Election officials predict they'll set a new turnout record for an off-year election in Washington state.

选举官员预测，他们将在华盛顿州创下非大选年参加投票人数的新纪录。

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Ms Stuart became an election-night heroine last year for holding off an expected swing to the Conservatives in her Edgbaston seat.

在去年斯图尔特夫人成为了选举当晚的女英雄，她力挽狂澜，保住了保守党预期中本应风雨飘摇的在埃德巴斯顿的一席之地。

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President Robert Mugabe swore himself into office for a new five-year term in June after then opposition-leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of the run-off election because of violence against his supporters.

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In an off-year election seen by some political pundits as a measure of support for President Barak Obama's popularity after his first year in office, the opposition Republicans have picked up the state house in two formerly Democratic states.

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The Democrats haven't won that many, picked up that many seats since 1982 in an off-year election.

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In this off-year election, we hear disproportionately from seniors, a population already covered by the universal Medicare program.

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But that's an off-year election for state offices and voter turnout will be greatest in New York City for the mayoral election.

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