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Comment (* Christie defeats incumbent Corzine in New Jersey
* Democrat wins New York congressional district (Updates with more analysis, details)
By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Republicans rolled to victoryin Virginia and New Jersey governor's races on Tuesday in asharp blow to Democrats that showed the limits of U.S.President Barack Obama's political clout.
After suffering a one-two punch in those two states,Democrats salvaged a victory over a conservative candidate in acongressional district in upstate New York in a race thatexposed a split in the Republican Party.
Republican Bob McDonnell scored an easy victory overDemocrat Creigh Deeds in Virginia. In New Jersey, RepublicanChris Christie had a tougher time with incumbent DemocraticGovernor Jon Corzine but prevailed.
The victories buoyed Republican hopes that they had emergedfrom the political wilderness after losing...
