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IL GOP Hopes to Play Bigger Role in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois Republicans lost the governor's race and are still a minority in the General Assembly.

But they say voters have offered up no mandate for Democrats to raise taxes or continue what they call "out-of-control" borrowing.

Lawmakers return to Springfield this week for their fall session and Republican leaders aren't swaggering about their party's overall gains in midterm elections.

But neither are they conceding that Gov. Pat Quinn or Democrats in the legislature can continue to run government the way they have.

Republicans say Quinn's win won't mean carte-blanche support for an income tax increase, even though he's advocated one for nearly two years before winning election on that pledge.

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