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In Missouri, McCaskill takes a lead

Another nail-biter: She's up by less than one percentage point with 80 percent of the votes counted.

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Ready for another nail biter? With about 80 percent of the precincts reporting, Democrat Claire McCaskill has just overtaken Republican Sen. Jim Talent in Missouri. McCaskill leads by about 13,000 of the 1.6 million votes tabulated so far.

By Tim Grieve

Tim Grieve is a senior writer and the author of Salon's War Room blog.

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