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How American women caught up with Mitch McConnell and obstructionist Republicans

Excerpt:	While the price they paid is steep, American women have delivered a comeuppance to Mitch McConnell. The Senate Republican leader sowed the wind in February of 2016. He is reaping the whirlwind in 2022.
Published at:	10:38 AM on Friday, November 18th, 2022
Written by:	Joel Connelly
Categories:	Elections
Other Tags:	AZ-Sen, KS-Gov, ME-Gov, MI-Gov, NH-Sen, NM-Gov, NV-Sen, WA-Sen, WI-Gov
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The 2022 midterm results are yielding new, battle-tested Democratic leaders

Excerpt:	From New England to the Great Lakes States to the Southwest, voters backed Democratic candidates with records of taking on Donald Trump and ultra MAGA forces.
Published at:	11:30 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2022
Written by:	Joel Connelly
Categories:	Elections
Other Tags:	AZ-Sen, MA-Gov, MD-Gov, PA-Gov, PA-Sen
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Scramble for the Senate: The results are in; here’s how the candidates and parties fared

Excerpt:	Although the Democrats made gains, control of the upper chamber of Congress will not be decided until January of 2021.
Published at:	5:00 PM on Friday, November 13th, 2020
Written by:	Ruairi Vaughan
Categories:	Elections
Other Tags:	AK-Sen, AZ-Sen, GA-Sen, KS-Sen, ME-Sen, MT-Sen, NC-Sen, Scramble for the Senate
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Scramble for the Senate: Can Democrats show Colorado’s Cory Gardner the door?

Excerpt:	If Joe Biden wants his policy agenda to be enacted, the Democrats have to win the Senate. Can they flip Cory Gardner's seat in Colorado?
Published at:	5:00 PM on Friday, May 29th, 2020
Written by:	Ruairi Vaughan
Categories:	Elections, Party Politics
Other Tags:	Scramble for the Senate
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U.S. Senate map looking grim for Democrats; Republicans may end up with the majority

Excerpt:	There are still many ballots left to count in quite a few places, but the U.S. Senate map is not looking good for Democrats of this hour. The mass media are projecting Republican victories in Iowa and Colorado — two states that Democrats really needed to win in order to protect their U.S. Senate majority. […]
Published at:	7:44 PM on Tuesday, November 4th, 2014
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	Elections
Other Tags:	AR-Sen, IA-Sen, MT-Sen, SD-Sen, WV-Sen
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