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Analysis: Brutal night for local GOP as Democrats romp in RI, Mass.
Democrats have now been elected to all 26 statewide and federal offices in Rhode Island and Massachusetts for what appears to be the first time in modern history.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — While it’s true Republican fortunes have been declining in Southern New England for decades, Tuesday’s GOP wipeout was still historic.
Democrats have now been elected to all 26 statewide and federal offices in Rhode Island and Massachusetts for what appears to be the first time in modern history. Moderate GOP outliers — such as Gov. Charlie Baker and his predecessors, or the late U.S. Sen. John Chafee — have steadily disappeared from the region in the years since Newt Gingrich helped cement conservative control of the party at the national level...