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| Excerpt: | With the victories of Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, the Democrats have secured tenuous control of the upper house of Congress. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, January 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | GA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | California's Secretary of State will become the first Latino to represent the Golden State in the U.S. Senate. |
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| Published at: | 12:15 PM on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Announcements, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | U.S. Senate Appointments |
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| Excerpt: | Although the Democrats made gains, control of the upper chamber of Congress will not be decided until January of 2021. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, November 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | AK-Sen, AZ-Sen, CO-Sen, GA-Sen, KS-Sen, ME-Sen, MT-Sen, NC-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | If Joe Biden wins in November, Kamala Harris will have to leave her seat in the U.S. Senate. Who might replace her? |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, October 2nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Party Politics, Public Service |
| Tags: | Scramble for the Senate |
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| Excerpt: | Senate Democrats are backing a quintessentially Alaskan doctor who is running as an independent in the hopes that he can pull off an upset win. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, September 25th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, AK-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | Governor Bullock's presidential bid was a dead end, but his odds back home in Montana's U.S. Senate race are pretty decent. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, September 18th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | MT-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | Republican Senator Thom Tillis faces a tough challenge from Democrat Cal Cunningham in the Tar Heel State this year that could be decisive. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, June 19th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
| Tags: | Scramble for the Senate |
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| Excerpt: | Both of Georgia's U.S. Senate seats are up for grabs this year, and strong Democratic contenders have emerged to vie for them. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, June 12th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Fair Elections, GA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | The Pine Tree State is home to the last supposedly reasonable Republican senator in New England, but her votes for Brett Kavanaugh and the Republican tax scam have shown she's just an enabler of the Trump agenda. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, June 5th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | ME-Sen |
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| 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? |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, May 29th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | CO-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | Democrats have high hopes that they can unseat Arizona's Republican Senator Martha McSally with the husband of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, May 22nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | AZ-Sen |
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