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National Republican leaders had targeted Landrieu for defeat after the freshman senator failed to garner the 50 percent to win the seat outright on Nov. 5. President Bush, Vice President Cheney and former President Bush all visited Louisiana in the final days of the campaign.We sent a powerful message to this nation. That message is that labels are not what we send to Washington. We send leaders to Washington, Landrieu said in her victory speech.Landrieu edged Terrell by approximately four percentage points. With all precincts reporting in the runoff, Landrieu garnered 643,359 votes, or 52 percent, and Terrell had 603,293, or 48 percent.The victory came as some consolation for a Democratic Party still reeling from the loss of control of the U.S. Senate. Landrieu said he
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