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The midterm election is over. In Michigan, it was a big night for Democrats2 in two of the top races in the state.

Zach Gorchow is the editor of Gongwer News Service. He spoke3 with Morning Edition host Doug Tribou about those races and three statewide ballot4 proposals.

On Democrat1 Gretchen Whitmer's victory over Republican Bill Schuette in the race for governor:

Gretchen Whitmer ran a very disciplined campaign based on what she called dinner table issues that people could really get their arms around," Gorchow said. "Fix the damn roads, healthcare, infrastructure5.

On Democrat Debbie Stabenow beating Republican John James to retain her U.S. Senate seat:

This wasn't a particularly impressive win," Gorchow said. We're used to seeing Debbie Stabenow demolish6 her opposition7 and this time she just kind of hung back and ran out the clock.

On the three statewide ballot proposals:

Voters approved all three of the statewide ballot proposals. Recreational marijuana will soon be legal in Michigan. Proposal 2 will create an independent commission to draw legislative8 and congressional district maps. Voters also passed a measure to make voting easier. The measure includes no-reason absentee voting and straight-ticket voting.

There just wasn't enough of a concerted opposition campaign to any of these proposals," Gorchow said. "If you want to defeat a proposal, you get out there on television in September and just bury it, and drive up the negatives on it right away. And nothing really congealed9 until very late and things were already pretty much set in place.


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1 democrat Xmkzf     
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
2 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 spoke XryyC     
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
4 ballot jujzB     
n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票
参考例句：
  • The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
  • The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
5 infrastructure UbBz5     
n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施
参考例句：
  • We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
  • We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
6 demolish 1m7ze     
v.拆毁(建筑物等)，推翻(计划、制度等)
参考例句：
  • They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
  • He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库，屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。
7 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
8 legislative K9hzG     
n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的
参考例句：
  • Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
  • Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
9 congealed 93501b5947a5a33e3a13f277945df7eb     
v.使凝结，冻结( congeal的过去式和过去分词 )；（指血）凝结
参考例句：
  • The cold remains of supper had congealed on the plate. 晚餐剩下的冷饭菜已经凝结在盘子上了。
  • The oil at last is congealed into a white fat. 那油最终凝结成了一种白色的油脂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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