Mocs News Staff

The Latest: Lee elected Tennessee’s governor, defeats Dean

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on Tennessee’s general election (all times local): 7:40 p.m. Republican businessman and political newcomer Bill Lee will become Tennessee’s next governor, replacing outgoing GOP Gov. Bill Haslam. Lee won Tuesday’s election against former Democratic Nashville Mayor Karl Dean. Lee is chairman of a Franklin …

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Dems flip 2 GOP seats in early returns for House battle

By LISA MASCARO, AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats flipped their first two Republican-held House seats Tuesday as polls closed in the East, winning an open Florida district and another in the suburbs of the nation’s capital as they worked to wrest control of the chamber from the GOP …

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