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Yarmuth gives cap-and-trade backers early coal-state win
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11/02/10 07:58 PM ET
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) has given an early victory for those backing coal-state Democrats that voted in favor of last year’s House cap-and-trade bill.
Yarmuth has beaten Republican Todd Lally, a UPS pilot, according to the Associated Press. Yarmuth won with 59 percent of the vote two years ago.
His victory, though, might give Democrats hope that Republican gains in the House might not be as big as initially projected.
Another coal-state Democratic supporter of the cap-and-trade bill — Rep. Ben Chandler (Ky.) — is also ahead in his race.
