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      <excerpt>...who split their tickets to send them to Washington in the first place. For instance, in both Bobby Bright's Alabama 2nd and Walt Minnick's Idaho 1st, McCain-Palin bested Obama-Biden by 26 percentage points. The GOP national candidates also won by 23 poi</excerpt>
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      <title>The 39 House Democrats who Voted Against Their Party's Health Care Bill</title>
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      <excerpt> ... Walt Minnick, has to vote like a Republican to survive. Not surprisingly, Minnick was one of the 39 Democrats voting no on Saturday. Oregon State Rep. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Walt Minnick (Idaho), Harry Teague (NM), and Mike mcmahon (NY). It is unclear what issue decided the turnaround. The liberal website Daily Kos urged readers ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...(Md.), Jim Matheson (Utah), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (S.D.), Larry Kissell (N.C.), Bobby Bright (Ala.), Suzanne Kosmas (Fla.), Walt Minnick (Idaho), Harry Teague (N.M.), and Mike McMahon (N.Y.).&#160; It is unclear what issue decided the turnaround.&#160;  The</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Walt Minnick, Idaho: Vaughn Ward is a great GOP challenger in an R+18 district. &#8226; Ike Skelton, Mo.: First elected in 1976, but represents a R+14 district ... </excerpt>
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