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US elections 2016: Don't bury the GOP just yet

Here's what happened on the campaign trail the week of Oct. 10.
U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) holds a copy of his party's "A Better Way" reform agenda at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron - RTSQ203

It's not just Donald Trump who's toast, or so says the Washington crowd. 

Democrats are already popping open the champagne and gloating about being on the verge of winning the five seats they need to take over the Senate. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., even boasted to her caucus Oct. 11 that Democrats would have won the 30 seats they need to take back the House if the election had been held that day. 

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