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Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 March 2008 11:23 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 4 March 2008 11:23
RALEIGH | Based on the numbers alone, it would be easy for Republicans in the General Assembly to be more than a little discouraged headed into 2008.
The GOP holds just 71 of the Legislature’s 170 seats – the party’s lowest total in a decade – after Democrats handily outspent Republicans to win nearly all of the competitive races in the 2006 election.
“We’re at our low point now,” said Sen. Tom Apodaca of Henderson County, the deputy Republican leader in the chamber, where 31 of the 50 seats are held by Democrats.
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