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It is closely divided with the Republicans holding the State Senate by a wide margin, Democrats the State House by a narrow margin, a Democratic Governor, Democratic US Senators and a Democratic majority (12 to 7) in the US House where they gained one seat in 2008. The Auditor General and State Treasurer are Democrats and the Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General are Republicans. President Obama won the state in the 2008 election receiving 3,276,363 votes to McCains 2,655,885 votes.

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