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In what was a sad story, a happy new chapter.

Doris Matsui, widow of longtime California Congressman Robert Matsui, who died on New Year’s day after a brief illness, has tonight won a special election to fill his seat. She took just under 72% of the vote.

Matsui, you’ll remember, was to have been the House Democrats’ point-man in the fight against privatizing Social Security. So far they’ve honored his memory.

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