Ousted! Democrat Tom Daschle: The first Senate leader in a half century to lose.

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Hello,

This is a red letter day for me! This man represented the worst of politics.

Thanks to the Internet and the South Dakotans who FINALLY began reading what this man said in D.C. versus what he said in their local press.

The era of the two-faced forked-tongue Senator from SD is finally over.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans expanded their hold on Congress in Tuesday's elections and Democrat Tom Daschle became the first Senate leader in a half century to be voted out of office, according to network projections.

RACE OUTCOMES

Daschle, the Senate minority leader, was the Republicans' top congressional target and deemed the "chief obstructionist" to Bush's conservative agenda. He was the first Senate leader to be defeated since 1952 when Democrat Ernest McFarland of Arizona was unseated by Republican Barry Goldwater.

Daschle lost to former Republican U.S. Rep. John Thune, who came within 524 votes in 2002 of unseating the other senator in the Republican-leaning state, Democrat Tim Johnson.

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