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UNO Political Science Professor Says Tuesday Election Results Very Significant

UNO Political Science Professor Says Tuesday Election Results Very Significant

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A political science professor sees Tuesday’s election results as very significant.

Randall Adkins with the University of Nebraska-Omaha says the message voters send often resembles a pendulum. . .

Adkins says the margins of victory Democrats enjoyed Tuesday surprised him. . .

Adkins says politics are charged right now, driving people to the polls. He says the results should be a warning to Republican Congressman Don Bacon’s re-election campaign. Bacon is running for re-election for the first time in the Second Congressional District of metropolitan Omaha.

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