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Murray, who is fourth in Senate Democratic leadership, says her experience and clout make her the right candidate for the job, and that Rossi represents a return to the Bush era. "I think that the people of our state, and really our country, don't want us to go back to what we had. We're taking the hard steps forward." Murray said. "Are we there yet? No. But we are working hard every day, and I know what we need to do." In Wyoming, former U.S. Attorney Matt Mead narrowly led state auditor and Sarah Palin-backed Rita Meyer in the GOP gubernatorial primary. The winner will be favored to win in November and help the GOP pick up a governor's seat, with popular Democratic Gov. Dave Freudenthal stepping down after two terms. Mead held a 714-vote lead out of 105,000 votes cast. The winner will face Wyoming Democratic Party chairwoman Leslie Petersen. In California, a normally quiet legislative special election turned into a bigger deal because a Democratic victory could have put the party within one vote of the two-thirds majority they need in the Senate to approve budgets and tax increases. The Republican won despite an endorsement for the Democrat by Obama, who said the ability of Republican state lawmakers to block the spending plans of majority Democrats is equivalent to the roadblocks he has faced in Congress.
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