An Age Ends as Two Legends Exit Retiring Republican Sens. Strom Thurmond (S.C.) and Jesse Helms (N.C.) shared the cocksure defiance of a proud, recalcitrant South -- a culture that, by the sheer force of relentless homogenization, is disappearing along with them. Southern Senators Rose Against Lott Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) had decided Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) could not and should not survive as the incoming majority leader. Allen, serving as a front man for Lott's likely successor, picked up the phone to tell him so.
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Elections 2002 ACROSS THE NATION
A State-by-State Roundup of Races A final analysis of the 2002 vote that produced a Republican wave, shifting the balance of power in Washington. Choose by these regions:
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