Portal:Current events/2002 November 5

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• Embattled U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Harvey Pitt tenders his resignation.
• Election Day: In the 2002 midterm elections, Republicans receive a net gain of two seats of the closely divided U.S. Senate, retaking control of the body. The Republicans also retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives, with a net gain of eight House seats. Democrats make some gains in the state governors' races, with a net gain of three governorships.
• Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dissolves the Knesset and calls for elections early the next year.
• UK Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith made what was widely considered to be a disastrous speech where he demanded that his party "unite or die"; observers believe that this marks the start of a new leadership struggle within the Conservative Party.

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