Virginia, New Jersey races may test Obama influence

Nov 3rd, 2009 - Reuters

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* Democrats bracing for possibility of losses

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* Wild race in New York congressional district

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Republicans seeking acomeback from recent losses may pick up the governor's seats inVirginia and New Jersey on Tuesday in campaigns that tested thelimits of U.S. President Barack Obama's influence.

Democrats were bracing for the unhappy possibility theycould go down to defeat not just in those two states but in acongressional district in upstate New York where a conservativecandidate was leading.

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