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  • The outcomes of marquee races always influence down-ballot contests on Election Day, and, this year, whether Democrats keep power or Republicans seize it could well hinge on which party prevails in several hotly contested races for governor and Senate.

    Statewide Races Could Tip House Contests The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • The outcomes of marquee races always influence down-ballot contests on Election Day, and, this year, whether Democrats keep power or Republicans seize it could well hinge on which party prevails in several hotly contested races for governor and Senate.

    Statewide Races Could Tip House Contests AP 2010

  • That claim is countered by the political reality that Council candidates are so unknown, so down-ballot and so underpublicized that the voters are deprived of an effective choice of candidates.

    Henry J. Stern: Tuesday's Two-Sided Ballot Henry J. Stern 2010

  • The outcomes of marquee races always influence down-ballot contests on Election Day, and, this year, whether Democrats keep power or Republicans seize it could well hinge on which party prevails in several hotly contested races for governor and Senate.

    Statewide Races Could Tip House Contests The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • That claim is countered by the political reality that Council candidates are so unknown, so down-ballot and so underpublicized that the voters are deprived of an effective choice of candidates.

    Henry J. Stern: Tuesday's Two-Sided Ballot Henry J. Stern 2010

  • And that money is being aimed not just at races for Congress and state houses but, to a surprising extent, at down-ballot campaigns -- most remarkably, at the campaign for Attorney General of California.

    Zach Friend: Why Karl Rove Wants to Buy the Race for California Attorney General Zach Friend 2010

  • This is an unprecedented move in a down-ballot race, and the money is being used to create cynical commercials for political gain.

    Kamala D. Harris: Karl Rove Targets Attorney General Race in California Kamala D. Harris 2010

  • This is an unprecedented move in a down-ballot race, and the money is being used to create cynical commercials for political gain.

    Kamala D. Harris: Karl Rove Targets Attorney General Race in California Kamala D. Harris 2010

  • This is an unprecedented move in a down-ballot race, and the money is being used to create cynical commercials for political gain.

    Kamala D. Harris: Karl Rove Targets Attorney General Race in California Kamala D. Harris 2010

  • That claim is countered by the political reality that Council candidates are so unknown, so down-ballot and so underpublicized that the voters are deprived of an effective choice of candidates.

    Henry J. Stern: Tuesday's Two-Sided Ballot Henry J. Stern 2010

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  • Spotted in the news.  see definition at down ballot

    October 12, 2016