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After the death of Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) and when it was finally decided to call a special election this fall to fill that seat, Rasmussen Reports put Gov. Joe Manchin (D) at 51 percent over Republican John Raese, who came in at 35 percent. That was late July, and conventional wisdom was that the seat was Manchin's in a walk.

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