OTHER ELECTION RESULTS — Control of Senate shifts to GOP; State voters approve tougher gun background checks; Class size initiative too close to call
Published 12:01 am Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Control of Senate shifts to GOP
Republicans wrested back control of the Senate on Tuesday night by adding at least six seats to their ranks, riding a wave of discontent with and resentment toward President Obama and his policies and consolidating Republican power on Capitol Hill.
The sixth Democratic seat the Republicans picked up was in North Carolina, where Thom Tillis defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Kay Hagan. Voters in Arkansas and Colorado ousted Democratic incumbents Mark Pryor and Mark Udall and elected Republicans in West Virginia, Montana and South Dakota.
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State voters approve tougher gun background checks
I-594, the state initiative to expand background checks on gun buyers, won 59.9 percent of votes counted on Tuesday. I-591, which would prohibit stronger background checks, was failing with 54.6 percent voting no.
Class size initiative too close to call
A statewide initiative to reduce K-12 class sizes was too close to call in Tuesday’s vote count. Voters were rejecting it, but the “no” vote was 50.5 percent.
