Original sentence: In a repeat of 2004 and 2006, she easily won most of the rural counties in her district while losing badly in Larimer County--this time by 32,300 votes.Musgrave was soundly defeated, taking only 44 percent of the vote to Markey's 56 percent--the second-worst margin of defeat for a Republican incumbent in the 2008 cycle
Edited sentence: In a repeat of 2004 and 2006, she easily won most of the rural counties in her district while losing badly in Larimer County—this time by 32,300 votes.Musgrave was soundly defeated, taking only 44 percent of the vote to Markey's 56 percent—the second-worst margin of defeat for a Republican incumbent in the 2008 cycle