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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.20/western-elections-wrap-up">        <title>Western elections wrap-up</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.20/western-elections-wrap-up</link>        <description>High Country News examines the results of what everyone agrees was a "very weird election."</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson </dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Navajo Nation politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>campaign spending</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Republican Party</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sarah Palin</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>midterm election results</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ben Shelly</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sharron Angle</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Lynda Lovejoy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Democratic Party</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western state legislatures</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>2010 Western ballot measures</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tea Party</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Russell Pearce</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Harry Reid</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-11-23T22:16:15Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.20/snapshot-of-an-election">        <title>Snapshot of an election</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.20/snapshot-of-an-election</link>        <description>Maps and graphics chart the relation of campaign spending to Western election results, among other things.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Cally Carswell</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>outside campaign spending</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>campaign spending</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>midterm election results</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-11-17T19:45:53Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.19/how-outsiders-shape-the-west">        <title>How outsiders shape the West</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.19/how-outsiders-shape-the-west</link>        <description>Oklahoma isn't part of the West, but its two Republican senators have an enormous influence on the region.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ray Ring</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Western history</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jim Inhofe</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tom Coburn</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-11-08T07:21:05Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/how-i-ran-for-a-u.s.-senate-seat-and-what-i-learned">        <title>How I ran for a U.S. Senate seat, and what I learned</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/how-i-ran-for-a-u.s.-senate-seat-and-what-i-learned</link>        <description>A first-hand account by a longtime Arizona investigative reporter, John Dougherty, about his surprising Senate campaign.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>John Dougherty</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Arizona politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Phoenix</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Arizona Democrats</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>political campaigning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John Dougherty</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John McCain</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Arizona Democratic Primary</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tucson</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ron Parraz</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rodney Glassman</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Cathy Eden</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-26T15:28:46Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Dave Freudenthal</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wyoming Republicans</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Leslie Petersen</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Matt Mead</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tea Party</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wyoming politics</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-20T17:40:13Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Mike Lee, Tea Party</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Peter Corroon</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Gov. Gary Herbert</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sam Granato</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-20T17:37:30Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/oregon-tea-party-limbo">        <title>Oregon: Tea Party limbo</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/oregon-tea-party-limbo</link>        <description>John Kitzhaber, champion of land-use planning, is running for governor again -- and the Tea Party has failed to draw much attention.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Oregon politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Chris Dudley</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>medical marijuana</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oregon Democrats</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Tea Party</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-26T21:38:38Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Mexican wolf reintroduction</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Harry Teague</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>New Mexico Democrats</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jon Barela</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Steve Pearce</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bill Richardson</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>New Mexico politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>New Mexico Republicans</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Martin Heinrich</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Diane Denish</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Susana Martinez</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-20T17:33:43Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Montana PUC</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Denny Rehberg</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Montana Republicans</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Montana Supreme Court</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bill Gallagher</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hunting licenses</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>MOntana politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Montana Democrats</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Beth Baker</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Dennis McDonald</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Nels Swandal</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-20T17:29:23Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/lynch-mob-politics">        <title>Lynch-mob politics</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/lynch-mob-politics</link>        <description>It's not the Old West -- it's our guide to this year's Western elections.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Democratic Party</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Robert Redford</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Republican Party</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jim Messina</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-20T17:41:44Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>anti-tax ballot measures</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Chris Didier</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Patty Murray</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tea Party</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Washington politics</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-20T17:39:12Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/nevada-a-hairy-ride-for-harry">        <title>Nevada: A hairy ride for Harry</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/nevada-a-hairy-ride-for-harry</link>        <description>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tries gun-play in his battle with Sharron Angle, and former poli-sci prof Dina Titus tries to keep her Nevada House seat out of Joe Heck's reach.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Brian Sandoval</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Gov. Jim Gibbons</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sharron Angle</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Joe Heck</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Rory Reid</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Dina Titus</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tea Party Express</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-20T17:31:05Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Betsy Markey</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado Democrats</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Scott McInnis</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Doug Aden</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ken Buck</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tom Tancredo</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Cory Gardner</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado Republicans</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John Hickenlooper</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John Salazar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Election 2010</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado Tea Party</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Michael Bennet</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-20T17:26:00Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Carly Fiorina</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jerry Brown</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Meg Whitman</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>California Proposition 19</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>California Democrats</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-20T17:24:25Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Jon Hulburd</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ben Quayle</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John McCain</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>J.D. Hayworth, Gabrielle Giffords</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Janet Napolitano</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ann Kirkpatrick, Paul Gosar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jan Brewer</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-20T17:11:14Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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