IT IS only a mid-term election, for half of the lower house of Congress and a third of the senate.

这仅仅是一次议会中期选举，争夺的仅是国会下议院半数席位以及参议院三分之一的席位。

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Observers on both sides of the aisle are looking at this race as a possible harbinger of next year’s mid-term election.

过道两旁的观察者们正在紧盯此场比赛，因为该比赛可能预示着明年中期选举的动向。

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In the next several months, the winners of the mid-term election will be formulating their policies.

接下来的几个月，中期选举的胜利者将对政策进行规划。

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The party that wins the Presidential election loses Congressional seats in the mid-term election.

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Unfortunately, in this particularly acrimonious mid-term election year, that is not going to happen.

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President George Bush, fresh from the Republicans' mid-term election triumphs, will welcome the Fed's rate move.

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