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Dan Malloy has defeated Republican Tom Foley to become the first Democrat in two decades to be elected governor of Connecticut. The Associated Press on Friday reinstated its call of Malloy as the winner of the governor's race. The AP initially called Malloy the winner on Wednesday, after Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz said her preliminary count showed Malloy had won by 3,103 votes, but withdrew the call Wednesday night when its vote count, with all but a handful of precincts reporting, showed Foley with a narrow lead. Bridgeport elections officials handed the final numbers over to Bysiewicz on...

**Exclusive** Democratic presidential frontrunner John Kerry is planning a response to a DRUDGE REPORT exclusive which first revealed the frantic behind-the-scenes drama surrounding a woman who recently fled the country, reportedly at the prodding of Kerry! The nature and details of a claimed two-year relationship, beginning in the Spring of 2001, between a young woman and Kerry is at the center of serious investigations at several media outlets. After being approached by a top news producer, the woman fled to Africa, where she remains, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal. Unlike the Monica Lewinsky drama, which first played out publicly in...