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Tuesday's election may have been a blue tsunami nationally, but it was perhaps more of a blue trickle in Alabama.
Joseph King
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Gulf States Newsroom
Gulf States Newsroom
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Vasha Hunt/AP PhotoFigures received about 54% of the vote in Tuesday's midterm election. -
Drew Hawkins/Gulf States NewsroomWith many Louisiana schools closed for Election Day, Gulf States Newsroom senior reporter Drew Hawkins brought his children — Eden and Finnegan — to the polls to learn about the civic process.
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