71.   Six of the seven retirees are Democrats and the court-drawn maps moved Republican voters into some districts that previously contained Democratic majorities.

72.   Slim Democratic majorities dominate in each house now, but they may not survive November.

73.   Still, this circumstance could have been found, to one degree or another, in the Democratic majorities of each chamber in recent years.

74.   Still, few political observers believe Clinton will make a serious push for electing Democratic majorities.

75.   Surviving Democrats, on the other hand, represent districts with solid Democratic majorities, making them difficult to knock off.

76.   That list amounted to a string of victories for the governor, a Republican, and for the Democratic majority in the Assembly and their speaker, Sheldon Silver.

77.   The battle over this philosophical shift pits the Bush administration against the new Democratic majority in the Senate.

78.   The biggest impact of the election, however, stems from the loss of the Democratic majority in Congress.

79.   The bill the Democratic majority has now agreed on would allow the death penalty for headline-grabbing crimes like drive-by shootings and fatal car-jackings.

80.   The dirty work would then have to be done by the Democratic majority.