of voters head to the polls in today’s elections. Republicans are widely expected to win enough seats to retake control of the House, while Democrats are expected to narrowly hold on to the Senate. In Nevada, First Lady Michelle Obama campaigned for embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

First Lady Michelle Obama: “This election is about all that we have left to do in the months and years ahead. But my husband, he can’t do this alone. He needs leaders like Harry Reid to help him. And we all need folks like you to make that happen.”

Polls show Reid is trailing Republican opponent Sharron Angle in a tight race. Meanwhile, in Ohio, Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner told supporters Republicans will try to repeal President Obama’s healthcare law.

House Minority Leader John Boehner: “I’m here tonight to say thank you for everything that you’ve done, all the doors you’ve knocked on, all the calls that you’ve made, and to ask you to spend the next twenty-four hours doing everything you can to turn out every voter that you can vote. Working together, we can cut government, we can create jobs in America, we can repeal Obama-care, and we can fix the United States Congress. It’s all in our pledge to America.”

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