Republican Party

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Democrat Elizabeth Warren, center, waves to the crowd with her husband Bruce Mann, left, during an election night rally at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel in Boston after Warren defeated incumbent GOP Sen. Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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George Allen, the GOP candidate for Senate in Virginia, and his wife, Susan, wait to vote in Fairfax. (Eva Russo/Special to the Washington Times)

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Richard Viguerie says, “The agenda of the conservative movement and the tea party of small-constitutional government will now become the agenda of the Republican Party.” (The Washington Times)

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Illustration GOP Wreath by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

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Senate Debates Metro Thursday October 25, 2012: Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown gestures as he speaks during their final debate with GOP challenger, Ohio state Treasurer Josh Mandel at WCET studios Thursday October 25, 2012 in Over-the-Rhine. (Pool/ Joseph Fuqua II/The Cincinnati Enquirer)

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Senate Debates Metro Thursday October 25, 2012: GOP challenger, Ohio state Treasurer Josh Mandel gestures as he speaks during their final debate with Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown at WCET studios Thursday October 25, 2012 in Over-the-Rhine. (Pool/ Joseph Fuqua II/The Cincinnati Enquirer)

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Republican nominee Mitt Romney may have lost the foreign policy debate Monday, but GOP analysts say he still could benefit from his performance in the long run. (Associated Press)

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"He is a good man," said comedian Dennis Miller about GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a rally at Ida Lee Park in Leesburg, Va. on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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"He is a good man," said comedian Dennis Miller about GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a rally at Ida Lee Park in Leesburg, Va. on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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George Allen's wife Susan campaigns for her husband and supports the Republican ticket during a rally for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney at Ida Lee Park in Leesburg, Va. on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Virginia supporters hold signs for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a rally at Ida Lee Park in Leesburg, Va. on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney holds a rally at Ida Lee Park in Leesburg, Va. on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney holds a rally at Ida Lee Park in Leesburg, Va. on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)