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<p>Nate Silver <a href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/05/current-senators-voted-35-11-to-confirm.html">notices</a>:</p>
<div class="blockquote" style="margin-left: 40px;">Sonia Sotomayor was the subject of a <a href="http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&amp;session=2&amp;vote=00295">roll call vote</a> in 1998, when she was confirmed to her current position the 2nd Circuit. The overall vote was 67-29 in favor of confirmation, with 4 Senators not voting. All Democrats voted in favor of Sotomayor (although three did not vote), while Republicans opposed her by a 29-25 majority. Among those Senators who are still in the chamber today, however, Sotomayor&#39;s margin of confirmation was a bit more comfortable: 35-11.</div>
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