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Left's local referendum wins spotlight causes of larger Dem losses

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Although Democrats suffered unexpected losses in House races during the November elections, they found victories in local referendums.

Cities like liberal San Francisco passed new laws, including an "Overpaid Executive Tax" that adds a 0.1% levy on companies whose executives earn 100 times more than the average worker.The city also partially defunded police by nixing a staffing law that required the department to maintain at least 1,971 full-time officers.

The city of Phoenix – a part of the nation's fourth-largest county – approved a controversial bill that would raise state income taxes to fund public education and became one of the five states that legalized marijuana.

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