Despite bitterness and recriminations over the Nov. 8 election results, Majority Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri and Democratic Whip David Bonior of Michigan both easily defeated more conservative challengers for the top two Democratic leadership positions in the new Republican-led Congress convening next January.
Gephardt, running this time for minority leader, defeated Republican Charlie Rose of North Carolina by 150 votes to 58, while Bonior brushed aside a challenge from Republican Charles Stenholm of Texas for the whip's post by 145 votes to 60.
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