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NRSC: GOP Senators Running for Sheriff, Not President

CLEVELAND — Nine freshman Republicans took the stage Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention to celebrate the GOP majority in the Senate. Six hours earlier, top GOP strategists made the case that they won’t be in the minority next year.   The National Republican Senatorial Committee's chairman, Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, and executive […]

Evan Bayh, Indiana and the Fight for the Senate

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Why Republicans Decline to Attack Democrats on “Culture of Corruption”

Republicans are obsessed with one high-profile Democrat who isn’t going to be indicted — while giving a collective shrug after two Democratic House members have been indicted within the past 12 months.   On Friday, Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida was indicted on conspiracy and fraud charges related to an unregistered charity. She announced […]

Ratings Change: Indiana Senate Moves to Toss-Up/Tilt Democratic

Former Sen. Evan Bayh will run for the Senate after all, buoying Democrats’ chances of winning the open seat in Indiana and the Senate majority. The news, first reported by CNN’s Tom LoBianco, is surprising considering Bayh, who didn’t seek re-election in 2010, had shown no interest in running, despite Democratic recruitment efforts earlier in […]

Colorado Primary Results Keep Senate Republicans on the Defensive

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Rubio, Research Shake Up Florida Races

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Republicans Need Gary Johnson to Save the Senate

On Sept. 26, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will face off in Dayton, Ohio, for what's anticipated to be the most-watched presidential debate in history. Republicans need Gary Johnson to be on the stage.   Normally, both parties try to marginalize third-party candidates and keep them from getting publicity in order to prevent them from […]

Safe Senator Shifts to Raise Money for Safe Colleague

Sen. Ron Wyden isn’t shy about raising money , even though he isn’t in any danger of losing re-election. At least now the Oregon Democrat has shifted some of that effort elsewhere, except it’s for a colleague who is also in a safe race.   “They think they’ve got a shot in Vermont,” says the […]

What Katie McGinty Told Me About Her College Career

Republicans are criticizing one of the Democrats’ top recruits in one of the country’s most competitive Senate races for misstating her family’s college history. But Katie McGinty’s response lines up with what she told me in an interview four months ago. McGinty is the Democratic nominee in Pennsylvania, where Democrats are targeting GOP Sen. Pat […]

2016 Senate Overview: Is This the Summer of Voters’ Discontent?

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