A referendum to raise the state minimum wage by 25 percent from $5.15 an hour to $6.50 an hour will be on the Missouri ballot at the upcoming midterm election. NewsHour correspondent Paul Solman explains the ballot issue.

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The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled unanimously late Wednesday that the Democratic party may replace embattled incumbent Sen. Robert Torricelli's name with that of former Sen. Frank Lautenberg on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

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