The Nation - News from April 19, 1985
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One-term Democrat Frank McCloskey of Indiana was unofficially declared the winner in the nation’s longest running House race. The state twice declared Republican Richard McIntyre the victor, but the House refused to seat either candidate pending a recount in southern Indiana’s 8th District. The House task force that ordered the canvass sent word of its finding to the House, which could act as early as Monday to formally declare McCloskey the winner.
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