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Heidi Heitkamp Wins Senate Seat In North Dakota

by Brian Beutler

11.07.12 | 4:18 am

Democrat Heidi Heitkamp has narrowly defeated Republican Rep. Rick Berg in a race to replace retiring Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND). The margin in the race remains small enough — just shy of 3000 votes and less than one percent — that Berg could request a recount.

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Brian Beutler Brian Beutler is TPM's senior congressional reporter. Since 2009, he's led coverage of health care reform, Wall Street reform, taxes, the GOP budget, the government shutdown fight and the debt limit fight. He can be reached at brian@talkingpointsmemo.com