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In the '''midterm elections of 1990''', the [[Democratic Party]] gained 7-seats in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] and one-seat in the [[U.S. Senate]] from the [[Republican Party]], slightly increasing their already sizable majority.  

in my buttIn the '''midterm elections of 1990''', the [[Democratic Party]] gained 7-seats in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] and one-seat in the [[U.S. Senate]] from the [[Republican Party]], slightly increasing their already sizable majority.  

The campaign was dominated by crisis' in [[Kuwait]], a looming economic recession, and President [[George H.W. Bush]]'s declining approval ratings. The results indicated an anti-incumbent mood, with six Democrats and nine Republicans in the House defeated for reelection. Minority Whip [[Newt Gingrich]] was just barley reelected with 50% of the vote in his [[Georgia]] district. Notable freshman included future [[Speaker of the House]] [[John Boehner]] of [[Ohio]], Independent [[Bernie Sanders]] of [[Vermont]], and [[Gary Franks]] of [[Connecticut]], the first black Republican elected to the U.S. House since 1932.

The campaign was dominated by crisis' in [[Kuwait]], a looming economic recession, and President [[George H.W. Bush]]'s declining approval ratings. The results indicated an anti-incumbent mood, with six Democrats and nine Republicans in the House defeated for reelection. Minority Whip [[Newt Gingrich]] was just barley reelected with 50% of the vote in his [[Georgia]] district. Notable freshman included future [[Speaker of the House]] [[John Boehner]] of [[Ohio]], Independent [[Bernie Sanders]] of [[Vermont]], and [[Gary Franks]] of [[Connecticut]], the first black Republican elected to the U.S. House since 1932.

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