The political winners and losers of 2010

This year produced a number of winners and losers -- from the tea party and Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski to President Obama and the House ethics committee.

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Winner: Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner (Ohio)

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) fashioned himself into the uncompromising leader of the opposition to President Obama -- a move that paid off when Republicans took back the House this fall.

Bill O'leary / Washington Post

This Story Murkowski certified winner of Alaska Senate race Article \| JUNEAU, Alaska -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski was officially named the winner of Alaska's U.S. Senate race Thursday, following a period of legal fights and limbo that lasted longer than the write-in campaign she waged to keep her job. The political winners and losers of 2010 Miller not done, but won't stand in way of Murkowski's Senate certification		Network News X Profile View More Activity TOOLBOX E-Mail This Reprints		More on washingtonpost.com • More Photo News » washingtonpost.com
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The political winners and losers of 2010

This year produced a number of winners and losers -- from the tea party and Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski to President Obama and the House ethics committee.

Winner: Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner (Ohio)

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