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4A – Daily News – Tuesday, November 2, 2010 Takeover in sight, GOP confident about election WASHINGTON (AP) — A takeover of the House in sight, Repub- licans brimmed with confidence while Democrats braced for losses on the eve of recession-era elections for control of Congress and dozens of state- houses. ‘‘The American people are in charge,’’ declared GOP leader John Boehner, vowing to shrink the size and cost of government if his party wins power on Tuesday. Favorites and under- dogs alike went through their final campaign paces on Monday, beck- oning voters to turn out in the small towns of swing House districts and the large urban cen- ters where statewide races are won and lost. ‘‘It does us no good that people are support- ing us if they don’t turn into voters,’’ said Marco Rubio, a Repub- lican rated a strong favorite for a Senate seat in a tangled multi- candidate race in Flori- da. ‘‘When people vote, we win,’’ said Sen. Blanche Lincoln, an Arkansas Democrat whose re-election bid was written off weeks ago by strategists in her own party. President Barack Obama was home from the campaign trail at the White House after a weekend rush through four states. He had a radio interview on his Election Day morning schedule with Ryan Seacrest, the emcee of ‘‘American Idol’’ and host of a Top 40 radio program. The president trav- eled to 14 states in the final month of the cam- paign, some of them twice, in a bid to rekin- dle the enthusiasm of young voters, liberals, blacks and indepen- dents whose ballots propelled him to the White House. Vice President Joe Biden campaigned in Vermont, where a close gubernatorial election loomed, before heading to his home state of Delaware — one of the few bright spots on the Democratic map this year. There was little or no doubt that Republicans would pick up seats in a campaign their leaders M-F Now on Facebook 6am-2pm * Thanksgiving Dinner Rolls Deadline: Mon. 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He would be likely to become House speaker if the GOP takes con- trol. In remarks prepared for an evening rally in Cincinnati, he said, ‘‘Our first priority will be to create new jobs ... to get our economy moving again by ending the uncertainty facing small businesses.’’ He pledged weekly votes in Congress to cut federal spending, vowed to extend tax cuts due to expire at year’s end and said Republicans would ‘‘fight to repeal’’ Obama’s health care legislation and replace it with unspecified reforms. In the costliest midterm campaign in history, the political parties and outside groups attacked to the end. House Democrats targeted South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson, the lawmaker who shouted ‘‘you lie’’ during Obama’s health care speech to Congress 14 months ago. The dis- trict’s population is more than 25 percent black. In a more telling move, they put money down to try and head off late-developing upset threats against Reps. Gene Taylor in Missis- sippi, Ron Kind in Wis- consin and Bruce Bra- ley in Iowa. Well-financed GOP- allied outside groups continued to pour Barber Shop $ Cheers 600 Open 6 days 570-2304 259 S. Main St. Tractor Supply Center Senior Cuts money into efforts to turn Republican gains into a major sweep, including targeting 18- term Rep. Jim Oberstar of Minnesota. In all, the Democ- rats’ House campaign arm spent nearly double the amount bankrolling its candidates that it had in 2008 — $145 million during this election compared with $76 mil- lion two years ago. The GOP counterpart shelled out $121 mil- lion, more than five times the amount it did two years ago when it lost seats for the second straight election. All 435 House seats are on the ballot on Tuesday, and Republi- cans need to gain 40 to regain the majority they lost four years ago. More than 100 seats are seen as competitive — or already given up for lost by the Democrats. There are 37 Senate elections, and Republi- cans need to pick up 10 to win the majority, a more distant possibility than gaining House control. A half-dozen or more remained too close to call. Among them was the race in Nevada, where Majority Leader Harry Reid battled 14.4 percent unemployment and tea party favorite Sharron Angle in his fight for six more years in office. An estimated 60 percent or more of Nevada’s total vote was cast in early balloting that ended late last week, and both parties professed satisfaction with the outcome so far. Nowhere was a race more inscrutable than the three-way Senate election in Alaska. There, Sen. Lisa Murkowski ran a write- in campaign in hopes of avenging a Republican primary defeat at the hands of Joe Miller — and the Democrats jumped in with late cash in hopes of lifting their candidate, Scott McAdams, to victory. Voters in 37 states elect governors on Tuesday, including large states from Flori- da to Texas and Califor- nia. 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