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"Two sources familiar with the process tell NPR that Loretta Lynch, the top prosecutor in Brooklyn, could be nominated by President Obama as attorney general in the coming days.
Lynch is the lead federal prosecutor in a district that serves 8 million people. But outside of law enforcement circles, this daughter of a preacher is not widely known. Friends say that’s because Lynch prefers to let her cases speak for themselves.
And let’s start with this one: a violent sexual assault against Haitian immigrant Abner Louima back in 1997. Prosecutors called that case one of the worst acts of police brutality in New York City history, and a central figure in the attack, Justin Volpe, was sentenced to 30 years in prison.”
More about Lynch from NPR’s Carrie Johnson here. 

"Two sources familiar with the process tell NPR that Loretta Lynch, the top prosecutor in Brooklyn, could be nominated by President Obama as attorney general in the coming days.

Lynch is the lead federal prosecutor in a district that serves 8 million people. But outside of law enforcement circles, this daughter of a preacher is not widely known. Friends say that’s because Lynch prefers to let her cases speak for themselves.

And let’s start with this one: a violent sexual assault against Haitian immigrant Abner Louima back in 1997. Prosecutors called that case one of the worst acts of police brutality in New York City history, and a central figure in the attack, Justin Volpe, was sentenced to 30 years in prison.”

More about Lynch from NPR’s Carrie Johnson here. 

Catch up with some NPR stories today: 

Ron Elving: We Need A New Word For the Latest Republican Wave

Carrie Johnson: GOP Takes Control Of Senate With Wins in N.C., Iowa, Ark., Colo.

Eyder Peralta: After A Resounding GOP Victory, 6 Tidbits That Tell The Story

Bill Chappell on Ballot Measures: Marijuana Votes: Oregon and D.C. Legalize; Florida Says No To Medical

And of course scroll through the nprpolitics tumblr for all of last night’s updates.

(Photo: Republican Mia Love celebrates with her father, Jean Maxime Bourdeau, after winning the race for Utah’s 4th Congressional District during the Utah State GOP election night watch party on Tuesday in Salt Lake City. Rick Bowmer/AP)

Like a lot of Republicans on Tuesday night, newly elected Sen. David Perdue of Georgia was all smiles.
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Like a lot of Republicans on Tuesday night, newly elected Sen. David Perdue of Georgia was all smiles.

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Mia Love has won Utah’s 4th District. She will be the first African-American woman ever to serve as a Republican in the U.S. House.
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Mia Love has won Utah’s 4th District. She will be the first African-American woman ever to serve as a Republican in the U.S. House.

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Returns are trickling in from Alaska. Republican Dan Sullivan is leading Democratic Sen. Mark Begich, while Republican Gov. Sean Parnell is trailing the unusual unity ticket of independent Bill Walker and Democrat Byron Mallott.

Only one GOP House incumbent has lost — Steve Southerland of Florida. Eight House Democrats have been defeated thus far.

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback had looked vulnerable in Kansas polls, but he won in the end. Some supporters broke out into a chant of “four more years.”
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Republican Gov. Sam Brownback had looked vulnerable in Kansas polls, but he won in the end. Some supporters broke out into a chant of “four more years.”

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